Rome office: Council members

ECFR has brought together a distinguished Council of over one hundred Members - politicians, decision makers, thinkers and business people from the EU's member states and candidate countries - which meets once a year as a full body. Through geographical and thematic task forces, members provide ECFR staff with advice and feedback on policy ideas and help with ECFR's activities within their own countries. The Council is chaired by Martti Ahtisaari, Joschka Fischer and Mabel van Oranje.

ECFR's Italian Council Members are:

Giuliano Amato – Former Prime Minister; Chairman, Centre for American Studies; Chairman, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna; Chairman, Enciclopedia Treccani

Giampiero Auletta Armenise - Chairman, Rothschild Italy

Emma Bonino – Minister of Foreign Affairs

Maria Cuffaro – Foreign correspondent and anchorwoman, TG3, RAI

Marta Dassù – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Director, Aspenia

Gianfranco Dell’ Alba – Director, Brussels Office of Confindustria- Confederation of Italian Industry

Gianfranco Fini – former President of the Chamber of Deputies; former Foreign Minister

Emma Marcegaglia – President, Business Europe; CEO of Marcegalia S.p.A; former President, Confindustria

Pasquale Salzano – Vice President for International Governmental Affairs, ENI

Stefano Sannino – Director General for Enlargement, European Commission

Giuseppe Scognamiglio – Head of Public Affairs - Executive Vice President - Unicredit SpA; President, Europeye Srl

Nathalie Tocci, Deputy Director, IAI

Luisa Todini – Chair, Todini Finanziaria Spa. Member of the Board of Directors, RAI