Mario Borghezio

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Mario Borghezio (born on 3 December 1947 in Turin) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for North-West with the Lega Nord, part of the Non-Inscrits and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and its Committee on Petitions.

He is a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.

Contents 1 Accusation of Racism and Convictions 2 Education 3 Career 4 External links

[edit] Accusation of Racism and Convictions

Mr. Borghezio is reputed by many to be a violent racist. In 1993, he was fined 750,000 lire for beating a Moroccan child. Later, he obtained some notoriety for spraying seats where Nigerian prostitutes had been sitting on the Turin-Milan train, in order to sanitize them. [1]

In September 2005, Borghezio was found guilty of arson, for having set fire to the belongings of some immigrants sleeping under a bridge in Turin during a vigilante raid, and fined 3,040 euro. [2]

On December 17, 2005, Borghezio came back into the news after having been injured by some violent anti-globalization activists when aboard a train from Turin to Venice. Because of the riot, he needed to undergo an operation for a fractured nasal septum. That morning he had participated in a counter-protest against the NO TAV movement, of which the activists were part of.

[edit] Education

• Graduate in law

[edit] Career

• since 1977: On the Register of Lawyers
• 1990-2001: Member of Turin City Council
• 1992-2004: Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy
• 1994: Under-Secretary for Justice
• 1999-2004: Chairman of the 'Government of Padania'
• since 2001: Member of the European Parliament

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Italy)

[edit] External links

• European Parliament biography of Mario Borghezio (incl. Speeches, Questions and Motions)
• Declaration of financial interests (in Italian; PDF)