Elly Schlein was elected as the leader of the center-left party Partito Democratico — the first female to get the job.
Schlein volunteered in the 2008 Obama campaign, when Barack Obama faced off against John McCain. She returned to the Obama campaign four years later to train new volunteers.
MILAN, ITALY - MARCH 05: Elly Schlein attends "Che Tempo Che Fa" Tv Show on March 05, 2023 in Milan, Italy. Italy has a new face in its national politics that's being compared to Rep.Elly Schlein was elected as the center-left party Partito Democratico leader earlier this month — the first female to get the job. Born in Switzerland to an Italian mother and an American father, she became a lawmaker in the European Parliament for PD in 2014.
"I remember wondering at the time whether I really wanted my daughter to grow up in that environment," Erik Jones, professor at the European University Institute in Florence, told CNBC about the time when Silvio Berlusconi served as Italy's prime minister. Meloni and Schlein hold the top two jobs in Italian politics but they have entirely different political views.
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