At a time when the worst nightmares would like to nail us to our fears, to our weaknesses: this is the time to dream. And to fight of the realisation of our dreams, which are also the fairest and most pragmatic answers to the challenges of our time. There are times when an entire generation is called upon to prove itself equal to the challenges of history. We are living one of these moments: let us reform the Union to unite Europe.
Born on 25 March 1968 in Sogliano al Rubicone, Emilia-Romagna (Italy) PhD in Public Law from the University of Bologna.
He also holds a DEA in political science and a master’s degree in international relations from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and the Université libre de Bruxelles and a Doctorat honoris causa in literature and philosophy, University of Fribourg.
Sandro Gozi studied Law in Bologna and International Relations at the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris and holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He also holds a doctorate in public law from the University of Bologna. Former diplomat, he also tought European Politics and Institutions in several European and American Universities. He worked 10 years in the European Commission and from 2000 to 2004 He was member of the cabinet of Commission President Romano Prodi. In 2006, he was appointed advisor on European affairs to the President of the Italian Council of Ministers, and between 2006 and 2013 he was member of the Chamber of Deputies and leader of the Democratic Party’s parliamentary group on the European Union Policy Committee. He also chaired the Immigration and Schengen Parliamentary Committee. He was president of the Italian Delegation and vice-president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He has served as Italian Secretary of State for European Affairs under the Renzi and Gentiloni governments (2014-2018) and was subsequently appointed advisor to the former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in 2019. He has been decorated with the french orders of “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur” and “Officier des Palmes Académiques” and he holds a Doctorate Honoris Causa in Literature and Philosophy of the University of Fribourg. Elected in 2019 in France, Sandro Gozi is today a Member of the European Parliament in the Renew Europe Group, Renew coordinator in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and of the Committee of Regional Development. He is also Secretary General of the European Democratic Party. On 8 March 2024, he was nominated as the EDP’s lead candidate at the Florence Convention.
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As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen international cooperation between democratic forces, the EDP recently hosted a transatlantic dinner discussion in Paris, bringing together key figures from European and American centrist politics.
Thirty years ago, in Srebrenica, more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were murdered by the Bosnian Serb army. In 2007, the International Court of Justice ruled that the atrocities constituted genocide. The wider Bosnian War saw over 100,000 killed, thousands of women raped, and more than two million people forced from their homes between 1992 and 1995. On this solemn occasion remembering one of the darkest chapters in Europe’s recent history, the ALDE Party, LIBSEEN members in the region, ALDE in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, European Democratic Party, Liberal International, LYMEC, Renew Europe in the Committee of the Regions, Renew Europe in the European Parliament, and the Young Democrats for Europe are united in honouring their memory and issue the following statement:
The outbreak of war between Iran, Israel and the United States has temporarily subsided, but the balance remains fragile.
The European Democratic Party co-organised and played a central role in the summit that brought together heads of state and party leaders from our democratic, liberal and centrist family at the Maison de la Poste in Brussels on 26 June. Sandro Gozi, Secretary General of the EDP, led the delegation of democrats and contributed to the adoption of the joint declaration “Freedom on the offensive”, a clear and courageous response to the populist wave and the threats to democracy in Europe.
The defense of the rule of law in Greece: In Athens, Kínima Dimokratías and EDP demand justice for Tempi crash and institutional transparency.
Strasbourg, 17 June 2025 – The European Parliament has finally shone a spotlight on the Tempi case, thanks to a joint initiative by the European Democratic Party, the Renew Europe group, and the Movement for Democracy (κίνημα Δημοκρατίας).
La sovranità digitale europea non si baratta né si rinvia per pressioni americane. Le nostre regole rispondono ai cittadini, non agli interessi di Washington. Rinunciare oggi significa tradire la fiducia degli europei e l’indipendenza del progetto europeo.
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