Sandro Gozi () (born 25 March 1968 in Sogliano al Rubicone) is an Italian politician formerly of the Democratic Party who has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2020. He was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2018 and was elected to the European Parliament in 2019, representing France on the list of Macron's LREM. Early life and education After attending high school in Cesena, Sandro Gozi graduated in Law from the University of Bologna in 1992. He then obtained a Diplôme d'études approfondies at SciencesPo in Paris in 1994. In 1996 he defended a PhD in public law in Bologna with a thesis on European comitology. He also holds a master's degree in international politics from Brussels Free University in 1998. During his university years, Gozi was close to the post-fascist Italian Social Movement of Giorgio Almirante, with whom he is portrayed in a photo. In 1990 he was a member of the Forlì Youth Front, circumstance which he later denied. He claimed to have voted for the first time for the Italian Republican Party. Early career Between 1995 and 1996, Gozi worked in Italy's foreign service, dealing with economic relations with the states of the former Yugoslavia, Turkey, Cyprus, Albania and Greece. He subsequently was an official at the General Secretariat of the European Commission for almost a decade, from 1996–2005, dealing with relations with the European Parliament and then with the negotiation for the adoption of the euro. In 1997 he participated in the negotiations on the Amsterdam Treaty. From 2000 to 2004 he served as political assistant and member of cabinet of then European Commission President Romano Prodi, and then at the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) at the start of the first Barroso Commission. In 2001 he was also appointed Coordinator for the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. When he returned to Italy in 2005, Gozi initially worked as diplomatic adviser to leftist Nichi Vendola, President of Apulia region. In 2006 he joined Romano Prodi's electoral committee in view of the 2006 elections and served as deputy secretary general of the European Democratic Party. Gozi has been visiting lecturer at various European universities, including the College of Europe in Bruges (in 2001) and the European College in Parma, and the Drew University of Madison, New Jersey. From 1999 to 2008 he was director of the ISMaPP