institute in Brussels. Political career Member of the Italian Parliament, 2006–2018 A member of the national parliament since the 2006 elections (elected in Umbria on the list of L'Ulivo), Gozi again advised then-prime minister Prodi on European politics until 2008 and later served as chairman of the parliamentary committee on Schengen, Europol and immigration affairs. In 2007 he was one of the founders of the Democratic Party (Italy) (PD) as a member of the national leadership, and elected to the national assembly of the party for the "Democrats for Veltroni" faction. Between 2008 and 2013, he headed the Democratic Party delegation in the parliamentary committee for European affairs, and he was in charge at national level of EU policies for the Democratic Party. At the 2008 elections Gozi was re-elected as MP for Umbria for the PD, again serving as head of the party delegation in the parliamentary committee for European affairs. At the 2009 party primaries, Gozi served as national manager and Emilia-Romagna coordinator for the Ignazio Marino campaign. Under the new party secretary Pier Luigi Bersani, he then served as president of the "Europe Forum" of the party and head of the "Together for the PD" faction. The following year, in 2010, Bersani appointed him as responsible for Europe in the party secretariat. In 2010, Gozi launched a domestic campaign to support the appointment of Mario Draghi, the governor of Banca d'Italia, as next President of the European Central Bank. From 2011 to 2013 Gozi was ambassador for the Rome bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics. In September 2012 he announced he would run for the centre-left primary election for the office of President of the Council, but he had to withdraw after not being able to collect the required 95 signatures of party delegates. At the 2013 elections Gozi was elected again as MP for Lombardy for PD. In addition to his role in parliament, Gozi was a member of the Italian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2013 until 2015. In the Assembly, he served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (2013-2015), the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (2013-2014) and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights (2014-2015. During that time, he also served as one of the Assembly's vice-presidents, and since January 2014 as vice-president of the Socialist group in the assembly. Under-Secretary for European Affairs, 2014–2018 On