Pierre Carniti is an Italian

Italian people

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 politician and trade unionist.

Carniti was born in Castelleone

Castelleone

Castelleone is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about 50 km southeast of Milan and about 30 km northwest of Cremona...

, in the province of Cremona

Province of Cremona

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, Lombardy

Lombardy

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. He was general secretary of CISL, a major trade union federation, between 1979 and 1985.

Carniti was president of the Parliamentary Commission on Poverty from 1994 to 1997. He was a Member of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 from 1994 to 1999, associated with the Party of European Socialists

Party of European Socialists

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. In 1993, with Ermanno Gorrieri

Ermanno Gorrieri

Ermanno Gorrieri was an Italian politician and economist.Gorrieri was born at Sassuolo During World War II he participated in the resistance and was active in the creation of the short-lived Republic of Montefiorino. After the war he was a trade union activist...

, he co-founded the socialist party Social Christians

Social Christians

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