Carlo Fidanza

Carlo Fidanza was born on 21 September 1976 in San Benedetto del Tronto. He graduated in Political Science and International Relations and completed a scientific high school diploma. From a young age, he engaged actively in politics, beginning in Milan and later consolidating his experience through local, national, and European institutional roles.
He served as Group Leader of Alleanza Nazionale in the Council of Municipality 5 and the City Council of Milan. In 2009, he was elected to the European Parliament on the Popolo della Libertà list for the North-West Italy constituency. In December 2012, he was among the founders of Fratelli d’Italia.

Elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2018, he was re-elected to the European Parliament in 2019, serving as Head of Delegation of Fratelli d’Italia in the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group. He was re-elected in the same constituency in 2024.

He is a member of the ECR Presidency Bureau and coordinator in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI). He is part of the Delegation for relations with Central American countries and Vice-President of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin Parliamentary Assembly. He also serves as a substitute member of the AFET (Foreign Affairs), CONT (Budgetary Control), and TRAN (Transport and Tourism) Committees. He holds the role of Co-President of the Parliamentary Intergroup on Religious Freedom.

On 14 January 2025, he was appointed Vice-President of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party, and on 16 May 2025, he was elected Vice-President of the International Democrat Union.