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Emma Bonino

Italian politician and Radical Party leader

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A veteran radical liberal who campaigned for abortion rights, drug policy reform and civil liberties, and served as Italy’s foreign minister and a European commissioner.

Emma Bonino sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly secular on religion and strongly libertarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Emma Bonino sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Emma Bonino

Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 19893%Hibatullah Akhundzada Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, 2021 to present4%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present4%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19434%

Political views closest to Emma Bonino

Secular humanismBases ethics and public life on reason and science rather than religion.98%CosmopolitanismPuts shared humanity and international institutions above national boundaries.97%Social liberalismDefends individual rights and open societies while backing public services and equal…97%Effective altruismUses evidence and reason to find the most effective ways of doing good, often favoring…97%

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