Pier Virgilio Dastoli

is President of the Italian Council of the European Movement, member of the Spinelli Group, and author of numerous articles and essays on Europe. He was assistant of Altiero Spinelli in the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the European Parliament from 1977-1986, founder and spokesman of the Spinelli Committee for the United States of Europe, Secretary General of the International European Movement from 1995-2001, and Director of the European Commission Representation in Italy from 2003-2009.