Overview
- Ilona Staller submitted a formal appeal after the Italian state halted lifetime pensions for former lawmakers.
- She is demanding €10 million in damages and intends to donate any award to charitable causes.
- Her lawyer contends the pension-cutting decree is null for failing to include required legal justification.
- The 73-year-old former deputy says she relies on a €1,300 monthly pension and media work for income.
- The outcome will shape the financial fate of around 1,400 former politicians contesting the reforms.