Overview
- Più Europa announced her death Friday, September 11, 2026, saying the party lost “one of the most lucid, courageous and free” figures in Italian politics.
- Bonino was admitted to Ospedale Santo Spirito for a severe respiratory crisis on September 7 and was moved out of intensive care to a private facility after doctors described her condition as delicate.
- She had fought small‑cell lung cancer first diagnosed in 2015 and said in 2023 that she was cured, but had multiple recent hospital stays for respiratory problems, notably in October 2024 and November 2025.
- Bonino rose to prominence in the 1970s through campaigns for legalizing abortion and divorce and later served as a deputy, MEP, European Commissioner, minister and founder and leader of +Europa.
- Political leaders across the spectrum, including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, have offered condolences and parliament has scheduled public moments of remembrance, sparking renewed attention to her role in civil‑rights and European diplomacy.