It's never too late to change careers.
Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, 95, is entering politics.
She announced her candidacy for the Senate in the upcoming elections and joined a new coalition, dubbed Sovereign and Popular Italy and made up of Eurosceptic left-wing parties and the Communist Party.
"
I was just tired of hearing politicians yelling at each other for nothing
," she explains to justify her decision in
La Corierre della Sera,
Sunday August 14
.
“
I will fight so that the people can decide, from health to justice.
Italy is in bad shape, I want to do something good and positive
, ”adds the interpreter of Esmeralda in
Notre-Dame de Paris
(1956) by Jean Delannoy.
The alliance is in particular in opposition to the health policy put in place by Mario Draghi, and compulsory vaccination.
In reality, this is not the first time that the legend of Italian cinema has tried his luck in politics.
In 1999, she ran for the European elections, under the label of the centre-left Democratic Party, but was not elected.
"
It was an experience
," she told the Italian daily today.
“
In life, you can lose and you can win.
As long as I have energy, I will use it for important things, especially for my country
”.
According to the
Guardian
, Italy's Supreme Court said last January that Gina Lollobrigida
"needed a legal guardian in order to prevent people from taking advantage of her wealth"
.
In Italy, the political situation has been particularly uncertain since the dissolution of Parliament last July.
The next legislative elections, in September or October, should see the so-called “center-right” coalition win.
It brings together Forza Italia, the right-wing party of 86-year-old former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and the extreme right represented by the League of former anti-migrant minister Matteo Salvini, and Fratelli d'Italia, a post -fascist chaired by Giorgia Meloni.