The Radical Party leader died today in Rome at the age of 78. She began her political career with the campaign for the legalisation of abortion

The Radical Party leader has been in hospital at Santo Spirito since yesterday afternoon following a respiratory crisis. Reporters at the Rome hospital describe the situation as ‘delicate’ but note that her ‘vital signs and respiratory parameters are acceptable’.

According to reports, the former president of +Europa was attended to at her home in the centre of the capital this afternoon and taken by ambulance as a code red emergency to Santo Spirito Hospital