[1][2] He would go on to get a degree in medicine and surgery, specializing in cardiology, and would go on to become the president of the National Federation of Orders of Surgeons and Dentists (FNOMCeO ).

[3][4] After leaving office, he would retain this position and criticize Italy's public healthcare system during Mani pulite; claiming that hospital administrators were given rewards for party affiliation and not merit.

[7][8] During this time he would propose several laws in Italy related to the rules and regulations of the healthcare system.

[9][10] He would go on, with his wife Carla Mazzuca Poggiolini to run under the Segni Pact, with him gaining office in the European Parliament in 1994.

[3][11][12] While there he would act as Vice Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection along with serving on the EU's delegations to Russia, African, Caribbean and Pacific states (ACP), and China; the latter two he occasionally acted as Vice Chair of.