A political science graduate of the University of Padua, he completed his education with a thesis of excellence on "Anarcho-syndicalism and Catalanism in Republican Spain (1931-1936)", after carrying out an extensive research programme at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

[8] He began his mandate as an MEP by promoting the initiative "Enterprise and Europe", which features training courses for entrepreneurs and administrators of the Italian North-East and focuses on improving awareness of and access to the existing financial opportunities at the regional, ministerial and European level.

[14] Within this framework, he was the first to question and expose to the public opinion’s attention the handling of the rescue operations by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as its controversial use of the resources offered by European Civil Protection Mechanism.

Concerning trade policies towards non-EU countries, the report defined a framework of reference to ensure the protection and resilience of SMEs and the European economic system as a whole in the face of growing deregulation of the world market's competition.

Concerning the traffic restrictions adopted by the Tyrolean government, he sided with transport undertakings affected by the measures and promoted the creation of a working group to negotiate a crisis resolution.