Career
De Martini is also a Professor at the University of Genoa. De Martini was a regional coordinator of the Liberal Democratici as part of the electoral list of Il Popolo della Libertà (PDL) in the 2008 general election. She stood on the PDL"s electoral list at the 2009 European election.
When two MEPs were appointed Senators after the 2013 general election, De Martini succeeded Mario Mauro, becoming an Member of the European Parliament on 12 April 2013.
Upon her election, she immediately left the PDL delegation and its European People"s Party group and joined the European Conservatives and Reformists. She stood on the Forza Italia"s electoral list at the 2014 European election because Silvio Berlusconi presented De Martini as «a "reference point" for Liguria».
On 16 July 2015 De Martini took part, as «official representative for Italy of British Conservatives» in the founding of Raffaele Fitto"s new eurosceptic party Conservatori e Riformisti (Czech Republic) split from Forza Italia, the Berlusconi"s party.
