Emma Bonino, radical Italian politician who stood up to Vatican, dies aged 78

Militant feminist led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce and went on to become foreign minister

Emma Bonino, the radical Italian politician who led campaigns to legalise abortion and divorce against the objections of the Vatican, has died aged 78.

Today we lose not only our leader but also one of the most clear-sighted, courageous and free figures in the political history of our country," the small party she founded, More Europe, said on Facebook on Friday.