In 1973-1980 he was mayor of Pavia as member of the Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano, or PSI), becoming the first mayor in Europe to forbid the historical center of his city to cars.
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In June 2007, together with journalist Oliviero Beha, Veltri founded Lista Civica dei Cittadini per la Repubblica (also called Lista Civica Nazionale).
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Veltri in 2001 published L'odore dei soldi ("The Money Smell"), a report about bribery in Italy written with other investigative journalist Marco Travaglio.
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