Lídia Pereira

Ana Lídia Fernandes Oliveira Pereira is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She is also president of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP).

Lídia Pereira

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1991-07-26) July 26, 1991
Coimbra
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra

Early life and education

Pereira has a degree in Economics from the University of Coimbra and a MSc in European Economic Studies from the College of Europe.[1][2]

Political career

In the 2019 European elections Pereira was the first politician to run a carbon neutral political campaign, drawing attention to climate change. As number 2 in the list she stood out as a political renewal of Portuguese MEPs. Since joining the European Parliament, she has been serving as her parliamentary group's deputy coordinator in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and as member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.[3] In 2020, she also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Pereira is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.[5]

Other activities
  • UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2019)[6]

References
  1. "Conimbricense Lídia Pereira é candidata a Presidente da Juventude do Partido Popular Europeu" (in Portuguese). Notícias de Coimbra. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. Freire, Manuel Carlos; Cruz, Bárbara (11 March 2019). "Lídia Pereira chegou tarde à política mas é número dois do PSD nas europeias" (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. Her MEP profile
  4. Members of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  5. Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  6. Members – Western & Central Europe


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