Marcel Kolaja

Kolaja was the party's leading candidate for the 2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic[6] and was elected MEP along with Markéta Gregorová and Mikuláš Peksa.[7] His political agenda focuses on digital rights and prevention of increasing Internet censorship; environmental protection[4] such as fossil fuel phase-out and minimizing waste pollution;[8] consumer protection,[9] addressing technological competitiveness of the EU on the world market and limiting corporate lobbying in the EU.[1] Among his priorities is also addressing tax avoidance by multinational corporations that offshore profits via tax havens.[8]

In June, Kolaja joined the Greens–European Free Alliance political group of the European Parliament along with three other European Pirate Party MEPs.[10] On 3 July, he was elected one of fourteen Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament.[11] Kolaja also serves as a vice-chair of the parliamentary Working Group on ICT Innovation Strategy, as a member of the Bureau of the European Parliament and the European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.[12]

As a Vice-President of the European Parliament, Kolaja is responsible for:[12]

• WG on ICT Innovation Strategy, Vice-Chair
• Informatics and Telecommunications
• Artistic Committee, Member
• Question Time
• Replacing the President for Baltic / Nordic / Arctic

Kolaja is a member of the follwing Committees of the European Parliament:[12]

• Bureau of the European Parliament
• European Parliament Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Delegation for relations with the United States