Markéta Gregorová
Markéta Gregorová (born 14 January 1993 in Most) is a Czech activist, member of the Czech Pirate Party elected Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 election.[1][2] Gregorová serves as the Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member of the Committee on International Trade and the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation.
Markéta Gregorová | |
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Gregorová in 2019 | |
Chairwoman of the European Pirate Party | |
In office 1 December 2018 – 11 November 2019 | |
Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Most, Czech Republic | 14 January 1993
Nationality | Czech |
Political party | Czech Republic: Czech Pirate Party EU Party: European Pirate Party EU Parliament group: Greens/EFA |
Alma mater | Masaryk University |
Early work
Gregorová was the third-ranked candidate in the 2014 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic but was not elected.[3] She was the president of the European Pirate Party since December 2018.[4]
European Parliament
Election
Gregorová co-created the 2019 common electoral program for the European pirate parties that was signed in Luxembourg in February. As the second candidate for the 2019 European Parliament election in the Czech Republic,[5] she was elected Member of the European Parliament.[6] Gregorová serves as the Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Member of the Committee on International Trade and the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation.[7]
Among her priorities are transparency in negotiations of European Union free trade agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and addressing EU involvement in international arms sales to war zones.[8]
Committee assignments
Gregorová is a member of the follwing Committees of the European Parliament:[9]
- Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, Vice-Chair
- European Parliament Committee on International Trade
- Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation
- Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee
References
- Evropští Piráti spojili síly. Věří v úspěch i v Německu (in Czech). 12.2.2019. deník.cz.
- zpravy.aktualne.cz. Přehledně: Podívejte se, kdo chce usednout v europarlamentu. Kampaň pomalu začíná (in Czech). 27. 2. 2019.
- Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České republiky ve dnech 23.05. – 24.05.2014. volby.cz
- Čeští Piráti uspěli v předsednictvu Evropské pirátské strany. Markéta Gregorová byla zvolena předsedkyní. pirati.cz. 03. 12. 2018.
- ČTK, EKB - 9 February 2019. Evropské pirátské strany spojují síly. V Lucemburku podepsaly program pro eurovolby (in Czech). info.cz.
- Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České republiky ve dnech 24.05. – 25.05.2019 (in Czech). volby.cz
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197549/MARKETA_GREGOROVA/home
- Filip Zelenka. Dvojka Pirátů Markéta Gregorová: Evropská unie se neumí prodat (in Czech). e15.cz. 9 May 2019.
- Markéta Gregorová
External links
- Media related to Markéta Gregorová at Wikimedia Commons
- Markéta Gregorová on Czech Pirate Party website
- Markéta Gregorová on the European Parliament website