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
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 (1993-01-14) 14 January 1993
Most, Czech Republic
NationalityCzech
Political party Czech Republic:
Czech Pirate Party
EU Party:
European Pirate Party
EU Parliament group:
Greens/EFA
Alma materMasaryk University

Early work

Gregorová with Marcel Kolaja during the campaign for the 2019 European election

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]

See also

References

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