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Lara Wolters

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Lara Wolters
MEP
Wolters in 2020
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2019
Preceded byFrans Timmermans
ConstituencyNetherlands
Personal details
Born
Lara Ianthe Wolters

(1986-04-12) 12 April 1986 (age 38)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Political partyLabour Party
Children2

Lara Ianthe Wolters (born 12 April 1986) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019.[1]

Early life and education

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After studying law and European social and political studies (ESPS) at the University College London she spent a year at the University of Strasbourg through the Erasmus Programme, where she completed an internship at the European Parliament.[2] She also holds a degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the College of Europe in Bruges.

Political career

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Wolters worked as a policy advisor in Brussels.[3] She became a Member of the European Parliament when she replaced Frans Timmermans who decided not to take his parliamentary seat following the 2019 European elections to serve as Executive Vice President of the European Commission. She is a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control and Vice Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs.[4] In this capacity, she was rapporteur on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, having previously led a parliamentary resolution calling for legislation to make corporations accountable for issues such as worker exploitation, human rights violations, and environmental damage.[5][6] She told that her interest in the topic had been sparked by the 2013 collapse of a Bangladeshi commercial building, which had resulted in over 1,100 deaths. The deal Wolters negotiated with the European Council after the directive had passed the parliament included corporate accountability regarding effort despite her desire to have accountability regarding results. Algemeen Dagblad reported in 2024 that the proposal had little chance of being adopted by the council after countries such as Germany, France, and Italy had expressed disapproval.[6]

She was also co-rapporteur on a 2022 directive on improving the gender balance on boards of directors of listed companies.[5] In addition to her committee assignments, Wolters is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with China. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption,[7] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity,[8] and the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.[9]

She was re-elected in June 2024 as the seventh candidate on the shared GroenLinks–PvdA list, which received a plurality in the Netherlands of eight seats.[10] Her focus has since been on economic affairs, justice, and transportation.[11]

Personal life

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Wolters' husband is Greek. They have two sons, born in 2021 and 2023.[6] Since 2021 she has been leading a campaign for maternity leave for Members of the European Parliament.

Electoral history

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Electoral history of Lara Wolters
Year Body Party Pos. Votes Result Ref.
Party seats Individual
2024 European Parliament GroenLinks–PvdA 7 39,881 8 Won [10]

References

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  1. ^ Her MEP profile
  2. ^ Europeser dan met Lara Wolters wordt het niet. Metro, October 18, 2019. Retrieved 2021-02-06
  3. ^ Van Buuren, Yara (2 June 2024). "Deze Europarlementariërs laten zien dat je in Europa veel kan bereiken" [These MEPs show that you can be successful in Europe]. Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  4. ^ Lara Wolters European Parliament.
  5. ^ a b Inbar Preiss (19 March 2022), Parliament pushes for gender balance on corporate boards after decade-long deadlock on legislation The Parliament Magazine.
  6. ^ a b c Nijenhuis, Hans (4 March 2024). "Lara is woest op lobbyisten die 'haar' wet dwarsbomen waar ze vier jaar mee bezig was" [Lara is outraged by lobbyists who are blocking 'her' bill that she worked four years on]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  7. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption.
  8. ^ Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity European Parliament.
  9. ^ Members Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.
  10. ^ a b "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 11–12, 35. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Onze mensen" [Our people]. GroenLinks–PvdA (in Dutch). Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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