Markéta Gregorová
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 | 14 January 1993 Most, Czech Republic |
| Political party |  Czech Republic:Czech Pirate Party  EU Party:European Pirate Party EU Parliament group:Greens/EFA |
| Alma mater | Masaryk University |
Markéta Gregorová (born 14 January 1993) is a Czech politician. She has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019, representing the Czech Pirate Party.[1][2] Gregorová serves as the Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, and is a member of the Committee on International Trade and the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation.
Early life and career
[edit]Gregorová studied International Relations and European Studies at Masaryk University in Brno. She received her master's degree in Public Administration and Security Studies at the CEVRO Institute. Prior to entering politics, Gregorová worked in the private sector, within the fields of marketing and web testing.[3] Gregorová is described as a person with a specific sense of humour.[4]
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Gregorová was third on the Pirate Party candidate list in the 2014 European Parliament election, but was not elected.[5] She was the president of the European Pirate Party from December 2018.[6]
European Parliament
[edit]Election
[edit]Gregorová co-wrote the common electoral program for the European Pirate parties, signed in Luxembourg in February 2019. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the 2019 European Parliament election, as the second candidate on the Pirate Party list.[7][8] She was re-elected in 2024 as the Czech Pirate Party's only remaining MEP.
Gregorová serves as the vice-chair of the delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, and is a member of the Committee on International Trade and the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation.[9]
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.[10]
Committee assignments
[edit]Gregorová is a member of the following 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
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Palata, Luboš (12 February 2019). "Evropští Piráti spojili síly. Věří v úspěch i v Německu". Deník (in Czech). Vltave Labe Media. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Studená, Iva; Junek, Václav (18 March 2019). "Přehledně: Podívejte se, kdo chce usednout v europarlamentu. Kampaň pomalu začíná". Aktualně.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Součková, Tereza; Sviták, Matěj (10 June 2024). "Profil europoslankyně Markéty Gregorové". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Stuchlíková, Lucie; Machová, Martina (14 January 2024). "Růžová rebelka. Kdo je žena, která dýchá na záda Ivanu Bartošovi". Seznam.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České republiky ve dnech 2014 | Strana Piráti" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Čeští Piráti uspěli v předsednictvu Evropské pirátské strany. Markéta Gregorová byla zvolena předsedkyní". Czech Pirate Party (in Czech). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Evropské pirátské strany spojují síly. V Lucemburku podepsaly program pro eurovolby". Info.cz (in Czech). 9 February 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Volby do Evropského parlamentu konané na území České republiky ve dnech 2019" (in Czech). Czech Statistical Office. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Markéta Gregorová". European Parliament. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Zelenka, Filip (9 May 2019). "Dvojka Pirátů Markéta Gregorová: Evropská unie se neumí prodat". E15 (in Czech). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Markéta Gregorová at Wikimedia Commons- Markéta Gregorová on Czech Pirate Party website
- Markéta Gregorová on the European Parliament website
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