Delara Burkhardt

Delara Burkhardt is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[1]

Delara Burkhardt
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Personal details
Born (1992-11-03) 3 November 1992
Hamburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Political party German:
Social Democratic Party
 EU:
Party of European Socialists
Alma materUniversity of Kiel

Early life and education

Burkhardt grew up in Siek, Holstein and studied political science at the University of Kiel from 2012 until 2016.

Political career

In parliament, Burkhardt is a member of the European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

In addition to her committee assignments, Burkhardt is part of the Spinelli Group,[2] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[3] the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas,[4] and of the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.[5]

On 4 February 2021 Burkhart took on a godparenthood for Katsyaryna Andreeva, Belarusian journalist and political prisoner.[6]

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Burkhardt was part of her party's delegation in the working group on climate protection and energy policy, co-chaired by Matthias Miersch, Oliver Krischer and Lukas Köhler.[7]

References

  1. "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. Board & Members Spinelli Group.
  3. Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  4. Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  5. Members Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.
  6. "Members of Parliament from Switzerland, Germany and Ireland take over godparenthood for Yuliya Slutskaya, Katsiaryna Andreyeva and Vitold Ashurak". Libereco. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. Ampel-Koalition: Das sind die Verhandlungsteams von SPD, Grünen und FDP Deutschlandfunk, October 27, 2021.


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