Bart Staes
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1958 Izegem |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Political party | Volksunie Groen (2002–) |
| Residence | Antwerpen |
| Alma mater | Sint-ThomasInstituut, Brussels |
| Occupation | Teacher Politician |
| Website | Official website |
Bart Hubert Wilfried Marcel Staes (Dutch: [bɑrt̪ st̪aˑs]; born on 7 August 1958 in Izegem) is a Belgian politician and a Member of the European Parliament for Flanders. He is a member of Groen!, part of the European Greens. He sits in a transnational delegation together with MEPs for the GreenLeft. He started his career as a Bachelor Dutch-English-economics and became a politician later on. He lives in Antwerp. He started his political career in the Volksunie, which later became Spirit. 2002, Bart Staes made, because of the cartel sp.a-Spirit, the move to the then-called Agalev (later Groen!). As from 1999, he's uninterruptedly been a Member of the European Parliament for at first Volksunie, later Spirit and now Groen!. He is especially interested in environment and peace movements.
Political history
His political career started with membership of the Volksunie, with the collapse of that party in 2002 he joined Groen!.
European Parliament
Staes was first elected into the European Parliament in 1999 and was reelected, as only member from his party, in 2004 and 2009. He currently sits on the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
Career
Politics Curriculum
Member Party Council VolksunieJongeren (1980–1981) and(1984–1987)
Member of the VU-party-council (1984–1987) en (1995–2001)
Second follower VU-senate list (1995–1999)
Member Spirit-party persidency (2001–2002)
Mandatory of Agalev/Groen! (juli 2002 - )
Member of party council of Groen! (2003 - )
Member of European parliament (1999 - )
Member of fraction Greens/European Free Alliance (Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie)
Member of Budget control-commission
Instant member of Commission Environmental gestion, Public Health and Food security
Member of Parlementary cooperative commission EU-Russia
Instant member of Parlemantary cooperative commission EU-Central-Asia
initiator of the Intergroup Chechnya
Author of manifest van de gravensteengroep
Publication Het vlees is zwak met Jaak Vandemeulebroucke, Hadewijch, Antwerpen, 1996
Echo's voor een ander Europa, Houtekiet, Antwerpen, 2004
Voor een ander Europa, Houtekiet, Antwerpen, 2009
GGO's: Droom of werkelijkheid, Houtekiet, Antwerpen, 2012
extern link www.bartstaes.be
Bart Staes in the European parliament
Timeline
- 13/06/1999 – :
Member of European Parliament
External links
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