I have been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. During my first legislative term I have beena member on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and I have been a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) and of the Committee on Fisheries (PECH). Apart from committee work, I was a member of Parliament’s SMEs Intergroup and of the Delegation for Relations with India.
In May 2019 I have been re-elected as a Member of the European Parliament. I am a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and a substitute member in the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
Further, I am a member in the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM), a member in the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT) and a substitute member in the Delegation for relations with India (D-IN).
Together with my Finnish colleague Henna Virkunnen I am the chairing the SME-Circle of the EPP-Group.