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

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

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

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.

Political career

Wolters 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. She has since been serving on the Committee on Budgetary Control and on the Committee on Legal Affairs.[3] In this capacity, she is the co-rapporteur on a 2022 directive on improving the gender balance on boards of directors of listed companies.[4]

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,[5] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity,[6] and the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.[7]

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