Eva-Britt Svensson

Eva -Britt Svensson, Siv Margareta ( born December 5, 1946 in Värnamo, Småland ) is a Swedish politician of the left-wing and was Vänsterpartiet 2004-2011 Member of the European Parliament.

Life

Svensson 1992 chairman of the Eurosceptic organization Nej till EU ( "No to EU") that tried to prevent the made ​​in 1995 Sweden joined the European Union. They remained there until 2001 at the club tip, after which it was vice-chair. From 1995 she held various offices in the Vänsterpartiet, in which it was in 2000 a member of the party executive. In the same year she was also a member of the Association of Executive Board of the Swedish Union of Tenants.

In the European elections 2004, she was first elected to the European Parliament, where she was to 20049 Deputy Chairman of the Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL). In the European elections 2009, she again won a mandate and then became the chairman of the Committee on Women and Gender Equality, the Rights selected. In September 2011, Svensson has waived the deputy seat in the European Parliament.