Marije Cornelissen

Marije Cornelissen ( born March 9, 1974 in Stiens ) is a Dutch politician.

Life

Cornelissen grew up in an atheistic family. After high school, she studied politics and international relations at the University of Utrecht. Since the 1990s, Cornelissen was politically active in the party Groen Links. 1996/1997 she worked as a staff member for the European politicians Nel van Dijk. Cornelissen 2009 was elected to the European Parliament where she is a member of the Greens / European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. Cornelissen is a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on Women and Gender Equality and the Rights of the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo. Deputy Cornelissen is on the Committee on Foreign Affairs