Erik Meijer (born on 5 December 1944 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Socialistische Partij, part of the European Left and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism. December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Municipality of Amsterdam Alternate meanings: See Amsterdam Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... A Member of the European Parliament (English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Unions directly-elected legislative body, the European Parliament. ... The Socialist Party (Dutch: Socialistische Partij) is a socialist party in the Netherlands. ... The European Left party is a political party at European level and an association of communist and socialist political parties in the European Union It was formed in January 2004 for the purposes of running in the 2004 European Parliament elections. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...

He is a substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Biography

Thanks to the support of more than one in twenty voters in the elections of June, 1999, the SP has since then been represented in the European Parliament. The 1999 election was the first election for the European Parliament after the enlargement of the European Union with Austria, Finland and Sweden. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Born in 1944, Erik, who lives in Rotterdam, studied social geography and later taught geography before becoming a civil servant. Politically active since the beginning of the 1960s, including as an executive member of Socialist Youth (SJ), in the `70s he was elected to represent the Pacifist Socialist Party (PSP) on Amsterdam City Council. From 1982 to 1995 he served as a Provincial Councillor in South Holland, having been elected on a combined PSP-Communist-Radical Party ticket. Following the formation of the Green Left, which united these tendencies, he became the party’s national vice-chair, a position which he held until 1995. Rotterdam Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ... Social geography studies how society affects geographical features and how environmental factors affect society. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Pacifist Socialist Party, or PSP, was a Dutch political party. ... Municipality of Amsterdam Alternate meanings: See Amsterdam Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. ... A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January-February January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the province of the Netherlands. ... PSP is an acronym which can have the following meanings: PlayStation Portable Paint Shop Pro Progressive Socialist Party Polysaccharide Peptide This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Communist party of the Netherlands (CPN, in Dutch Communistische Partij Nederland) was a communist party of the Netherlands. ... A number of political organizations have called themselves the Radical Party, or have Radical as part of their name. ... GroenLinks (GL, GreenLeft) is a political party in the Netherlands. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

At the beginning of 1996, Erik Meijer left Green Left for the SP. In 1998 he became chair of the SP branch in Delfshaven, Rotterdam’s poorest district, where he lives, at the same time working to build up the party’s European contacts. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Delfshaven is a former town on the Meuse, and currently a neighbourhood of Rotterdam. ...

In the European Parliament the SP forms part of the United Left Group (GUE-NGL). The party’s priority is resistance to the development of a European superstate too far removed from the people and too closely attached to the interests of European multinationals.[ A superstate is an aglomeration of nations, often linguistically and ethnically diverse, under a single political-administrative structure. ... The word multinational can refer to several things. ...

In the European elections of 10th June, 2004, the SP’s electoral support grew from 5% to 7%, giving the party a second seat. Re-elected, Erik Meijer was joined by Kartika Liotard. Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ...

Education

• 1972: Higher degree in social geography

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Career

• 1971-1975: Geography teacher, senior secondary and pre-university education
• 1980-1992: Local government official, Rotterdam City Council
• 1968-1991: Has held office at national level in the PSP (Pacifist Socialist Party) (Vice-chairman of the Chairman of elected representatives' section, editor of party magazine)
• 1992-1995: Member of executive and Vice-Chairman of the GroenLinks
• since 1999: Member of Socialist Party executive
• 1975-1978: Member of Amsterdam City Council
• 1998-2002: Member of the Delfshaven District Council
• 1982-1995: Member of the South Holland Provincial Council
• since 1999: Member of the European Parliament
• 1961-1969: Member of executive, Socialist Youth and Student Organisations
• 1990-1993: Member of executive, Citizenship Foundation
• 1995-1998: Chairman of the Spangen (Rotterdam) Residents' Association
• 1995-1999: Chairman of the Stichting Ontwikkelbank Centrum (Foundation for the Promotion of Central Rotterdam)

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External links

• Official website of Erik Meijer: europa.sp.nl (http://europa.sp.nl)
• Official websiteat the EP group: www.europarl.eu.int/gue/tree/gstruct/en/members/meijer.htm (http://www.europarl.eu.int/gue/tree/gstruct/en/members/meijer.htm)
• European Parliament biography of Erik Meijer (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=4508)
• Declaration (http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6-dif/4508_01-07-2004.PDF) of financial interests (in Dutch; PDF file)