Mr. Jo Leinen MEP
Parliament:
European Parliament/Germany
Political Party:
Socialist Group in the European Parliament Mr. Leinen has been a member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Group since 1999. He is chairman of the EP`s constitutional affairs committee and substitute member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs. Furthermore he is a member of the delegation for the relations with South Asia and of the delegation for relations with India. From 1985-1994 he was Minister for environment in the German state of Saarland.
Senator Scott Ludlam
Parliament:
Australian Federal Parliament
Political Party:
Australian Greens Scott Ludlam is an Australian Greens Senator for Western Australia. He was elected in the November 2007 federal election. A peace and environmental activist, Senator Ludlam has worked for a nuclear-free Australia and nuclear-free world. His work has spanned issues as diverse as preventing uranium mining at Jabiluka and Western Australia, Aboriginal land rights, peace, military bases, climate change, trade, globalisation, and energy market reform. Senator Ludlam’s portfolio responsibilities include Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy; Housing; Human Heritage; Local Government; Mining; Nuclear; Public Transport; Sustainable Cities.
Ms. Lunacek, Ulrike MEP
Parliament:
European Parliament
Political Party:
Green Group Ulrike Lunacek is currently Member of the European Parliament. In this position she is member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Spokesperson of the Greens/ EFA on Foreign Affairs, Rapporteur for Kosovo, Member of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, Member of the Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia and Co-President of the LGBT Intergroup of the European Parliament. Furthermore she is Vice-Chair of the Green Parliamentary Group in Austria.
Ms. Lunacek studied English-Spanish-German for the interpreter's degree at the University of Innsbruck, where she graduated with Maga. Phil. (B.A.) in 1983. Between 1983 and 1995 she gathered professional experience as interpreter, journalist and project coordinator in NGO's on development cooperation, feminist and LGBT policies. From 1996-1998 she was Secretary General of the Austrian Greens, became Member of the Austrian Parliament in 1999, and from 2006 till 2009 was Co-Chair of the European Green Party.
