Catarina Cordeiro Vieira (born 14 May 1996)[1] is a Portuguese-born Dutch politician of the progressive GroenLinks party.
Catarina Vieira | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary group | Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Constituency | Netherlands |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1996 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal |
| Political party | |
She ran for the European Parliament in June 2024 as the tenth candidate on the shared GroenLinks–PvdA list. The party received a plurality in the Netherlands of eight seats, and Vieira was elected because of the nearly 32,000 preference votes cast for her.[2][3] Her focus is on international trade and human rights.[4]
European Parliament committees
edit- Committee on International Trade
- Delegation to the Africa–EU Parliamentary Assembly
- Subcommittee on Human Rights (substitute)
- Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (substitute)
- EU–Central America Parliamentary Association Committee (substitute)
- Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (substitute)
- Delegation to the OACPS–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (substitute)[5]
Electoral history
edit| Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||
| 2024 | European Parliament | GroenLinks–PvdA | 10 | 31,929 | 8 | Won[a] | [2] | |
Notes
edit- ^ Vieira received enough preference votes to be elected despite her party's result.
References
edit- ^ "Home | Catarina VIEIRA | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 11–12, 35. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Uitslag Europese verkiezingen in Nederland gelijk aan prognose" [European election results in the Netherlands same as prognosis]. NOS (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Catarina Vieira". GroenLinks–PvdA (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "10th parliamentary term | Catarina VIEIRA". European Parliament. Retrieved 28 September 2024.