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Aura Salla
Aura Salla (born 13 June 1984) is a Finnish people, Finnish politician and a Member of the European Parliament. Early life Salla obtained a master's degree in political science from the University of Turku in 2011, followed by a PhD in 2021; the title of her thesis was ''The Euro Crisis 2010–2014: The Changing Role of the European Commission''. Before her studies, Salla completed her voluntary conscription in Finland, national military service in the Finnish Air Force, discharged at the rank of sergeant. Career Salla ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 European Parliament election, 2014 and 2019 European Parliament election, instead ending up as an advisor, first in Commissioner Jyrki Katainen's cabinet (2014–2016), followed by a similar role in the strategy unit of Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (2016–2020). From there she moved into business, taking up the post of Public Policy Director and Head of EU Affairs at Meta Platforms, Meta in 2020, where she was described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of The European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its members were directly appointed by the governments of member states from among those already sitting in their own national parliaments. Since 1979, however, MEPs have been elected by direct universal suffrage. Earlier European organizations that were a precursor to the European Union did not have MEPs. Each member state establishes its own method for electing MEPs – and in some states this has changed over time – but the system chosen must be a form of proportional representation. Some member states elect their MEPs to represent a single national constituency; other states apportion seats to sub-national regions for election. They are sometimes referred to as delegates. They may also be known as observers when a new country is seekin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
