Jens Holm (born 18 April 1971) is a

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politician. 2006-2009 he served as a

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(MEP) for the Left Party sitting with the EUL/NGL group. On 27 September 2006 he took up the seat vacated by

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. He was elected to the

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in the 2010 election and remained a member of parliament until the 2022 election. He is also a founding member of Colombianätverket ("The Colombia Network"),Erik Wiman and Richard Aschberg
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'', retrieved 27 June 2013 a Sweden-based organisation which describes its objective as to "support efforts toward a peaceful and socially just solution to the

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". In 2013, the officer Hans-Erik Sjöholm claimed that he as part of his infiltration of the Left Party on behalf of the Swedish Intelligence Service had spied on Holm, due to Holm's connection to

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. Holm argues that meat production is environmentally hazardous, and in March 2007 he made a proposal to introduce taxes for meat producers. He is also an ethical

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himself, and was a

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between 1994 and 2008.

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official website and blog * * 1971 births Living people People from Sundsvall Members of the Riksdag from the Left Party (Sweden) Swedish male bloggers MEPs for Sweden 2004–2009 Left Party (Sweden) MEPs Members of the Riksdag 2010–2014 Members of the Riksdag 2014–2018 Swedish vegetarianism activists {{Sweden-MEP-stub