Mohammed Chahim is a Moroccan-born Dutch politician of the Labour Party who has been serving as a

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since 2019.

Political career

Chahim has been a

since the 2019 European elections. In parliament, he has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, where he is the

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for the

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. In 2020, he also joined the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport. In addition to his committee assignments, Chahim is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with

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. He is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. In 2021, Chahim was part of the European Parliament’s official delegation to the

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(COP26).European Parliament Delegation to COP26, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 9-13 November 2021

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Living people MEPs for the Netherlands 2019–2024 Labour Party (Netherlands) MEPs 1985 births {{Netherlands-MEP-stub