Niels Fuglsang (born 29 June 1985) is a Danish politician who was elected as a

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 ...

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Education

Fuglsang has a cand.scient.pol. and in 2019 he was writing his ph.d. thesis.

Political career

As part of the parliamentary group

Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) is the political group in the European Parliament of the Party of European Socialists (PES). The Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats was officially founded as a Socialist ...

, Fuglsang has since been serving on the

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and the

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) is a committee of the European Parliament. Its areas of responsibility relate to industry, especially technology-intensive manufacturing, information technology, and telecommunications. It also ...

. In addition to his committee assignments, Fuglsang is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with

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. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals,

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuglsang, Niels MEPs for Denmark 2019–2024 1985 births Living people University of Copenhagen alumni