Eva-Britt Svensson

Eva-Britt Svensson (born 5 December 1946 in Värnamo, Småland) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Left Party.

Eva-Britt Svensson
Eva-Britt Svensson describing her work to visiting students of Kvarnby folkhögskola.
Member of the European Parliament
for Sweden
In office
2004–2011
Succeeded byMikael Gustafsson
Personal details
Born (1946-12-05) 5 December 1946
Värnamo, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Political partyLeft Party

Svensson has been vice-chair of the GUE/NGL group, and chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. She was also a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a substitute for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with Israel, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.

Svensson is known for opposing Europe-wide restrictions on freedom of speech and to prevent perceived gender stereotyping.[1]

She left the Parliament in September 2011.

Career
  • Political secretary of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) (1995–2004)
  • Member of County Council for the Left Party (1995–2004)
  • Member of the Left Party's Executive (since 2000)
  • Member of executive committee
  • Tenants' association Sweden (since 2000)
  • Chair of the People's Movement No to the EU, Sweden (1992–2001)
  • Vice-Chair of the People's Movement No to the EU, Sweden (since 2001)

References
  1. Irvine, Chris (5 September 2008). "EU wants to ban 'sexist' TV commercials". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 September 2008.


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