The EUFORES Extended Board met for the first time during the plenary week in Strabourg
The newly created body, consists of 18 Members of the European Parliament, representing all major political groups as well as eleven Member States of the European Union.
The Extended Board has been created to discuss the strategy of EUFORES in promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency and deepen the parliamentary network in the European Union. The members of the Extended Board have been appointed by the EUFORES Board of Presidents.
Members of the Extended Board:
Maria da Graça Carvalho, European People's Party, Portugal; Bendt Bendtsen, European People's Party, Denmark; Bas Eickhout, The Greens, The Netherlands; Vicky Ford, European Conservatives and Reformists, United Kingdom; Gaston Franco, European People's Party, France; Rebecca Harms, The Greens, Germany; Satu Hassi, The Greens, Finland; Yannick Jadot, The Greens, France; Arturs Krišjānis Karins, European People's Party, Latvia; Lena Kolarska-Bobinska, European People's Party, Poland; Bernd Lange, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Germany; Jo Leinen, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Germany; Corinne Lepage, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, France; Judith Merkies, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, The Netherlands; Vittorio Prodi, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Italy; Paul Rübig, European People's Party, Austria; Britta Thomsen, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Denmark; Silvia-Adriana Ticau, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Romania; Kathleen van Brempt, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, Belgium; Graham Watson, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, UK.