Vladimír Bilčík (born 27 May 1975) is a Slovak university lecturer and politician of the Slovak party Democrats. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024. During the 2019 European Parliament election in Slovakia, Bilčík ran as the leader of Democrats, as part of a coalition with Progressive Slovakia. He got 26,202 preferential votes in total.[1]
Vladimír Bilčík | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Slovakia | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Parliamentary group | European People´s Party |
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| Born | 27 May 1975 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) |
| Political party | Democrats (since 2019) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil) Comenius University (DPhil) |
| Website | Official website |
| Nickname | Mr. Serbia |
Political career
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Bilčík has been a member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), where he serves as his parliamentary group's coordinator; the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), within which he engages in the protection of the rule of law, the fight against misinformation, and the hybrid threats; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), where he serves as the Parliament's rapporteur for relations with Serbia.[2] Bilčík is part of the Democracy, Rule of Law & Fundamental Rights Monitoring Group.[3]
In 2020, Bilčík joined the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union.[4]
Since 2021, Bilčík has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[5] He later negotiated a parliamentary resolution calling for the murderers of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia to be brought to justice.[6]
As the EPP shadow rapporteur, Bilčík works on the European Media Freedom Act - an important piece of legislation which aims to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU.[7] Since 2023, he has been part of the Centre for European Policy Studies/Heinrich Böll Foundation High-Level Group on Bolstering EU Democracy, chaired by Kalypso Nicolaïdis.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Noví europoslanci: PS a Spolu majú štyroch, Smer má troch, kotlebovci dvoch". Trend (in Slovak). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ Barber, Tony (17 June 2020). "Serbia's path to EU strewn with missteps and some members' doubts". Financial Times.
- ^ "LIBE Democracy, Fundamental Rights and Monitoring Group (2019–2024)" (PDF). European Parliament. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Conference of Presidents" (PDF). European Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Introducing the Members of the Delegation". European Parliament. Archived from the original on 1 August 2023.
- ^ Banks, Martin (29 April 2021). "MEPs call for killers of Daphne Caruana Galizia to be brought to justice". The Parliament Magazine.
- ^ "V.Bilčík bude tieňovým spravodajcom pre európsky zákon o slobode médií". Teraz (in Slovak). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ Ghafori, Shagofah (1 May 2023). "CEPS-SWP High-Level Group on bolstering EU Democracy". CEPS.