Jeroen Lenaers

Dutch politician (born 1984)

Jeroen Lenaers

MEP

Official portrait, 2024

Vice-Chair of the European People's Party in the European Parliament

Incumbent

Assumed office
21 February 2024
Chair|

* Manfred Weber

Serving alongside|

* François-Xavier Bellamy
* Andrzej Halicki
* Dolors Montserrat
* Siegfried Mureșan
* Lídia Pereira
* Massimiliano Salini
* Tomas Tobé
* Romana Tomc
* Željana Zovko

Role| Chief whip
Preceded by|

See list

* Arnaud Danjean

* Frances Fitzgerald

* Rasa Juknevičienė

* Vangelis Meimarakis

* Dolors Montserrat

* Siegfried Mureşan

* Jan Olbrycht

* Željana Zovko

* Lídia Pereira

Member of the European Parliament

Incumbent

Assumed office
1 July 2014
Constituency| Netherlands
Personal details
Born|  (1984-04-29) 29 April 1984 (age 40)
Stramproy, Netherlands
Political party|  Dutch
Christian Democratic Appeal

European People's Party
Alma mater| Maastricht University
Website| www.jeroenlenaers.nl

Jeroen Lenaers (born 29 April 1984) is a Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, part of the European People's Party.

Lenaers previously worked as a policy assistant to Ria Oomen-Ruijten, then Member of the European Parliament for the CDA.

## Early life and education

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Lenaers was raised in Limburg by his Belgian mother and Dutch father.[1] He studied European Studies at Maastricht University between 2003 and 2008.

## Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present

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Lenaers was second on the CDA candidate list for the 2014 European Parliament election. He was elected through preference votes.[2]

A member of the European People's Party Group, Lenaers first served on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs from 2014 until 2019 before moving to the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. In this capacity, he was the Parliament's rapporteur on legislation creating the European Labour Authority (ELA) in 2019.[3] In 2020, he became his parliamentary group's coordinator on the committee[4] and its spokesperson for justice and home affairs.[5] Also in 2020, he also joined the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union.[6] Since 2021, he has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[7]

In addition to his committee assignments, Lenaers held the position of vice-chairman of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) from 2014 until 2019. Since 2019, he has been part of the delegations for relations with the Mashreq countries and the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean.[citation needed] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights[8] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions.[9]

In February 2024, Esther de Lange, the CDA's delegation leader in the European Parliament, stepped down. Lenaers succeeded her in this position as well as in the role of vice chair of the European People's Party Group.[10][11][12] He was re-elected in June 2024 as the CDA's third candidate, when the party won three seats.[13]

## Electoral history

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Electoral history of Jeroen Lenaers Year  | Body  | Party  | Pos. | Votes  | Result  | Ref.

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Party seats  | Individual
2014 | European Parliament |  | Christian Democratic Appeal | 2 | 36,428  | 5  | Won  | [14]
2019 | European Parliament  |  | Christian Democratic Appeal  | 2 | 50,121  | 4  | Won  |
2024 | European Parliament  |  | Christian Democratic Appeal  | 3 | 55,781  | 3  | Won  | [13]

## Personal life

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Lenaers is married since 2019 and has two children.

## References

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1. ^ Van Buuren, Yara (2 June 2024). "Deze Europarlementariërs laten zien dat je in Europa veel kan bereiken" [These MEPs show that you can be successful in Europe]. Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2 June 2024.
2. ^ Jeroen Lenaers gekozen als Europarlementariër L1, 26 May 2014
3. ^ Hanne Cokelaere (14 November 2019), Labor authority caught in EU institutional turf war Politico Europe.
4. ^ Mia Bartoloni (November 27, 2020), Movers and Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
5. ^ Monika Scislowska (October 7, 2021), Court rules Polish Constitution has primacy over EU laws Associated Press.
6. ^ Members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
7. ^ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe European Parliament.
8. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
9. ^ Intergroup on Trade Unions European Parliament.
10. ^ "Jeroen LENAERS - 9th parliamentary term". European Parliament. 29 April 1984. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
11. ^ "Europees Parlement" [European Parliament]. Christian Democratic Appeal (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 May 2024.
12. ^ "CDA'er Esther de Lange nieuwe kabinetschef Wopke Hoekstra, volgt Diederik Samsom op" [CDA member Esther de Lange new head of cabinet Wopke Hoekstra, succeeds Diederik Samson]. de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 30 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
13. ^ a b "Proces-verbaal centraal stembureau uitslag verkiezing Europees Parlement Model P22-1" [Central electoral council report of the results of the election of the European Parliament Model P22-1] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 19 June 2024. pp. 15–16, 39. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
14. ^ Kiesraad (30 May 2014). "Uitslag Europees Parlementsverkiezing 2014 - Proces-verbaal - Kiesraad.nl". www.kiesraad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 August 2024.

## External links

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* Jeroen Lenaers MEP, official site
* Page on Parlement.com

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List of members of the European People's Party group (2019–2024)

Austria|

* Bernhuber
* Karas
* Mandl
* Sagartz
* Pirchner
* Thaler
* Winzig

Belgium|

* Arimont
* Franssen
* Lutgen
* Vandenkendelaere

Bulgaria|

* Ademov
* Kanev
* Kovatchev
* Maydell
* Novakov
* Radev
* Yordanov

Croatia|

* Glavak
* Ressler
* Sokol
* Zovko

Cyprus|

* Fourlas
* Stavrou

Czech Republic|

* Niedermayer
* Polčák
* Pospíšil
* Šojdrová
* Zdechovský

Denmark|

* Weiss

Estonia|

* Terras

Finland|

* Korhola
* Pietikäinen
* Virkkunen

France|

* Bellamy
* Colin-Oesterlé
* Danjean
* Didier
* Hortefeux
* Morano
* Sailliet
* Sander

Germany|

* Bentele
* Berger
* Braunsberger-Reinhold
* Caspary
* Doleschal
* Düpont
* Ehler
* Ferber
* Gahler
* Gieseke
* Herbst
* Hohlmeier
* Jahr
* Liese
* Lins
* McAllister
* Mortler
* Niebler
* Pieper
* Radtke
* Schneider
* Schwab
* Seekatz
* Simon
* Verheyen
* Voss
* Walsmann
* Weber
* Wieland

Greece|

* Asimakopoulou
* Kefalogiannis
* Kympouropoulos
* Meimarakis
* Spyraki
* Vozemberg
* Zagorakis

Hungary|

* Bocskor
* Deli
* Deutsch
* Gál
* Győri
* Gyürk
* Hidvéghi
* Hölvényi
* Járóka
* Kósa
* Schaller-Baross
* Tóth
* Trócsányi

Ireland|

* Clune
* Fitzgerald
* Kelly
* Markey
* Walsh

Italy|

* Comi
* Dorfmann
* Martusciello
* Meo
* Mussolini
* Patriciello
* Peppucci
* Regimenti
* Salini
* Vuolo
* Zambelli

Latvia|

* Kalniete
* Pūpols
* Vaidere

Lithuania|

* Juknevičienė
* Kubilius
* Maldeikienė
* Mažylis

Luxembourg|

* Kemp
* Wiseler-Santos

Malta|

* Casa
* Metsola

Netherlands|

* Berendsen
* Dalen
* Haga
* Lenaers
* Manders
* Ormel
* Schreijer-Pierik

Poland|

* Adamowicz
* Brejza
* Buzek
* Duda
* Frankowski
* Halicki
* Karpiński
* Hübner
* Jarubas
* Kalinowski
* Kopacz
* Lewandowski
* Łukacijewska
* Ochojska
* Olbrycht
* Pahl
* Thun

Portugal|

* Becker-Weinberg
* Coelho
* dos Santos
* Morgado
* Neto
* Pereira
* Santos

Romania|

* Băsescu
* Blaga
* Bogdan
* Buda
* Bușoi
* Falcă
* Hava
* Marinescu
* Motreanu
* Mureșan
* Nistor
* Tomac
* Vincze
* Winkler

Slovakia|

* Bilčík
* Lexmann
* Pollák
* Štefanec

Slovenia|

* Bogovič
* Novak
* Tomc
* Zver

Spain|

* Benjumea
* Castillo
* Collado
* Echeverría
* Estaràs
* García-Margallo
* Gil
* López-Istúriz
* Mato
* Millán
* Montserrat
* Zarzalejos
* Zoido

Sweden|

* Kokalari
* Lega
* Polfjärd
* Skyttedal
* Tobé
* Warborn

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Christian Democratic Appeal|

* Wim van de Camp
* Esther de Lange
* Jeroen Lenaers
* Lambert van Nistelrooij
* Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Democrats 66|

* Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
* Matthijs van Miltenburg
* Marietje Schaake
* Sophie in 't Veld

Party for Freedom|

* André Elissen
* Marcel de Graaff
* <Hans Jansen>†
* <Vicky Maeijer>
* Olaf Stuger
* Auke Zijlstra

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|

* Hans van Baalen
* Jan Huitema
* <Cora van Nieuwenhuizen>
* Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn

Labour Party|

* Agnes Jongerius
* Kati Piri
* Paul Tang

Socialist Party|

* Dennis de Jong
* Anne-Marie Mineur

Christian Union – Reformed Political Party|

* Bas Belder
* Peter van Dalen

GroenLinks|

* Bas Eickhout
* Judith Sargentini

Party for the Animals|

* Anja Hazekamp

† Hans Jansen died on 5 May 2015. He was replaced by Auke Zijlstra on 1 September 2015.

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Labour Party|

* Agnes Jongerius
* Kati Piri
* Paul Tang
* Vera Tax
* Mohammed Chahim
* Lara Wolters

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|

* Malik Azmani
* Caroline Nagtegaal-van Doorn
* Jan Huitema
* Liesje Schreinemacher
* Bart Groothuis

Christian Democratic Appeal|

* Esther de Lange
* Annie Schreijer-Pierik
* Jeroen Lenaers
* Tom Berendsen
* Henk Jan Ormel

Forum for Democracy|

* Derk Jan Eppink
* Rob Roos
* Rob Rooken

GroenLinks|

* Bas Eickhout
* Tineke Strik
* Kim van Sparrentak

Christian Union – Reformed Political Party|

* Peter van Dalen
* Bert-Jan Ruissen
* Anja Haga

Democrats 66|

* Samira Rafaela

Party for the Animals|

* Anja Hazekamp

50PLUS|

* Toine Manders

Independent|

* Sophie in 't Veld

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Party for Freedom|

* Sebastiaan Stöteler
* Marieke Ehlers
* Auke Zijlstra
* Sebastian Kruis
* Rachel Blom
* Ton Diepeveen

Labour Party|

* Mohammed Chahim
* Marit Maij
* Lara Wolters
* Thijs Reuten

GroenLinks|

* Bas Eickhout
* Kim van Sparrentak
* Tineke Strik
* Catarina Vieira

People's Party for Freedom and Democracy|

* Malik Azmani
* Bart Groothuis
* Jeannette Baljeu
* Anouk van Brug

Christian Democratic Appeal|

* Tom Berendsen
* Ingeborg ter Laak
* Jeroen Lenaers

Democrats 66|

* Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
* Raquel García Hermida-van der Walle
* Brigitte van den Berg

Farmer–Citizen Movement|

* Sander Smit
* Jessika van Leeuwen

Volt Netherlands|

* Reinier van Lanschot
* Anna Strolenberg

Party for the Animals|

* Anja Hazekamp

New Social Contract|

* Dirk Gotink

Reformed Political Party|

* Bert-Jan Ruissen

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