Lídia Pereira

Lídia Pereira is a Portuguese politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. She is also president of the Youth of the European People's Party (YEPP), that represents over 1 million youngsters all across Europe.

Lídia Pereira

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Portugal
Personal details
Born (1991-07-26) July 26, 1991
Coimbra
Political partySocial Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Coimbra

Early life and education

Pereira was the spokesperson for her College of Europe masters class.

Political career

In the 2019 European elections Pereira was the first politician to run a carbon neutral political campaign, drawing attention to climate change. As number 2 in the list she stood out as a political renewal of Portuguese MEPs. Since joining the European Parliament, she has been serving as her parliamentary group's deputy coordinator in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and as member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.[1]

In addition to her committee assignments, Pereira is part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.[2]

Other activities
  • UNITE – Parliamentary Network to End HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis and Other Infectious Diseases, Member (since 2019)[3]

References
  1. Her MEP profile
  2. Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  3. Members – Western & Central Europe


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