Vladimír Bilčík

Vladimír Bilčík, M.Phil., PhD. (born 27 May 1975 in Bratislava)[3] is a Slovak politician, a member of the Presidency at TOGETHER - Civic Democracy political party, an expert in the field of European Politics and International Relations and a university lecturer. Currently, he is the Member of the European Parliament. For the European Parliament elections in 2019[4], Vladimír Bilčík ran as a leader of TOGETHER - Civic Democracy political party in a back-then Coalition Progressive Slovakia & TOGETHER - Civic Democracy. He got 26 202 preferential votes in total.

Vladimír Bilčík in the European Parliament

Vladimír Bilčík

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Slovakia
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born27 May 1975 (age 45)
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
NationalitySlovak
Political partyTOGETHER – Civic Democracy
Children2
ResidenceBratislava
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Professionuniversity lecturer, scientist, MEP
Websitehttps://vladimirbilcik.eu/

Prior entering the European Parliament, he worked as a university lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Phylosophy of Comenius University in Bratislava. Furthermore, he worked as the Head of the Research Program European Union in the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) for almost 20 years. Vladimír Bilčík was regularly publishing about the issues concerning reformation and external relations of the European Union. He was providing expert comments on the European politics and the progress and consequences of Brexit in the Slovak Republic and abroad.

Political Agenda

The key priorities within his political activities are the following:

  • protection of the rule of law
  • fight against disinformation
  • support for the EU enlargement in the Western Balkans

Work in the European Parliament
Vladimír Bilčík in the European Parliament

Vladimír Bilčík is a member of the Group of the European People´s Party (EPP), the biggest fraction of the European Parliament.

He holds the following positions:

  • Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
  • Standing Rapporteur of the European Parliament for Serbia
  • Member of 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
  • Vice - Coordinator of the EPP Group in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO), where he co-ordinates discussions about a future of democratic functioning of the European Union
  • Member of The Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), where he supports active neighborhood policy
  • Member of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in All Democratic Processes in the European Union, Including Disinformation

Education
  • The Armand Hammer United World College, Montezuma, USA. International High School graduated with the International Baccalaureate (1991-1993)
  • Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, USA. Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics and Political Science with focus on Public Politics and International Relations (1993-1999)
  • University of Oxford, St Antony´s College, Oxford, UK. Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in European Politics (1997-1999)
  • D.Phil. (PhD.), Comenius University. Dissertation thesis in the field of Political Theory (2007)

Publications
  • The European Union Today: trends and relevance for the Slovak Republic / Vladimír Bilčík, Martin Bruncko - editors. - 2., supplemented edition. - Bratislava ; Bratislava: Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Institute for Public Affairs, 2003. - 198 p. - ISBN 80-7165-396-9.

References
  1. "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197771/VLADIMIR_BILCIK/home
  4. https://www.etrend.sk/ekonomika/novi-europoslanci-ps-a-spolu-maju-styroch-smer-troch-kotlebovci-dvoch.html.


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