Karen Melchior

Karen Melchior
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Denmark
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1980-10-15) 15 October 1980 (age 43)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Political partyDanish Social Liberal Party (until August 2022)
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
Websitehttps://karenmelchior.eu/

Karen Melchior (born 15 October 1980)[3] is a Danish lawyer and politician, formerly of the Danish Social Liberal Party, who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Political career

Career in local politics

Melchior was a member of the Copenhagen Municipal Council.[4] In the council, she served on the Social Committee and the Health and Care Committee.[4] from local elections of 2017, on the ticket of the Social Liberal Party.[5]

Melchior ran on the Danish Social Liberal Party's ticket in the European Parliament Election of 2014, where she was elected to the position of first alternate MEP for the party.[6]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Melchior was eventually elected to the European Parliament in 2019.[7] She has since been serving on the Committee on Legal Affairs and on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

In addition to her committee assignments, Melchior is part of the parliament's delegations to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee, as well as to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.[8] She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption,[9] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[10] the European Internet Forum,[11] the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group,[12] and the Spinelli Group.[13]

Melchior resigned from the Social Liberal Party in August 2022 but remains a member of the European Parliament.[14]

Harassment of employees

In 2021, it was revealed how Melchior on several occasions harassed her assistants in her office in the European Parliament. At least three of her assistants ended up on sick leave due to the harassment.[15] In May 2022, her Danish party Danish Social Liberal Party requested her to resign from the European Parliament immediately and declared that she will not be allowed to run for the party for the next election to the European Parliament.[16]

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. ^ Søren Øhlers (27 May 2019). "Radikal står til at forlade København til fordel for EU".
  4. ^ a b "Karen Melchior". Københavns Kommune (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  5. ^ "Karen Melchior". Radikale Hovedstaden (in Danish). 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  6. ^ "Karen Melchior". Altinget.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  7. ^ "Valgresultat EP-valg Danmark - Følg resultatet for EP-valget her | DR". www.dr.dk.
  8. ^ Karen Melchior European Parliament.
  9. ^ Intergroup on Anti-Corruption European Parliament.
  10. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  11. ^ Members Archived 2019-11-07 at the Wayback Machine European Internet Forum.
  12. ^ Members Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.
  13. ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
  14. ^ "EU-parlamentariker melder sig ud af De Radikale". berlingske.dk (in Danish). 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  15. ^ Guldberg, Af Cecilie (2021-09-23). "Flere sygemeldte: Knækket af radikal profil". ekstrabladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  16. ^ "De radikale opfordrer Karen Melchior til at trække sig - TV 2". nyheder.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2022-06-23.