Cindy Franssen

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Cindy Franssen
MEP
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Member of the European Parliament
for the Dutch-speaking electoral college of Belgium
Assumed office
2 July 2019 [1] [2]
Personal details
Born (1976-01-30) 30 January 1976 (age 47)
Oudenaarde
NationalityBelgian
Political party Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams
Alma mater Ghent University

Cindy Franssen (born 30 January 1976) is a Belgian politician of the Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. [3]

Franssen has since been serving on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. She later also joined the Special Committee on Beating Cancer (2020) [4] and the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic (2022). [5] [6] Cindy Franssen was also recognized as one of the 100 Influential Women in Oncology by OncoDaily. [7]

In addition to her committee assignments, Franssen is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with India. She is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty, [8] the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions, [9] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability [10] and the MEPs Against Cancer group. [11]

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  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. ↑ News, Flanders (27 May 2019). "Far-right and far-left gains in Belgian European Parliament elections". vrtnws.be. Retrieved 10 June 2019.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ Members of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Members of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic European Parliament.
  6. ↑ Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees European Parliament, press release of 24 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "100 Influential Women in Oncology: Key Opinion Leaders to follow on Social Media in 2023". OncoDaily.
  8. ↑ Intergroup on Fighting against Poverty European Parliament.
  9. ↑ Intergroup on Trade Unions European Parliament.
  10. ↑ Members of the Disability Intergroup - EPP Archived 4 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine European Disability Forum.
  11. ↑ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature Archived 2 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine MEPs Against Cancer.


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