Annie Schreijer-Pierik

Annie Schreijer-Pierik
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 15 July 2024
ConstituencyNetherlands
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
19 May 1998 – 17 June 2010
Personal details
Born
Johanna Maria Gertruida Schreijer-Pierik

(1953-02-17) 17 February 1953 (age 71)
Diepenheim, Netherlands
Political partyChristian Democratic Appeal (1980–present)
Other political
affiliations		European People's Party
SpouseJan Schreijer
Children3
Websitewww.annie-schreijer.eu

Annie Schreijer-Pierik (born 17 February 1953[1]) is a Dutch politician and former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the Netherlands. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal, part of the European People's Party.

She runs a pig farm in the village Hengevelde, in the eastern part of the Netherlands, together with her family.

Political career

Schreijer-Pierik became active for the Katholieke Plattelands Jongeren (Catholic rural youth) at age 17.[2] She was elected to the municipal council of Ambt Delden in 1991. Four years later, she became member of the council of the province Overijssel. From 1998 until 2010 Schreijer was a Member of the Dutch national parliament. As a Member of Parliament she chaired the Agriculture committee from 2004 until 2008.

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present

Schreijer-Pierik was elected to the European Parliament in May 2014 as a CDA lijstduwer thanks to her 113,123 preference votes.[2][3] A member of the European People's Party Group, she served on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety from 2014 until 2019 before moving to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Fisheries. In addition to her committee assignments, Schreijer-Pierik is part of the Parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[4]

She became less active in the European Parliament due to heart issues, and colleagues such as Bert-Jan Ruissen (SGP) often spoke on her behalf in debates. Schreijer-Pierik decided not to run for re-election in June 2024. In an interview with Nederlands Dagblad, she described her doubts in remaining a member of the CDA, saying that she had been unable to defend her party's agricultural compromises in the coalition agreement of the fourth Rutte cabinet. She had supported the switch to the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BBB) of her former assistant Sander Smit. Schreijer-Pierik said she desired a merger between the CDA, BBB, and NSC – the latter two having been founded by former CDA members in recent years.[2] Her membership of the European Parliament ended on 15 July 2024.[5]

Personal life

Schreijer-Pierik married on 17 February 1974 in Diepenheim and has three children. She is a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

References

  1. ^ "J.M.G. (Annie) Schreijer-Pierik - Nederlandse Grondwet". www.denederlandsegrondwet.nl.
  2. ^ a b c Beverdam, Gerard (18 April 2024). "Annie Schreijer bleef met pijn en moeite bij het CDA. 'Uiteindelijk moeten CDA, BBB en NSC weer fuseren'" [Annie Schreijer stayed at the CDA with pain and difficulty. 'Eventually CDA, BBB, and NSC will have to merge']. Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "113.123 mensen stemden op Annie Schreijer" RTV Oost, vrijdag 30 mei 2014
  4. ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature Archived 2020-02-02 at the Wayback Machine MEPs Against Cancer.
  5. ^ "Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK". European Parliament. Retrieved 26 July 2024.


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