Annika Bruna

Annika Bruna
Member of the European Parliament for France
In office 2 July 2019[1][2] – 15 July 2024
Personal details
Born	(1956-11-26) 26 November 1956 (age 68) Versailles, France
Political party	National Rally
Profession	Politician

Annika Bruna (born 26 November 1956) is a French politician. She was elected as a National Rally (part of the Identity and Democracy group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election.

Early life and local political career

Annika Bruna was born on 26 November 1956 in Versailles, France.^[3]

Bruna was elected to the regional council of Île-de-France from 1998 to 2010.^[4] She is a former parliamentary assistant of the former president of the National Front Jean-Marie Le Pen.^[5]

European Parliament

Bruna stood as a candidate for National Rally in the 2019 European parliamentary election. She was eighteenth on her party's list, and elected as one of its 22 MEPs in France.^[a][6][7] She is part of the Identity and Democracy group. In the European Parliament, Bruna is a member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, and is part of the delegation for relations with Belarus.^[3]

Notes

1. In the election, the party won 23 seats however Jean-Lin Lacapelle was elected in a reserve seat that he can only take if the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

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. "Annika Bruna". European Parliament. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
4. Boichot, Loris (31 May 2019). "Âge, parité, renouvellement... Cinq chiffres à retenir sur les nouveaux eurodéputés français". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
5. Sapin, Charles (8 July 2019). "Jean-Marie Le Pen attend que le RN éponge ses dettes pour fermer son micro-parti". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
6. Cazenave, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Élections européennes. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
7. "Marine Le Pen "fait plaisir à ses copains" sur la liste des Européennes" (in French). France Inter. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.