Bodil Valero (born as Bodil Lundström, 14 May 1958, before June 2015 Bodil Ceballos) is a

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politician who served as a

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(MEP) from 2014 until 2019. She is a member of the

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, part of the

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. In parliament, Valero served as the green coordinator in the Security and Defence Committee (

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). She also served as a member of the Committee on

Civil Liberties Civil liberties are guarantees and freedoms that governments commit not to abridge, either by constitution, legislation, or judicial interpretation, without due process. Though the scope of the term differs between countries, civil liberties of ...

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and

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(

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) and the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly ( DACP) and as substitute in the Committee on Foreign Affairs ( AFET), the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM) and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly ( DLAT) In addition to her committee assignments, Valero served as vice-chairwoman of the European Parliament Intergroup on the

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.Members
European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.

Profile issues

Valero works with the rights of refugees and migrants and for legal rights in the EU. She advocates an open and humane migration policy and has criticized the EU's Migration Policy Agreement with

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, in favor of Member States sharing responsibility for refugee reception. Valero has been committed to

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, including

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and

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. From 2014, she was the Green representative in the negotiations on the European Parliament's annual report on Turkey's accession negotiations. As a reporter for the European Parliament's Annual Report on Arms Export.

References

1958 births Living people MEPs for Sweden 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for Sweden Green Party (Sweden) MEPs People from Jönköping {{Sweden-MEP-stub