Kim van Sparrentak (born 16 October 1989
) is a Dutch politician who has been serving as a
Member of the European Parliament
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.
When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
for the
GroenLinks
(, ; GL) is a Green politics, green List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands.
It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four Left-wing politics, left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Neth ...
political party since 2019.
She co-wrote legislation that limited the influence of major tech companies and that granted municipalities greater discretion in regulating which properties can be rented out for short-term homestays through platforms such as
Airbnb
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.
Van Sparrentak was
re-elected in June 2024 as the fourth candidate on the shared
GroenLinks–PvdA
GroenLinks–PvdA (), alternatively PvdA–GroenLinks, or GreenLeft–Labour in English, is an alliance between GroenLinks (GL) and the Labour Party (Netherlands), Labour Party (PvdA) in the Netherlands. The Electoral alliance, political allian ...
list, which received a
plurality
Plurality may refer to:
Law and politics
* Plurality decision, in a decision by a multi-member court, an opinion held by more judges than any other but not by an overall majority
* Plurality (voting), when a candidate or proposition polls more ...
in the Netherlands of eight seats.
She is focused on digital affairs and
LGBTQIA+ rights.
Personal life
Van Sparrentak identifies as
lesbian
A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexu ...
.
Electoral history
References
External links
Living people
GroenLinks MEPs
MEPs for the Netherlands 2019–2024
21st-century women MEPs for the Netherlands
1989 births
MEPs for the Netherlands 2024–2029
Dutch lesbian politicians
LGBTQ MEPs for the Netherlands
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