Marc Botenga

Marc Botenga (born 29 December 1980) is a Belgian politician of the Workers' Party of Belgium (PVDA-PTB). In 2019, he was elected as member of the Ninth European Parliament as part of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) party group. Botenga is the first MEP to be chosen for the PVDA-PTB.

Marc Botenga
MEP
Member of the European
Parliament for Belgium
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
ConstituencyFrench-speaking electoral college
Personal details
Born (1980-12-29) 29 December 1980
Brussels
NationalityBelgian
Political partyBelgium Belgium: Workers' Party
European Union EU: GUE/NGL
Alma materIMT Lucca
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Marc Botenga studied law at the Université libre de Bruxelles. In 1998 he engaged in the movement advocating for the step-down of then Belgian Minister of the Interior Louis Tobback, following the killing of asylum seeker Semira Adamu by police officers. Later, he participated in workers' mobilization against the close-down of the Forges de Clabecq iron works.

In the wake of the European debt crisis beginning in 2010, Marc Botenga began to become more involved in European politics, participating in actions of political support for Greece. In 2016, he became the political advisor of the European GUE/NGL parliamentary group. He is a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Member of the European Parliament

Marc Botenga is a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections with the GUE/NGL group. He is member on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

On 15 September 2022, Botenga voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez. [3]

See also

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. "European Parliament condemns growing repression of Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calls for release of bishop".
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