József Szájer


József Szájer is a Hungarian politician and Member of the European Parliament from Hungary. He is a member of Fidesz, part of the European People's Party. He is a Vice-Chairman and chief whip of the European People's Party and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs.
Szájer is a substitute for the Committee on International Trade, a member of the Delegation for relations with the United States.

Education

In 2000 he received the honour of the Knight Commander of St Michael and St George from Queen Elizabeth II.

Member of the European Parliament (2004-)

Committees in the European Parliament: between 2004-2007 he worked as a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection then worked as a member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. Meanwhile between 2004 and 2014 he became a substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs. From 2014 he has been an active member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and as substitute of the Committee on International Trade.
Delegations in the European Parliament: member of the Delegation for relations with the United States from 2009. He became a substitute of the Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries.
He is also the founding Member of Szabadság kör, signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism., honorary citizen of Sopron, chairman of Drafting Committee of the New Constitution of Hungary and the Leader of National Consultative Committee.

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