Nikola Bartůšek
Nikola Bartůšek | |
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![]() Official portrait, 2024 | |
Member of the European Parliament for the Czech Republic | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia | 11 May 1985
Political party | Přísaha |
Other political affiliations | Patriots for Europe |
Nikola Bartůšek (born 11 May 1985) is a Czech politician, who was elected as a member of the European Parliament in 2024 for Přísaha.[1] She was the head of migration and asylum management in Upper Austria during the 2015 European migrant crisis.[2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Bartůšek was born on 11 May 1985 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia. She studied migration sociology at the Johannes Kepler University Linz in Austria, and social policy and political science at the University of Tampere in Finland where she obtained a master's degree in social sciences.
During the 2015 European migrant crisis she focused on analysing issues related to migration, and became head of migration and asylum management in the Austrian state of Upper Austria, which involved collaboration with foreign police forces to deport people who were considered ineligible for asylum.[3][4][5]
Political career
[edit]Bartůšek joined Přísaha[when?] and became the chair of the party's branch in the South Bohemian Region. In the European Parliament elections in June 2024, she ran as the 2nd candidate on the list of the Přísaha and Motorists coalition, composed of Přísaha and the Motorists for Themselves. The coalition won two seats, which was widely attributed to the appeal of the lead candidate, motor-racing driver Filip Turek.[citation needed]
Bartůšek states that her policies are to "return the European Union to its roots",[citation needed] with an emphasis on national-level politics and "sovereignty". In the European Parliament, she joined the right-wing Patriots for Europe grouping and became a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.[3][6][7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nikola Bartůšek se chce v europarlamentu věnovat migrační a návratové politice". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Profil europoslankyně Nikoly Bartůšek". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 10 June 2024.
- ^ a b c "Nikola Bartůšek". Koalice Přísaha a Motoristé Zpracovatel: Přísaha. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Pracovala jsem s migranty. Znám je, říká Bartůšek. Chce k nim změnit přístup Zdroj" (in Czech). iDNES. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Profil europoslankyně Nikoly Bartůšek". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Byla to symbióza, říká o kampani s Turkem. Kdo je nová europoslankyně Přísahy". Czech Radio. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Czech EP elections show the future does not exist and no solutions are needed to any problems, just a combustion engine for every family!". Romea.cz. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ "Patrioty pro Evropu povede Bardella, Dostálová je místopředsedkyní". ČT24 (in Czech). Czech Television. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.