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BelgiumResponsibilities
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Leading the Commission’s work on deliberative democracy and the Conference on the Future of Europe, giving people a say on how the EU is run and what it does.
- Statistical mapping of the impact of demographic change to feed into a report identifying support required, such as investment in infrastructure and access to services for those most vulnerable to demographic change.
- Coordinating work on a long-term vision for rural areas, including on the effects of demographic change on connectivity and access to services.
- Exploring ways to support areas most affected by ‘brain drain’, including through the Youth Guarantee.
- Producing a Green Paper on ageing and launching a broad debate on long-term impacts, such as on care and pensions, and supporting active ageing.
- Ensuring Europe’s social protection systems adequately address the needs of an ageing population and the risk of poverty.
- Better reconciling work and family and supporting people throughout careers, as part of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
- Coordinating work on the future Child Guarantee, ensuring access to services for children and support through to their adult lives.
- Preparing a comprehensive EU strategy on the rights of the child, including the protection of vulnerable children, protect children’s rights online and support child-friendly justice; and embed the strategy in the UN convention for the rights of the child and, in this regard, to lead the EU’s work in the multilateral context.
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Biography
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European Commission Vice-President for Democracy and Demography
2019 - present
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Vice Chair of EPP Group in the European Parliament
2019
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Member of the European Parliament - Head of the Croatian European People's Party (EPP) delegation - Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET)
2013-2019
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Chair of the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) Committee on Foreign Affairs and European Affairs
2012-present
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Vice-President of EPP Women
2012-present
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Vice-President of the HDZ
2012–2016
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Vice-President of the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
2004-2014
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Vice-Chair of the EPP Group in the European Parliament
June-December 2019
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Member of the Croatian Parliament
2000-2011
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Mayor of Dubrovnik
2001-2009