European Parliament
Responsibilities as Member of the European Parliament 2009 - 2014
Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
Member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
Member of the Committee on Regional Development
Member of the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (PA-UfM)
President of the PA-UfM Working Group on the Euro-Mediterranean University of Slovenia (EMUNI)
Member of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria)
Member of the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat)
Member of the Delegation for relations with Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay)
Member of the Working Group for the Middle East, very active in the peace process between Arabs and Israel, the promotion of cooperation between the GCC and the EU for security and development in the Mediterranean as well as in dealing with international crises.
In the framework of her parliamentary legislative work, in her capacity as rapporteur, she prepared resolutions, adopted by the plenary, regarding the MEDA programs, the EU funding of Palestine and the situation of the women in Mediterranean.
She is founding member of various intergroups: “Francophonie and cultural diversity”, “Disability”, “Family and childhood”, “Tourism”, “Islands”, “Social Economy”, “Conservation and Sustainable Development”.
Responsibilities in the Bureau of the European Parliament as Vice-President (2007–2012)
Conciliation (negotiation with the Council for the final shaping of European legislation, in the framework of the co-decision procedure)
Information and Communication Policy
Euro-Mediterranean cooperation including the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (PA-UfM)
President of the PA-UfM Working Group on the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI)
Euro-Arab relations
Rodi Kratsa has represented the European Parliament at International Summits, like the 2008 G8 Parliamentary Speakers’ Meeting held in Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan as well as the 2011 G20 Speakers' Consultation held in Seoul, South Korea.
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