Bureaucrat, poet, journalist among 28-member EU delegation visting J&K

After approval from Indian authorities, 28 lawmakers from European Union will be visiting State of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Belonging to various parts of Europe, each of se leers hails from different countries. This comes after EU delegation met PM Modi and NSA Ajit Doval on Monday and discussed situation prevailing in Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370. PM Modi after meeting EU members expressed hope that y have fruitful visits to  various parts of country, including Jammu and Kashmir. 

Detailed description of each Parliamentarian visiting J&K 

United Kingdom 

lawmakers visiting J&K from United Kingdom include Nathan Gill, David Richard Bull, Bill Newton Dunn, Alexandra L Phillips, and James Wells. Nathan Lee Gill has been serving as Member of European Parliament (MEP) for Wales since 2014. He is a British Brexit party politician and he has also served as MEP for UK Independence Party until he defected in 2018. David Richard Bull is MEP for rth West England, apart from this, he is also an English TV presenter and author who has appeared on TV programs like Sugar Dome, BBC’s Watchdog, Newsround, Watchdog Healthcheck, etc.  

William Francis Newton Dun is MEP from East Midlands and belongs to Liberal Democrat party who was earlier MEP of Lincolnshire from 1979 to 1994. He has also served in Conservative party until 2000. Alexandra Lesley Philips is  MEP of Brexit Party from South East England. She has heed media at UK Independence Party earlier and left UKIP in September 2016. James Wells is MEP from Wales who is a part of Brexit Party. He is a prospective parliamentary candidate for Islwyn as well. Earlier, he has served as he of tre at Office for National Statistics in UK.  

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Italy 

European Union members visiting J&K from Italy include Fulvio Martusciello, Giuseppe Ferrandi, Gianna Gancia and Silvia Sardone. Fulvio Martusciello is MEP from Forza Italia party since 2014. He is also in commission of environment, public health and food security in Italy. Giuseppe Ferrandi is MEP from Sourn Italy and he is currently serving on committee of Ecomy and Monetary Affairs in Italy. Gianna Gancia is MEP from rth-West Italy and she has served as he of Regional Council of Piedmont in 2014 and President of province of Cuneo in 2009. Silvia Serafina Sardone is an Italian politician from League party who has been MEP since 2019. 

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Poland 

Ryszard Czarnecki, Kosma Zlotowski, Bogdan Rzonca, Elzbieta Rafalska, Joana Kopcinska, Grzegorz Tobiszowski are European lawmakers that will be visiting J&K from Poland. Ryszard Henryk Czarnecki is an MEP from Poland and he is member of Law and Justice party, he has also served in Self-Defense party before 2008. Kosma Zlotowski is also a member of Law and Justice party who has been MEP of  Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. Bogdan Rzonca is MEP from Law and Justice Party and he is Marshal and Deputy Marshal of Podkarpackie Voivodship and Voivode (goverr) of Kros.  

Elzbieta Rafalska is MEP from Poland and she has served as Minister of Labour and Social Policy in country. She has also been a part of lower house of Polish parliament Sejm. Apart from being MEP for 9th term Joana Kopcinska is also a local government activist, doctor and has been chairwoman of city council in Łódź from 2013 to 2014. Grzegorz Tobiszowski, a member of Law and Justice Party, is also a member of Sejm, which is lower house of Polish government. He was first elected to house in 2005. 

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Germany 

Visiting J&K from Germany are Bernhard Zimniok and Lars Patrick Berg. Member of European Parliament since 2019, Bernhard Zimniok hails from a communications, engineering and political science background. Lars Patrick Berg is a politician and MEP from Alternative for Germany party. He has earlier served as Member of Parliament from Ben-Württemberg. 

France 

lawmakers visiting J&K from France are Thierry Mariani, Julie Lechanteux, Maxette Pirbakas, Virginie Joron, Nicolas Bay and France Jamet. Thierry Mariani is a member of French National Assembly for Eleventh Overseas Constituency. He has also served as Secretary of State for Transport and Minister of Ecology, Sustainable development, and housing from 2010 to 2012. Julie Lechanteux, on or hand, is Mayor of Frejus under David Rachline and  Departmental Councillor in France.  

Maxette Grisoni-Pirbakas is a Member of European Parliament and she is also tre union leer in Gueloupe, kwn for her fights for farmers. Virginie Joron is a new MEP who was elected only in 2019, she is part of political party National Rally. Nicolas Bay is MEP from France who has served as General Secretary of National Rally party. Earlier he has also served as Municipal Councillor for Elbeuf in rmandy region. MEP France Jamet is regional councillor of Languedoc-Roussillon region, she was elected in 2004 an in 2009 she was selected as National Front party’s candidate. 

Czech Republic, Spain, Belgium, and Slovakia  

Tomas Zdechovsky from Czech Republic has been Member of European Parliament with KDU-CSL party since 2014. He also has three masters' degrees and identifies as a poet and author. Hermann Tertsch of Spain from VOX party is a Spanish journalist and politician. He is a Member of European Parliament since 2019. Tom Vandendriessche from Belgium is MEP and a politician from Vlaams Belang. Peter Pollak from Slovakia, who was elected as MEP will also be visiting J&K with or lawmakers. 

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