Mrs. Esther de Lange

• Delegation for relations with Iraq

• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

• Committee on Budgetary Control


• Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development


• Delegation for relations with India

• BA in European Studies, Institute of Higher European Studies (HEBO), The Hague (1993-1998). MA in International Relations, Brussels (1999-2001).


• Project assistant, European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless, Feantsa (1997-1998). Assistant, Royal Dutch Touring Club emergency centre (1996 and 1998).


• EU affairs officer for two German trade associations (fruit-juice and alcohol industries) (1999).


• CDA policy officer, European Parliament (1999-2007).


• Chair, CDJA Agriculture working group (2001-2004). Member, CDAV Foreign Affairs Committee (2002-2007). Member of Executive, CDA Belgium-Luxembourg (2002-2007).


• Member, Action committee, Maastricht HEBO (since 2003).