Fidesz MEP Járóka nominated candidate for EP Vice-President

Fidesz MEP Lívia Járóka is the sole Hungarian candidate for Vice-President of the European Parliament, having garnered the support of well over the required number of representatives, Fidesz’s EP group said in a statement on Tuesday.

Járóka has served as Vice-President of the EP since 2017, as the first representative of Roma origin to do so. She has played an active role in the representation of Roma at EU level, and promoted the support of Roma cultural heritage and talent support, the statement said.

Under her tenure as Vice-President, the EU held commemorations of the Roma victims of the Holocaust for the first time, and has started flying the Roma flag on its building.

As Vice-President, she chaired the audit panel and was responsible for the access of documents during her previous terms, the statement said.

In the statement, Járóka said that the representation of the most vulnerable citizens and of Hungarian interests was “now more important than ever, as the past two and a half years have shown”.