On 24
June 2015, the EUFORES General Assembly has elected the new EUFORES Board of
Presidents. The new members of the Board are:
- MEP Claude Turmes,
President of EUFORES (re-elected)
- MEP Theresa Griffin,
Vice-President of EUFORES
- MEP Jeppe Kofod,
Vice-President of EUFORES
The new Board will lead EUFORES into the challenging years ahead: topics like
the energy union, new policies on renewables and energy efficiency and the
roll-out to the national parliaments will require strong cross-party alliances.
EUFORES is at the core of this process and the leading parliamentary platform.
In addition, a new EUFORES Extended Board will be created in the coming days to
include even more leading MEPs from all democratic political groups into the
parliamentary network and to strenghten majorities for renewables and
efficiency.
EUFORES thanks the previous Board of Presidents - especially the former
Vice-Presidents Fiona
Hall and Anni Podimata for all the time and dedication that
they put into EUFORES' vision of achieving a sustainable energy future.
Claude Turmes, MEP, President
EUFORES
Claude Turmes has been an MEP in the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament
since 1999 and a Vice-President of the group since 2002. He is responsible for
the coordination of energy and industrial policy within the group. He was the
Parliament's rapporteur on the second directive on the liberalisation of the
energy market. He has also launched the concept of "Energy Intelligent
Europe" with the aim of promoting European initiatives in the area of
energy efficiency along with the establishment of a European Agency for energy
efficiency. Furthermore, he was rapporteur on the Renewable Energy Directive
and member of the temporary committee on climate change of the European
Parliament. He is a Member of the European Parliament's Industry, Research and
Energy (ITRE) Committee and a substitute on the ENVI Committee.
Theresa
Griffin, MEP,
Vice-President of EUFORES
Theresa Griffin joined the European Parliament in 2014 as Labour candidate for
the North West of England. She is currently the Labour Party Spokesperson on
the ITRE Committee and a substitute member on the Transport and Tourism
Committee, member of the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and a
substitute member for the Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic
of China. Ms. Griffin was appointed the Socialist & Democrat Shadow
Rapporteur for an Opinion on the establishment of a Market Stability Reserve
for the EU Emissions Trading System in the ITRE Committee while also working on
issues concerning fuel poverty, regional funding, equalities, the promotion of
a digital single economy and the protection of IPR. Before her election in
2014, Ms. Griffin worked as a city councilor for Liverpool and as regional organiser
for the public services union, UNISON, while being an active campaigner at
local, CLP, national and European levels for over 26 years.
Jeppe
Kofod, MEP,
Vice-President of EUFORES
Jeppe Kofod is a Member of the European Parliament since 2014 (S&D). He is
the head of the Danish Social Democratic delegation. Mr Kofod is a member of
the Industry, Research and Energy Committee, substitute member of the Committee
on Economic and Monetary Affairs, and Deputy Chairman of the EU-US delegation.
Prior to the European elections, he was a Member of the Danish Parliament for
16 years (1998-2014) where he served as the Danish Social Democrats' foreign
affairs spokesperson and chairperson of the Foreign Policy Committee. Mr
Kofod's focus areas include the fight for ambitious and binding climate- and
energy targets, better integration of renewable energy sources in the European
energy grid, and European energy independence based on renewable energy
sources.
