Nikola Bartůšek | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for theCzech Republic | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
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| Born | (1985-05-11)11 May 1985 (age 40) |
| Political party | Přísaha |
| Other political affiliations | Patriots for Europe |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Johannes Kepler University Linz University of Tampere |
Nikola Bartůšek (born 11 May 1985) is a Czech politician, who was elected as amember of the European Parliament in2024 forPřísaha.[1] She was the head of migration and asylum management inUpper Austria during the2015 European migrant crisis.[2][3]
Bartůšek was born on 11 May 1985 inČeské Budějovice,Czechoslovakia. She studied migration sociology at theJohannes Kepler University Linz in Austria, and social policy and political science at theUniversity of Tampere in Finland where she obtained a master's degree in social sciences.
During the2015 European migrant crisis she focused on analysing issues related to migration, and became head of migration and asylum management in the Austrian state ofUpper Austria, which involved collaboration with foreign police forces to deport people who were considered ineligible for asylum.[3][4][5]
Bartůšek joinedPřísaha[when?] and became the chair of the party's branch in the South Bohemian Region. In the European Parliament elections in June 2024, she ran as the 2nd candidate on the list of thePřísaha and Motorists coalition, composed of Přísaha and the Motorists for Themselves. The coalition won two seats, which was widely attributed to the appeal of the lead candidate, motor-racing driverFilip Turek.[6]
Bartůšek states that her policies are to "return theEuropean Union to its roots",[citation needed] with an emphasis on national-level politics and "sovereignty". In the European Parliament, she joined the right-wingPatriots for Europe grouping and became a member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.[3][7][8][9]
  Currentmembers of the European Parliament from theCzech Republic (2024–2029) | |
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