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'''Erik Meijer''' (born 5 December 1944) is a former Dutch politician who was a [[member of the European Parliament]] for the Dutch [[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Socialist Party]], part of the [[European Left]], between 1999 and 2009. From July 2014 till June 2015 he was a member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Dutch Senate]].

In the European Parliament he was a substitute for the [[Committee on Foreign Affairs (EU)|Committee on Foreign Affairs]] and a member of the Delegation to the [[European Union|EU]]-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee.

== Biography ==
In [[1999 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|1999 European Parliament elections]] Meijer won the first seat for the SP in the European Parliament.

Born in 1944 in Amsterdam, Meijer, who lives in [[Rotterdam]], studied [[human geography]] and later taught [[geography]] before becoming a [[civil servant]]. Politically active since the beginning of the 1960s, including as an executive member of [[Young Socialists (Netherlands)|Socialist Youth]] (SJ), in the 1970s he was elected to represent the [[Pacifist Socialist Party]] (PSP) on [[Amsterdam]] [[City Council]]. During this period he led the Proletarian Left within the PSP, which later split to form what now is [[Socialist Alternative Politics]]. Meijer stayed within the PSP. From 1982 to 1995 he served as member of the [[States-Provincial]] of [[South Holland]], having been elected on a combined PSP-[[Communistische Partij Nederland|CPN]]-[[Political Party of Radicals|PPR]] ticket. Following the formation of the [[GreenLeft]], which united these tendencies, he became the party's national vice-chair, a position which he held until 1995.

At the beginning of 1996, Meijer left Green Left for the SP. In 1998 he became chair of the SP branch in [[Delfshaven]], a poor district of Rotterdam, at the same time working to build up the party's European contacts.

In the European Parliament the SP forms part of the United Left Group ([[GUE-NGL]]). The party's priority is resistance to the development of a [[European Superstate]] too far removed from the people and too closely attached to the interests of European [[multinational corporation|multinational]]s.

In the [[2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands|European elections of 10 June 2004]], the SP's electoral support grew from 5% to 7%, giving the party a second seat. Re-elected, Meijer was joined by [[Kartika Liotard]].

His comments in the [[Skopje]] daily ''[[Utrinski Vesnik]]'' on 14 January 2008 drew the ire of readers in the [[Republic of Macedonia]]. He said that the country should tear down statues of the [[ancient Macedonians|ancient Macedonian]] conqueror [[Alexander the Great]] erected on its territory and agree to a name change in its [[Macedonia naming dispute|bilateral dispute]] with [[Greece]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://utrinski.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=DC0C0B5B5108644F935E51404B3E21A7|title=Името го засени политичкиот дијалог во ЕУ|publisher=Утрински Весник|date=2008-01-14|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209081645/http://www.utrinski.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=DC0C0B5B5108644F935E51404B3E21A7|archive-date=2012-02-09}}</ref>

He was invested as a Knight of the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]] on 8 September 2009.{{Citation needed|date=July 2018}}

On 8 July 2014 he was made member of the Dutch [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]], replacing [[Arjan Vliegenthart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlement.com/id/vjlah6w7yeho/nieuws/twee_nieuwe_senatoren_kops_pvv_en_meijer |title=Twee nieuwe senatoren: Kops (PVV) en Meijer (SP) |language=nl |publisher=Parlement.com |date=8 July 2014 |access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref> His term ended on 9 June 2015. As he was nr 13 on the list of candidates and as currently nr 11 of the list for the Dutch [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]], Mr Meijer has a chance of entering the senate again in case two sitting Members resign before June 2019.

==Education==
* 1972: Higher degree in human geography

==Career==
* 1961–1969: Member of executive, Socialist Youth and Student Organisations
* 1968–1991: Has held office at national level in the PSP (Pacifist Socialist Party) (Vice-chairman of the Chairman of elected representatives' section, editor of party magazine)
* 1971–1975: Geography teacher, senior secondary and pre-university education
* 1975–1978: Member of Amsterdam [[City Council]]
* 1980–1992: Local government official, Rotterdam [[City Council]]
* 1982–1995: Member of the South Holland Provincial Council
* 1990–1993: Member of executive, Citizenship Foundation
* 1992–1995: Member of executive and Vice-Chairman of the GroenLinks
* 1995–1998: Chairman of the Spangen (Rotterdam) Residents' Association
* 1995–1999: Chairman of the Stichting Ontwikkelbank Centrum (Foundation for the Promotion of Central Rotterdam)
* since 1999: Member of Socialist Party executive
* 1998–2002: Member of the Delfshaven District Council
* 1999–2009: [[Member of the European Parliament]]
* 2014–2015: Member of the [[Senate (Netherlands)|Senate]]

==See also==
* [[2004 European Parliament election in the Netherlands]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Erik Meijer (politician)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050419235853/http://www.europarl.eu.int/gue/tree/gstruct/en/members/meijer.htm Profile at the EP group]
* {{MEP}}
* {{Declaration of financial interests of the 6th term|4508_01-07-2004.PDF|nl}}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110516025506/http://www.utrinski.com.mk/default.asp?ItemID=DC0C0B5B5108644F935E51404B3E21A7

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