MEP Declaration in support of an International Day of the Girl

MEP signatories:

  • MEP Edite Estrela (S&D), Portugal
  • MEP Roberta Angelilli (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Véronique Mathieu (EPP), France
  • MEP Jean Lambert (EFA), UK
  • MEP Katarína Neveďalová (S&D), Slovakia
  • MEP Luís Paulo Alves (S&D), Portugal
  • MEP Izaskun Bilbao Barandica (ALDE), Spain
  • MEP David Casa (EPP), Malta
  • MEP Sergio Gaetano Cofferati (S&D), Italy
  • MEP Lara Comi (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Paolo De Castro (S&D), Italy
  • MEP Jill Evans (EFA), UK
  • MEP Catherine Grèze (EFA), France
  • MEP Salvatore Iacolino (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Mojca Kleva (S&D), Slovenia
  • MEP Georgios Koumoutsakos (EPP), Greece
  • MEP Barbara Matera (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Kyriakos Mavronikolas (S&D), Cyprus
  • MEP Erminia Mazzoni (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Antigoni Papadopoulou (S&D), Cyprus
  • MEP Vincent Peillon (S&D), France
  • MEP Gianni Pittella (S&D), Italy
  • MEP Phil Prendergast (S&D), Ireland
  • MEP Raül Romeva i Rueda (EFA), Spain
  • MEP Alfreds Rubiks (GUE), Latvia
  • MEP Tokia Saïfi (EPP), France
  • MEP Nikolaos Salavrakos (EFD), Greece
  • MEP Elisabeth Schroedter (EFA), Germany
  • MEP Bart Staes (EFA), Belgium
  • MEP Michèle Striffler (EPP), France
  • MEP Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu (S&D), Romania
  • MEP Marc Tarabella (S&D), Belgium
  • MEP Indrek Tarand (EFA), Estonia
  • MEP Michail Tremopoulos (EFA), Greece
  • MEP Dominique Vlasto (EPP), France
  • MEP Sabine Wils (GUE), Germany
  • MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht (EFA), Germany
  • MEP Georges Bach (EPP), Luxembourg
  • MEP Ivo Belet (EPP), Belgium
  • MEP Bennahmias Jean-Luc (EPP), France
  • MEP Frieda Brepoels (EFA), Belgium
  • MEP Alain Cadec (EPP), France
  • MEP Maria Da Graça Carvalho (EPP), Portugal
  • MEP Françoise Castex (S&D), France
  • MEP Andrea Cozzolino (S&D), Italy
  • MEP Creţu Corina (S&D), Romania
  • MEP Philippe De Backer (ALDE), Belgium
  • MEP Leonidas Donskis (ALDE), Lithuania
  • MEP Monika Flašíková Beňová (S&D), Slovakia
  • MEP Elisabetta Gardini (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Jean-Paul Gauzès (EPP), France
  • MEP Ana Gomes (S&D), Portugal
  • MEP Catherine Grèze (EFA), France
  • MEP Zita Gurmai (S&D), Hungary
  • MEP Edit Herczog (S&D), Hungary
  • MEP Brice Hortefeux (EPP), France
  • MEP Stanimir Ilchev (ALDE), Bulgaria
  • MEP Maria Irigoyen Pérez (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio (EPP), Spain
  • MEP Stephané Le Foll (S&D), France
  • MEP Morten Løkkegaard (ALDE), Denmark
  • MEP Sarah Ludford (ALDE), UK
  • MEP Ulrike Lunacek (EFA), Austria
  • MEP Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU (ALDE), Romania
  • MEP Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Iosif Matula (EPP), Romania
  • MEP Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER (EPP), France
  • MEP Mike Nattrass (UK),
  • MEP Angelika Niebler (EPP), Germany
  • MEP Raimon Obiols (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Chrysoula Paliadeli (S&D), Greece
  • MEP Andres PERELLO RODRIGUEZ (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Franck PROUST (EPP), France
  • MEP Evelyne Regner (S&D), Austria
  • MEP Niccolò RINALDI (ALDE), Italy
  • MEP Marie-Thérèse SANCHEZ-SCHMID (EPP), France
  • MEP Christel SCHALDEMOSE (S&D), Denmark
  • MEP Olga SEHNALOVÁ (S&D), Czech Republic
  • MEP Monika Smolková (S&D), Slovakia
  • MEP Jutta Steinruck (S&D), Germany
  • MEP Gianluca Susta (S&D), Italy
  • MEP Silvia-Adriana Ţicău (S&D), Romania
  • MEP Patrice Tirolien (S&D), France
  • MEP Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Ivo Vajgl (ALDE), Slovenia
  • MEP Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS (EPP), Spain
  • MEP Andrea Zanoni (ALDE), Italy
  • MEP Damien Abad (EPP), France
  • MEP Josefa Andrés Barea (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Sophie Auconie (EPP), France
  • MEP Jean-Pierre Audy (EPP), France
  • MEP Margrete Auken (EFA), Denmark
  • MEP Liam Aylward (ALDE), Ireland
  • MEP Raffaele Baldassarre (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Paolo Bartolozzi (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Elena Băsescu (EPP), Romania
  • MEP Sandrine Bélier (EFA), France
  • MEP Jean-Paul Besset (EFA), France
  • MEP Slavi Binev, Bulgaria
  • MEP Sebastian Valentin Bodu (EPP), Romania
  • MEP Vito Bonsignore (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Piotr Borys (EPP), Poland
  • MEP Philippe Boulland (EPP), France
  • MEP José Bové (EFA), France
  • MEP Jan Březina (EPP), Czech Republic
  • MEP Udo Bullmann (S&D), Germany
  • MEP Wim van de Camp (EPP), Netherlands
  • MEP Michael Cashman (S&D), UK
  • MEP Pilar del Castillo Vera (EPP), Spain
  • MEP Jean-Marie Cavada (EPP), France
  • MEP António Fernando Correia De Campos (S&D), Portugal
  • MEP Ricardo Cortés Lastra (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Tarja Cronberg (EFA), Finland
  • MEP Frédéric Daerden (S&D), Belgium
  • MEP Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR), Poland
  • MEP Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă (S&D), Romania
  • MEP Spyros Danellis (S&D), Greece
  • MEP Karima Delli (EFA), France
  • MEP Marielle De Sarnez (ECR), France
  • MEP Albert Deß (EPP), Germany
  • MEP Christine De Veyrac (EPP), France
  • MEP Agustín Díaz de Mera García Consuegra (EPP), Spain
  • MEP Ioan Enciu (S&D), Romania
  • MEP Cornelia Ernst (EUL-NGL), Germany
  • MEP Carlo Fidanza (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Santiago Fisas Ayxela (EPP), Spain
  • MEP Jacqueline Foster (ECR), UK
  • MEP Gaston Franco (EPP), France
  • MEP Kinga Gál (EPP), Hungary
  • MEP Iratxe García Pérez (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Eider Gardiazábal Rubial (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (S&D), Poland
  • MEP Adam Gierek (S&D), Poland
  • MEP Enrique Guerrero Salom (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Mikael Gustafsson (EUL-NGL), Sweden
  • MEP Sergio Gutiérrez Prieto (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Jolanta Emilia Hibner (EPP), Poland
  • MEP Elie Hoarau (EUL-NGL), France
  • MEP Danuta Maria Hübner (EPP), Poland
  • MEP Ian Hudghton (EFA), UK
  • MEP Anneli Jäätteenmäki (ALDE), Finland
  • MEP Lívia Járóka (EPP), Hungary
  • MEP Romana Jordan Cizelj (EPP), Slovenia
  • MEP Philippe Juvin (EPP), France
  • MEP Ioannis Kasoulides (EPP), Cyprus
  • MEP Nicole Kiil-Nielsen (EFA), France
  • MEP Jürgen Klute (EUL-NGL), Germany
  • MEP Andrey Kovatchev (EPP), Bulgaria
  • MEP Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP), Greece
  • MEP Alain Lamassoure (EPP), France
  • MEP Vytautas Landsbergis (EPP), Lithuania
  • MEP Esther de Lange (EPP), Netherlands
  • MEP Agnès Le Brun (EPP), France
  • MEP Constance Le Grip (EPP), France
  • MEP Jörg Leichtfried (S&D), Austria
  • MEP Barbara Lochbihler (EFA), Germany
  • MEP Veronica Lope Fontagné (EPP), Spain
  • MEP Petru Constantin Luhan (EPP), Romania
  • MEP Mairead McGuinness (EPP), Ireland
  • MEP Monica Luisa Macovei (EPP), Romania
  • MEP Bogdan Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz (EPP), Poland
  • MEP David Martin (S&D), UK
  • MEP Jiří Maštálka (EUL-NGL), Czech Republic
  • MEP Clemente Mastella (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Nuno Melo (EPP), Portugal
  • MEP Louis Michel (ALDE), Belgium
  • MEP Guido Milana (S&D), Italy
  • MEP Jan Mulder (ALDE), Netherlands
  • MEP María Muñiz De Urquiza (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Csaba Őry (EPP), Hungary
  • MEP Siiri Oviir (ALDE), Estonia
  • MEP Georgios Papanikolaou (EPP), Greece
  • MEP Georgios Papastamkos (EPP), Greece
  • MEP Antonyia Parvanova (ALDE), Bulgaria
  • MEP Aldo Patriciello (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Maurice Ponga (EPP), France
  • MEP Cristian Dan Preda (EPP), Romania
  • MEP Licia Ronzulli (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Potito Salatto (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Antolín Sánchez Presedo (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Daciana Octavia Sârbu (S&D), Romania
  • MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski (EPP), Poland
  • MEP Alyn Smith (EFA), UK
  • MEP Csaba Sógor (EPP), Romania
  • MEP Peter Stastny (EPP), Slovakia
  • MEP Georgios Stavrakakis (S&D), Greece
  • MEP Keith Taylor (EFA), UK
  • MEP Britta Thomsen (S&D), Denmark
  • MEP Marianne Thyssen (EPP), Belgium
  • MEP Niki Tzavela (EFD), Greece
  • MEP Vladimir Urutchev (EPP), Bulgaria
  • MEP Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romania
  • MEP Sabine Verheyen (EPP), Germany
  • MEP Diana Wallis (ALDE), UK
  • MEP Henri Weber (S&D), France
  • MEP Manfred Weber (EPP), Germany
  • MEP Renate Weber (ALDE), Romania
  • MEP Iuliu Winkler (EPP), Romania
  • MEP Janusz Wojciechowski (ECR), Poland
  • MEP Luis Yáñez-Barnuevo García (S&D), Spain
  • MEP Marina Yannakoudakis (ECR), UK
  • MEP Boris Zala (S&D), Slovakia
  • MEP Iva Zanicchi (EPP), Italy
  • MEP Gabriele Zimmer (EUL-NGL), Germany
  • MEP Milan Zver (EPP), Slovenia
  • MEP Tadeusz Zwiefka (EPP), Poland
  • MEP Alojz Peterle(EPP) , Slovenia
  • MEP Anja Weisgerber(EPP) , Germany
  • MEP Csaba Sándor Tabajdi(S&D) , Hungary
  • MEP Elisabeth Jeggle(EPP) , Germany
  • MEP Eva Joly(EFA) , France
  • MEP Gabriel Mato Adrover(EPP) , Spain
  • MEP Gabriele Albertini(EPP) , Italy
  • MEP Gay Mitchell(EPP) , Ireland
  • MEP George Lyon(ALDE) , UK
  • MEP Gilles Pargneaux(S&D) , France
  • MEP Hannu Takkula(ALDE) , Finland
  • MEP Isabelle Durant(EFA) , Belgium
  • MEP Jacky Hénin(EUL-NGL) , France
  • MEP Magdi Cristiano Allam(EPP) , Italy
  • MEP Mariya Nedelcheva(EPP) , Bulgaria
  • MEP Philippe Lamberts(EFA) , Belgium
  • MEP Satu Hassi(EFA) , Finland
  • MEP Sergio Berlato(EPP) , Italy
  • MEP Sven Giegold(EFA) , Germany
  • MEP Takis Hadjigeorgiou(EUL-NGL) , Cyprus
  • MEP Thomas Mann(EPP) , Germany
  • MEP Véronique De Keyser(S&D) , Belgium
  • MEP Ville Itälä(EPP) , Finland
  • MEP Ádám Kósa(EPP) , Hungary
  • MEP Alexandra Thein(ALDE) , Germany
  • MEP Angelika Werthmann() , Austria
  • MEP Anna Záborská(EPP) , Slovakia
  • MEP Anne Delvaux(EPP) , Belgium
  • MEP Antonio Cancian(EPP) , Italy
  • MEP Boguslaw Sonik(EPP) , Poland
  • MEP Carlos José Iturgaiz Angulo(EPP) , Spain
  • MEP Cecilia Wikström(ALDE) , Sweden
  • MEP Christina Gutiérrez-Cortines(EPP) , Spain
  • MEP Derek Vaughan(S&D) , UK
  • MEP Edit Bauer(EPP) , Slovakia
  • MEP Elzbieta Katarzyna Lukacijewska(EPP) , Poland
  • MEP Francesco De Angelis(S&D) , Italy
  • MEP Francois Alfonsi(EFA) , France
  • MEP Frédérique Ries(ALDE) , Belgium
  • MEP Giommaria Uggias(ALDE) , Italy
  • MEP Hannes Swoboda(S&D) , Austria
  • MEP Jacek Wlosowicz(ECR) , Poland
  • MEP Jens Geier(S&D) , Germany
  • MEP Karin Kadenbach(S&D) , Austria
  • MEP Malgorzata Handzlik(EPP) , Poland
  • MEP Marielle Gallo(EPP) , France
  • MEP Martin Häusling(EFA) , Germany
  • MEP Mathieu Grosch(EPP) , Belgium
  • MEP Pascal Canfin(EFA) , France
  • MEP Pat the Cope Gallagher(ALDE) , Ireland
  • MEP Peter Jahr(EPP) , Germany
  • MEP Sandra Kalniete(EPP) , Latvia
  • MEP Seán Kelly(EPP) , Ireland
  • MEP Sidonia Elzbieta Jedrzejewska(EPP) , Poland
  • MEP Silvana Koch-Mehrin(ALDE) , Germany
  • MEP Tanja Fajon(S&D) , Slovenia
  • MEP Vincenzo Iovine(ALDE) , Italy
  • MEP Yannick Jadot(EFA) , France
  • MEP Zoltán Bagó(EPP) , Hungary
  • MEP Zuzana Brzobohatá(S&D) , Czech Republic
  • MEP Alexander Alvaro(ALDE) , Germany
  • MEP Carlo Casini(EPP) , Italy
  • MEP Carmen Romero López(S&D) , Spain
  • MEP Catalin Sorin Ivan(S&D) , Romania
  • MEP Christiana Muscardini(EPP) , Italy
  • MEP Crescenzio Rivellini(EPP) , Italy
  • MEP Edward McMillan-Scott(ALDE) , UK
  • MEP Filip Kaczmarek(EPP) , Poland
  • MEP Glenis Willmott(S&D) , UK
  • MEP Harlem Désir(S&D) , France
  • MEP Hélène Flautre(EFA) , France
  • MEP Jo Leinen(S&D) , Germany
  • MEP Joseph Daul(EPP) , France
  • MEP Judith Sargentini(EFA) , Netherlands
  • MEP Kathleen Van Brempt(S&D) , Belgium
  • MEP Kyriacos Triantaphyllides(EUL-NGL) , Cyprus
  • MEP Luís Manuel Capoulas Santos(S&D) , Portugal
  • MEP Mario Mauro(EPP) , Italy
  • MEP Nirj Deva(ECR) , UK
  • MEP Paul Murphy(EUL-NGL) , Ireland
  • MEP Riikka Manner(ALDE) , Finland
  • MEP Rosario Crocetta(S&D) , Italy
  • MEP Simon Busuttil(EPP) , Malta
  • MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen(EPP) , Finland
  • MEP Sonia Alfano(ALDE) , Italy
  • MEP Tatjana Zdanoka(EFA) , Latvia
  • MEP Viktor Uspaskich(ALDE) , Lithuania
  • MEP Vilija Blinkeviciutè(S&D) , Lithuania


  • MEP Gianni Pittella (S&D), Italy
    Vice-President of the European Parliament
  • MEP Monika Flašíková Beňová (S&D), Slovakia
    Vice-Chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
  • MEP Miguel Angel MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (S&D), Spain
    Vice-President of the European Parliament
  • MEP Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS (EPP), Spain
    Vice-President of the European Parliament
  • MEP Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg (S&D), Poland
    Quaestor
  • MEP Mikael Gustafsson (EUL-NGL), Sweden
    Chair Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
  • MEP Danuta Maria Hübner (EPP), Poland
    Chair Committee on Regional Development
  • MEP Anneli Jäätteenmäki (ALDE), Finland
    Vice Chair Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
  • MEP Ioannis Kasoulides (EPP), Cyprus
    Vice Chair Group of the European People's Party
  • MEP Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP), Greece
    Vice President European Parliament
  • MEP Barbara Lochbihler (EFA), Germany
    Chair Subcommittee on Human Rights
  • MEP Jiří Maštálka (EUL-NGL), Czech Republic
    Quaestor European Parliament and Treasurer Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left
  • MEP Louis Michel (ALDE), Belgium
    Co-President Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
  • MEP Jan Mulder (ALDE), Netherlands
    Chair Committee on Budgetary Control
  • MEP Diana Wallis (ALDE), UK
    Vice President European Parliament
  • MEP Charalampos Angourakis EUL-NGL, Greece
  • MEP Elena Oana Antonescu EPP, Romania
  • MEP Lothar Bisky EUL-NGL, Germany
  • MEP Emine Bozkurt S&D, Netherlands
  • MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit EFA, France
  • MEP Silvia Costa S&D, Italy
  • MEP Jürgen Creutzmann ALDE, Germany
  • MEP Tadeusz Cymanski ECR, Poland
  • MEP Luis de Grandes Pascual EPP, Spain
  • MEP Francoise Grossetete EPP, France
  • MEP Gerald Häfner EFA, Germany
  • MEP Marian Harkin ALDE, Ireland
  • MEP Esther Herranz García EPP, Spain
  • MEP Nadja Hirsch ALDE, Germany
  • MEP Monika Hohlmeier EPP, Germany
  • MEP Mary Honeyball S&D, UK
  • MEP Richard Howitt S&D, UK
  • MEP Oriol Junqueras Vies EFA, Spain
  • MEP Timothy Kirkhope ECR, UK
  • MEP Eva Lichtenberger EFA, Austria
  • MEPJuan Fernando López Aguilar S&D, Spain
  • MEP Gesine Meissner ALDE, Germany
  • MEP Judith A Merkies S&D, Netherlands
  • MEP Pavel Poc S&D, Czech Republic
  • MEP Anni Podimata S&D, Greece
  • MEP Robert Rochefort ALDE, France
  • MEP Heide Rühle EFA, Germany
  • MEP José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra EPP, Spain
  • MEP Debora Serracchiani S&D, Italy
  • MEP Peter Simon S&D, Germany
  • MEP Brian Simpson S&D, UK
  • MEP Rui Tavares EFA, Portugal
  • MEP Nuno Teixeira EPP, Portugal
  • MEP Georgios Toussas EUL-NGL, Greece
  • MEP Helga Trüpel EFA, Germany
  • MEP Ioannis A Tsoukalas EPP, Greece
  • MEP Emilie Turunen EFA, Denmark
  • MEP Roberts Zile ECR, Latvia

The MEP declaration is supported by:
  • Plan EU Office, Karen Schroh (Head of Office)
  • WAGGGS, Penelope Cooper (Regional Director of the Europe Region WAGGGS) (World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts)
  • IPPF, Vicky Claeys (Regional Director)
  • Population Matters, Simon Ross (Chief Executive)
  • White Ribbon Alliance, Theresa Shaver (President/Executive Director)
  • Interact Worldwide, Alan Smith (Chief Operating Officer)
  • Stop AIDS Alliance, Marielle Hart (Policy Manager)
  • Médicins du Monde, Pierre Salignon (General Director of MdM France)
  • SOS Children's Villages International, Werner Hilweg (International Programme Development Director/Acting Director)
  • International Centre for Reproductive Health, Marleen Temmerman (Director)
  • AIDOS, Daniela Colombo (President)
  • Equilibres & Populations France, Serge Rabier (Executive Director)
  • Family Planning and Sexual Health Association (Lithuania), Esmeralda Kuliešytė (Executive Director)
  • European Parliamentary Forum, Neil Datta (EPF Secretary)
  • German Foundation for World Population (DSW), Karen Hoehn (Vice Executive Director / Director of International Affairs)
  • Väestöliitto, the Family Federation of Finland
  • Save the Children EU Office, Olivia Lind (Head of Office)
  • Austrian Family Planning Association (ÖGF) , Angela Tunkel (Executive Director)
  • Eurochild, Jana Hainsworth (Secretary General)
  • International Partnership for Microbicides, Céline Mias (Regional Representative, Europe)
  • RESULTS UK, Aaron Oxley (Executive Director)
  • Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits, Inc. (EcoWEB), Regina Salvador-Antequisa (Executive Director)
  • European YWCAs, Anna Magnusson (President)
  • European Women's Lobby, Cécile Gréboval (Secretary General)
  • Global South Initiative, Kathmandu, Nepal, Hansha Sanjyal (Founder/President)