Bodil Valero

Bodil Valero (born as Bodil Lundström, 14 May 1958, before June 2015 Bodil Ceballos) is a Swedish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2014 until 2019.^[1] She is a member of the Green Party, part of the European Green Party.^[2] In parliament, Valero served as the green coordinator in the Security and Defence Committee (SEDE).

Bodil Valero MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office 2014–2019
Constituency	Sweden
Member of the Swedish Parliament
In office 2006–2014
Constituency	Gävleborg
Personal details
Born	Bodil Lundström (1958-05-14) 14 May 1958 (age 67) Jönköping, Sweden
Political party	Swedish Green Party EU European Green Party
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Website	Official website

She also served as a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP) and as substitute in the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM) and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT)^[2]

In addition to her committee assignments, Valero served as vice-chairwoman of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Western Sahara.^[3]

Profile issues

Valero works with the rights of refugees and migrants and for legal rights in the EU. She advocates an open and humane migration policy and has criticized the EU's Migration Policy Agreement with Turkey, in favor of Member States sharing responsibility for refugee reception.

Valero has been committed to minority rights, including Kurds, Assyrians / Syrians and Romans.

From 2014, she was the Green representative in the negotiations on the European Parliament's annual report on Turkey's accession negotiations.

As a reporter for the European Parliament's Annual Report on Arms Export.