Gunnar Hökmark

Gunnar Hökmark, MEP

Gunnar Hökmark (born 19 September 1952, Ystad) is a Swedish MEP from the Moderate Party (Moderata Samlingspartiet) since 2004. He is the Chairman of the Steering Group of European Friends of Israel (EFI) in the European Parliament and President of the Swedish-Israel Friendship Association. Hökmark is a frequent user and promoter of the materials put out by MEMRI.

Affiliations

• European Friends of Israel
• Sweden-Israel Friendship Association - Chairman

Parliamentary Affiliations

• Chair:

17.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee

• Vice-Chair:

15.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

25.11.2009 / ... : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

• Member:

20.07.2004 / 30.08.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

31.08.2004 / 14.02.2007 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

15.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Afghanistan

14.07.2009 / 24.11.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

16.09.2009 / 16.09.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee

17.09.2009 / ... : Conference of Delegation Chairs

08.10.2009 / ... : Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis

17.06.2010 / ... : Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013

• Substitute:

22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Israel

14.10.2004 / 08.06.2005 : Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Israel

23.05.2007 / 04.02.2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly

European Friends of Israel

Hökmark's speech at the launch of EFI states (14 Sept 2006):

Tonight, when we together are launching European Friends of Israel we have made history and we shall change the political agenda of the European Union.
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I believe EFI can help us change the debate in our parliaments, by both identifying and indeed helping many more colleagues who think like we do. Wherever in Europe we may have been elected, we all recognize the strength of the bonds that our continent shares with Israel. Many Israelis have their roots here. Israel is our natural ally in democratic freedom and human rights in the Middle East. It is a strong trading partner. The historical, cultural, economic and political bonds between us are profound.
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Let it be said here tonight, once and for all, the oppressed people of the Middle East are not oppressed by anyone else than by their own oppressors. Not by Israel, not by US, not by European Union. When we are defending the democracy of Israel we are at the same time standing up for the freedom of all people in the Middle East, wherever they live. Our support to Israel it not at the cost of anyone but to the benefit of everyone, may he or she be Arab, Palestinian, Iranian or Lebanese. It is their right to democracy as well as the Israelis we are defending, against their own dictatorships.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

05F365

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Website:

http://hokmark.eu/

E-mail:

gunnar.hokmark@europarl.europa.eu

ghokmark@europarl.eu.int

Facebook Page:

http://www.facebook.com/ghokmark?sid=66a6fe00498bad52df085f5c697ade78&ref=search

Youtube Page:

http://www.youtube.com/user/gunnarhokmark

Twitter Page:

http://twitter.com/ghokmark

Phone:

Brussels: +32 2 284 5822

Strasbourg: +33 3 8817 5822

press officers: Per Heister +46 736 82 80 90 (mobile Sweden)

+32 496 645 530 (office Brussels)

+32 228 426 97 (mobile Belgium)

Gunnar Larsson +32 497 915 189 (mobile Belgium)

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Gunnar Hökmark, accessed 19 November 2010.
• Gunnar Hökmark, Gunnar Hökmark Website, accessed 22 September 2010.
• Gunnar Hökmark, "Speech at the launch of European Friends of Israel", Gunnar Hökmark Website, 14 September 2006, accessed 22 September 2010.