2014: Helga Stevens second Deaf Member of the European Parliament
In May 2014, Helga Stevens was elected Member of the European Parliament. In November 2014, she was elected vice-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists group. In addition to her committee assignments, Stevens served as president of the European Parliament’s Disabilities Intergroup.
In October 2016, the ECR group announced Stevens as their group’s choice to be the next President of the European Parliament.
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Source: http://helgastevens.be