Two MEPs join the European Alzheimer’s Alliance

Tuesday 10 May 2011

Two new MEPs have joined the European Alzheimer’s Alliance : Vilija Blinkeviciute and Derek Vaughan.

Vilija Blinkeviciute (S&D, Lithuania) sits on the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee. She is a substitute on the Employment and Social Affairs Committee and the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee.

Ms Blinkeviciute, a former Social Security and Labour Minister in Lithuania, is the first Lithuanian MEP to join the Alliance.

Derek Vaughan (S&D, Wales) sits on the Budget Committee. He is a substitute on the Budgetary Control Committee and the Committee on Regional Development.