Brigitte van den Berg should not be confused with Brigitte van der Burg.
| Brigitte van den Berg | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MEP |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Parliamentarygroup: | Renew Europe |
| Termstart: | 16 July 2024 |
| Constituency: | Netherlands |
| Birth Date: | df=y 22 March 1989 |
| Party: | Democrats 66 |
| Otherparty: | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party |
Brigitte van den Berg (born 22 March 1989) is a Dutch politician of Democrats 66 who has served as Member of the European Parliament since 2024.
Van den Berg was a member of the Model European Parliament, and attended its international conferences in 2006 and 2007.[1] At the age of 19, she watched a municipal council meeting to prepare for a political farce at the Young Art Festival, and became interested in its debates.[2] She joined Democrats 66 because of its pro-European stance, and became leader of its Beverwijk parliamentary group in 2010.[1] Following the 2018 municipal elections, she became an alderwoman in the municipal executive of Beverwijk.[2]
Van den Berg was D66's third candidate in the June 2024 European Parliament election, when the part secured three seats. She was elected, and her term started on 16 July 2024.[3]
| Body | Party | Votes | Result | . | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party seats | Individual | |||||||||||
| 2024 | European Parliament | Democrats 66 | style=text-align:right | 3 | style=text-align:right | 46,436 | style=text-align:right | 3 | [5] |