Gabriele Bischoff, who until recently chaired the European Economic and Social Committee's Workers' Group, has been elected MEP in the S&D Group. She stood for election with the SPD party in Germany's Berlin constituency.
Ms Bischoff, who joined the EESC in 2009 in her capacity as a head of department at the German Confederation of Trade Unions DGB, was president of the Workers' Group from 2015 to 2019. (dm)