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{{Short description|Belgian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Bart Staes
| image       = Bart Staes European Parliament.jpg
| office      = [[European Parliament|Member of the European Parliament]]
| term_start  = 20 July 1999
| term_end    = 2019
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1958|08|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Izegem]], Belgium
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| nationality = [[Belgians|Belgian]]
| party       = [[Volksunie]]<br />[[Groen (political party)|Groen]] (2002–)
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| residence   = [[Antwerp]]
| alma_mater  = Sint-Thomas Pedagogische Hogeschool, [[Brussels]]
| occupation  = Teacher, politician
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| website     = [http://www.bartstaes.be/ Official website]
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'''Bart Hubert Wilfried Marcel Staes''' ({{IPA|nl|bɑrt ˈstaːs}}; born 7 August 1958), is a [[Belgians|Belgian]] politician who served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[Flanders]] from 1999 until 2019. He is a member of [[Groen (political party)|Groen]], part of the [[European Green Party|European Greens]].

After studying in [[Brussels]] and qualifying as a teacher (Dutch/English/Economics), Staes turned to politics, beginning his political career in the [[Volksunie]], which later became [[Spirit (Belgium)|Spirit]]. Following the formation of the electoral alliance (''cartel'') between Spirit and the [[Socialistische Partij Anders]] (sp.a) in 2002, Staes moved to join Agalev (as it was then known; today, Groen). He has been a Member of the European Parliament continuously since 1999, at first for the Volksunie, later Spirit and now Groen. His particular interests are the environment and peace movements.

== European Parliament ==
Staes was first elected into the [[European Parliament]] in [[1999 European Parliament election in Belgium|1999]] and was reelected, as only member from his party, in [[2004 European Parliament election in Belgium|2004]] and [[2009 European Parliament election in Belgium|2009]]. During his time in parliament, he was part of [[The Greens–European Free Alliance]] transnational political group together with MEPs for the [[GreenLeft]]. He served on the [[Committee on Budgetary Control]] and the [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]].

== Political career==
His political career started with membership of the [[Volksunie]]. With the collapse of that party in 2002 he joined Agalev, as it was then known, now Groen. His party roles and Parliamentary service record include the following:
*Member Party Council VolksunieJongeren (1980–1981) and (1984–1987)
*Member of the VU-party-council (1984–1987) and (1995–2001)
*Second follower VU-senate list (1995–1999)
*Member Spirit-party presidency (2001–2002)
*Mandatory of Agalev/Groen (July 2002 - )
*Member of party council of Groen (2003 - )
*Member of European parliament (1999 - )
*Member of fraction Greens/European Free Alliance (Groenen/Europese Vrije Alliantie)
*Member of Budget Control Commission
*Instant member of Commission Environmental gestion, Public Health and Food security
*Member of Parliamentary cooperative commission EU-Russia
*Instant member of Parliamentary cooperative commission EU-Central-Asia
*Initiator of the Intergroup Chechnya
*Author of manifesto from the [[Gravensteengroep]]

===Timeline===
*13 June 1999 – : [[File:Flag of Europe.svg|20px]] Member of European Parliament

==Publications==
*Published ''Het vlees is zwak'' with {{ill|Jaak Vandemeulebroucke|nl}}, Hadewijch, Antwerp, 1996
*''Echo's voor een ander Europa'', Houtekiet, Antwerp, 2004
*''Voor een ander Europa'', Houtekiet, Antwerp, 2009
*''GGO's: Droom of werkelijkheid'', Houtekiet, Antwerp, 2012

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.bartstaes.be/}}

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[[Category:1958 births]]
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[[Category:People from Izegem]]
[[Category:Groen (political party) MEPs]]
[[Category:Groen (political party) politicians]]
[[Category:MEPs for Belgium 1999–2004]]
[[Category:MEPs for Belgium 2004–2009]]
[[Category:MEPs for Belgium 2009–2014]]
[[Category:MEPs for Belgium 2014–2019]]


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