{"id":231,"date":"2024-04-25T14:51:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/europa\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=231"},"modified":"2026-04-28T07:31:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:31:55","slug":"brigitte-van-den-berg","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/europa\/mensen\/brigitte-van-den-berg\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigitte van den Berg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--66 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--76  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav--strong-brigitte-van-den-berg--strong-8681\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Brigitte van den Berg\" >\n\t<strong>Brigitte van den Berg<\/strong><\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper wrapper__spacing-top-large--20 wrapper__spacing-top-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-top-mobile--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--20 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--10  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-desktop--0 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-video\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-video__video-wrapper\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/434\/2026\/04\/3.-Brigitte-van-den-Berg-scaled-1.jpg')\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\tBeeld: Martijn Beekman\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-people-introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"block-people-introduction__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\tBrigitte van den Berg uit Beverwijk zet zich als Europarlementari\u00ebr elke dag in voor een groene economie.\t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-yellow)\">\n\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading    heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-over-brigitte-8011\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Brigitte\">\n\tOver Brigitte <\/h2>\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__info\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"lists\">\n\t\t\t\t<li><label>Leeftijd<\/label><span>37 jaar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Beverwijk<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Voornaamwoorden<\/label><span>Zij\/haar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__email\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\tStuur Brigitte  een <a href=\"mailto:brigitte.vandenberg@europarl.europa.eu\">e-mail<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__socialmedia\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"people-bullet-point-card__sm_panel\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brigittevdbergd66\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Ig<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.linkedin.com\/in\/brigittevdberg\" target=\"_blank\">Li<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__supportemail\">\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.d66.nl\/europa\/contact\">Contact met persvoorlichting en ondersteuners<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\tDe geboren Noord-Hollandse vond haar passie voor Europa tijdens een uitwisseling. Dat leidde tot een Master European Union Studies en lidmaatschap van de Raad van Europa. Als wethouder van Beverwijk zag ze wat Europa betekent voor inwoners. Als Europarlementari\u00ebr wil Brigitte zich inzetten voor een sociale groene transitie, voor vrede, mensenrechten en voor een verbonden Europa.<br><br>\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-2923469829\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Expertises (portefeuilles)\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-expertises--portefeuilles-2065\">\n\tExpertises (portefeuilles)<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-2923469829\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-2923469829\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\tIndustrie, cultuur, onderwijs en werkgelegenheid. \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-3419998700\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Functie historie\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-functie-historie4883\">\n\tFunctie historie<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-3419998700\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-3419998700\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-accordion lists content-accordion__lists lists__weight--medium lists__color--black lists__type--default\"><li><label>2010-2018<\/label><span>Raadslid en fractievoorzitter D66 Beverwijk<\/span><\/li><li><label>2018-2024<\/label><span>Wethouder Beverwijk<\/span><\/li><li><label>2024-heden<\/label><span>Europarlementari\u00ebr D66<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--30 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--20  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--10 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\tVan den Berg groeide op in Beverwijk en werd politiek actief toen zij een klucht maakte over de gemeenteraad, voor een festival dat ze mede organiseerde. Er bestond nog geen D66 fractie, deze heeft ze toen samen met anderen opgericht en in 2010 is zij verkozen als lijsttrekker. Ze werd toen verkozen als raadslid en fractievoorzitter. In 2018 werd Van den Berg wethouder in dezelfde gemeente op het gebied van infrastructuur, arbeidsmarkt, onderwijs en cultuur en grondbeleid. Toen er een nieuw college aantrad in 2022, wijzigde haar portefeuille naar economie, energietransitie, milieu, arbeidsmarkt, beroepsonderwijs en lokale media. Hierdoor viel het dossier Tata Steel in haar portefeuille. In 2024 stelde Van den Berg zich verkiesbaar voor het Europees Parlement namens D66. <br><br><strong>Europarlementari\u00ebr <br><\/strong>In het Europees Parlement houdt Brigitte zich onder andere bezig met industrie, cultuur, onderwijs en werkgelegenheid en sociale zaken. Hierin strijd ze voor een groener wordende industrie en stond ze aan de wieg van de MBO raad waarin de kloof tussen MBO en het hoger onderwijs moet worden gedicht. <br>Om Europa inzichtelijker en toegankelijker te maken voor Nederlanders, kwam er op haar initiatief een BeverwijkBus die de regio verbind met het centrum van de Europese politiek. <br>\t<\/p>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1518,"featured_media":1337,"menu_order":0,"template":"","search-tags":[],"labels":[],"division-tags":[44],"class_list":["post-231","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-europees-parlement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brigitte van den Berg - D66 Europa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brigitte van den Berg uit Beverwijk zet zich als Europarlementari\u00ebr elke dag in voor een groene economie.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/d66.nl\/europa\/mensen\/brigitte-van-den-berg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brigitte van den Berg - 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