Eva-Britt Svensson Politician

Eva-Britt Svensson (born 5 December 1946 in Värnamo, Småland) is a Swedish politician and former Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Left Party.Svensson has been vice-chair of the EUL–NGL group, and chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. She was also a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a substitute for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with Israel, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee.Svensson is known for opposing Europe-wide restrictions on freedom of speech and to prevent perceived gender stereotyping.She left the Parliament in September 2011.