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'''Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Άννα-Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου, born 27 March 1967) is a Greek lawyer and politician who was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in [[2019 European Parliament election in Italy|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news247.gr/politiki/anna-misel-asimakopoyloy-metataxeis-spasmodikes-kiniseis-teleiomenoy-prothypoyrgoy.7457653.html|title=Άννα-Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου: Οι μετατάξεις είναι οι τελευταίες σπασμωδικές κινήσεις ενός τελειωμένου Πρωθυπουργού|website=www.news247.gr|access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> |
'''Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Άννα-Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου, born 27 March 1967) is a Greek lawyer and politician who was elected as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] in [[2019 European Parliament election in Italy|2019]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news247.gr/politiki/anna-misel-asimakopoyloy-metataxeis-spasmodikes-kiniseis-teleiomenoy-prothypoyrgoy.7457653.html|title=Άννα-Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου: Οι μετατάξεις είναι οι τελευταίες σπασμωδικές κινήσεις ενός τελειωμένου Πρωθυπουργού|website=www.news247.gr|access-date=10 June 2019}}</ref> |
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In March 2024, she became embroiled in a significant email leak stemming from her use of resources from the Ministry of the Interior to reach out to Greek voters across Europe. The scandal led to her resignation from her candidacy as an MEP in the same month. |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
Revision as of 11:36, 15 March 2024
Anna-Michelle Assimakopoulou | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Greece | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019[1][2] | |
Personal details | |
Born | New York, New York, U.S. | 27 March 1967
Nationality | Greek/ American |
Political party | New Democracy (Greece) |
Alma mater | |
Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou (Greek: Άννα-Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου, born 27 March 1967) is a Greek lawyer and politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[3]
In March 2024, she became embroiled in a significant email leak stemming from her use of resources from the Ministry of the Interior to reach out to Greek voters across Europe. The scandal led to her resignation from her candidacy as an MEP in the same month.
Political career
In parliament, Assimakopoulou has since been serving on the Committee on International Trade and the Committee on Petitions (2019-2020). In 2020, she also joined the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Assimakopoulou has been part of the parliament's delegation for relations with Israel since 2021.[5] She is also a member of the European Internet Forum,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability[7] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[8]
Controversies
She has been embroiled in several feuds with other MEPs in the European Parliament, particularly during discussions concerning the quality of democracy, rule of law and the wiretapping scandal in Greece,[9][10] which she vehemently denies ever occurred.[11]
On March 1, 2024, she was accused of a substantial GDPR breach involving thousands of email addresses, following revelations that she utilized the Ministry of the Interior's database to identify and target eligible Greek voters residing abroad.[12][13][14] In response, she dismissed the allegations as "conspiracy theories", asserting that they are primarily aimed at "harming" the postal vote reform of the Greek government.[15] On March 3, 2024, following her earlier response, she acknowledged that the contact details of the voters did, in fact, originate from the Ministry of the Interior.[16]
Following the revelations and estimates indicating that thousands of addresses are being used without users' authorization, the Athens prosecutor’s office launched an investigation into the leak.[17] Additionally, Greece’s Data Protection Authority (DPA) initiated an investigation into the allegations.[18]
On March 15, 2024, she announced that she wouldn't be running as an MEP in 2024. Her party, New Democracy, provided her with the opportunity to step down in light of the email leak.[19][20] It was later revealed that the email lists were indeed leaked by the Ministry of the Interior, with General Secretary Michalis Stavrianoudakis and New Democracy’s Secretary for Diaspora Affairs, Nikos Theodoropoulos, being named as responsible for it.[21] The former announced his resignation, while the latter was ousted on the same day.
Other activities
- Friends of Europe, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2020)[22]
References
- ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- ^ "Άννα-Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου: Οι μετατάξεις είναι οι τελευταίες σπασμωδικές κινήσεις ενός τελειωμένου Πρωθυπουργού". www.news247.gr. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Members of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
- ^ Mia Bartoloni (May 7, 2021), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
- ^ Members Archived 7 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine European Internet Forum.
- ^ Members of the Disability Intergroup - EPP European Disability Forum.
- ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature Archived 2 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine MEPs Against Cancer.
- ^ "MEPs voice alarm over 'worrying' rule-of-law decline in Greece". euronews. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Ευρωβουλή: Θερμό επεισόδιο Ασημακοπούλου με την Ολλανδή Ιντ Βελτ". ProtoThema (in Greek). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Υποκλοπές: Επίθεση Ασημακοπούλου στην εισηγήτρια της PEGA για το προσχέδιο". in.gr (in Greek). 8 November 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Ασημακοπούλου: Καταγγελίες για email σε απόδημους και παραβίαση προσωπικών δεδομένων - Τι απαντά". Reader (in Greek). 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Σάλος με email που έστειλε στους απόδημους η Άννα Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου - Τι απαντά η ίδια". in.gr (in Greek). 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ NEWSROOM (1 March 2024). "ΣΥΡΙΖΑ: Δώρο της ΝΔ στην Ασημακοπούλου τα προσωπικά δεδομένα αποδήμων - Τι απαντά". News 24/7 (in Greek). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Ψαράκη, Νεκταρία (1 March 2024). "E-mail της Ασημακοπούλου στους αποδήμους: Οργή για παραβίαση προσωπικών δεδομένων- «Μόνη μου τα συγκέντρωσα σε πέντε χρόνια», απάντησε". The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση (in Greek). Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ NEWSROOM (3 March 2024). "Άννα Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου: "Τα mail αποκτήθηκαν με νόμιμους τρόπους" - Όσα δήλωσε". News 24/7 (in Greek). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Prosecutor to probe Asimakopoulou's alleged GDPR breach | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "DPA to investigate alleged data breach by conservative MEP | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Newsroom (15 March 2024). "Αννα Μισέλ Ασημακοπούλου: Αποσύρεται από το ευρωψηφοδέλτιο της Ν.Δ." Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ (in Greek). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ NEWSROOM (15 March 2024). "Ευρωεκλογές: Αποσύρεται η Ασημακοπούλου - Πλήρωσε το σκάνδαλο των email". News 24/7 (in Greek). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Fallout from data breach scandal escalates | eKathimerini.com". www.ekathimerini.com. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Friends of Europe appoints 29 new members to its Board of Trustees Friends of Europe, press release of June 25, 2020.