Mark Demesmaeker\u00a0\u00a0is a member of European Parliament from Belgium<\/strong><\/p>\n He was elected as a member of the\u00a0Flemish Parliament\u00a0in 2004 and reelected in 2009.In 2013, Demesmaeker left the Flemish Parliament to replace\u00a0Frieda Brepoels\u00a0(who became mayor of\u00a0Bilzen) as member of the\u00a0European Parliament.\u00a0He was directly elected in 2014 to keep this position.<\/p>\n In 2006, he was\u00a0elected\u00a0to the City Council of\u00a0Halle\u00a0and became\u00a0alderman. In 2012, he was\u00a0reelected\u00a0with the most preference votes, but a coalition was formed without his party.<\/p>\n On June the 30th<\/sup> a great rally will be held in Paris in support of Iranian people\u2019s protest movement for freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n We in the European Parliament have been following your struggle for many years and from all indications we can tell that the change has never been so close. The international pressure on the regime has never been so high. They must get this message that they must stop their oppression at home and their interferences and support of terrorism in the region, or there will be more sanctions against their repressive forces. Nearly four decades after 1979 revolution that was hijacked by Ayatollah Khomeini and the Islamic fundamentalists, people of Iran have now clearly demonstrated that they have had enough of this religious dictatorship. They want change and for that to happen we need to rally behind Iranian opposition movement led by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, who has been leading this struggle for many years. She has called for a free Iran where religion is separated from the state, men and women would be equal, ethnic and religious minorities would be respected, and death penalty will be abolished. So I urge all freedom loving people to join the Great Gathering on June the 30th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n Franc Bogovi\u010d,<\/em> Member of the European Parliament from\u00a0Slovenia<\/strong><\/p>\n As a member of the European Parliament from Slovenia, I\u2019m very happy that we, Slovenians are part of the European Union. I\u2019m happy because European Union is based on values, and this values are Democracy, freedom of people, freedom of speech, and rule of law. And I want that also the gathering of Iran opposition, together with Ms. Rajavi will be successful, and I support denuclearization of Iran. In European Parliament we spoke about the agreement between European Union and Iran about denuclearization. And I support the denuclearization of Iran because we want that there is no nuclear weapon in Iran but on another side we support people, and I hope that denuclearization of Iran will be successful. And so good luck to Ms. Rajavi and also to gathering in Paris.<\/p>\n![\"](\"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nieuws-mark-demesmaeker-is-vlaams-europarlementslid-met-meeste-invloed-op-europees-milieubeleid-min-300x188.jpg\")
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<\/p>\nIranian opposition convention will hold in 30th of June<\/h3>\n