Frédérique Ries

Frédérique Ries (born 14 May 1959) is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for the French Community of Belgium with the MR/MCC/PRL, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

In 1999, Ries joined the MR (PRL at the time) to become a candidate on the European elections list.

In this capacity, she was the Parliament's rapporteur on a proposal to restrict cultivation of genetically modified organisms in 2014[3] and on the reduction of single-use plastics in 2018.

In addition to her committee assignments, Ries has been a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Israel since 1999.

[8] Since the 2019 elections, Ries has been serving as one of eight vice chairs of the Renew Europe group, under the leadership of chairman Dacian Cioloș.