Work and politics
After his graduation,Lambert van Nistelrooij was a teacher for a while. He also worked at the Province of Gelderland and the agricultural organisation of North-Brabant Christian Farmers (NCB). [1]
At 24 years old,he was a member of the city council of Nuland. In 1982,he joined the Brabant States Group of the CDA. Between 1991 and 2003,Lambert van Nistelrooij was a member of the Deputies of the North-Brabant Province where he was responsible for public health,care for the elderly,housing,urban innovation and internationalisation.
He later became a member of the Dutch delegation to the Committee of the Regions in Brussels and Treasurer of the House of Dutch Provinces in Brussels. He was also Vice President of the Assembly of European Regions for some time. [2]
European Parliament
Lambert van Nistelrooij got elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2004 and reelected in 2009 and 2014. He was a member of the EP Committee on Regional Development. He was also substitute member of the EP committee on Internal Market and member of the delegation for EU-relations with Latin-America,Brazil and Mercosur.
During his second mandate he was also engaged in energy and telecommunications in his function as a substitute member of the EP Committee on Industry,Research and Energy. He was also on the delegations for relations with the countries of South Asia,Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union,and the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. [1]
Lambert van Nistelrooij was the European Parliament Rapporteur and Negotiator for the European Structural Funds and the European Investment Fund (2014–2020). The budget for this amounts to €222 billion.
