Sophie in 't Veld has been a Dutch member of the European Parliament since 2004 for the D66 party, part of the ALDE group. She is current vice-chair of the committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs — LIBE, a member of the parliamentary committee on women’s rights and gender equality and chair of the parliamentary working group on sexual and reproductive health and rights and HIV/AIDS. Previously, she was the ELDR group’s secretary general at the Committee of the Regions.