Hannu Takkula is a Finnish

Politics of Finland

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 politician

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 and Member

Member of the European Parliament

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 (MEP) of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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 (EP) with the Centre Party of Finland.

He was elected in the 2004 EP election

European Parliament election, 2004 (Finland)

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. In the period 2004-2009 he sat on the EP's Committee on Culture and Education

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. Takkula was a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism

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, a member of the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand and a substitute for the Delegation for relations with Israel.

After his re-election in the 2009 EP election

European Parliament election, 2009 (Finland)

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, Takkula announced on 22 June 2009 that he was leaving the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

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 (ALDE), the EP group to which the Centre Party of Finland belongs, for the European Conservatives and Reformists

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 (ECR) group. This group includes the Conservatives

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, Law and Justice

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 and the Civic Democratic Party, and is currently EP's fourth largest bloc. He did so after a disagreement with the Centre Party management. However, two days later he stated he had changed his mind and would remain in ALDE.

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