Miriam Lexmann

About

Ms Lexmann is a Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, as well as the European Parliament Delegations for relations with Belarus and the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. Previously she was the Director of EU Regional Programmes at the International Republican Institute. Already during her studies, the years of post-communist transition, Miriam was actively involved in multiple Central and Eastern European civil society movements and projects. She has brought her expertise to the international level, when working for the Council of Europe on civil society development programmes. Her primary focus was on the former Soviet Union countries and the Western Balkans. After Slovakia joined the EU, she served as the Permanent Representative of the Slovak Parliament to the EU. Following her diplomatic career, Miriam joined the International Republican Institute as the Director of EU Regional Programmes. She is a Member of the Board of the Anton Tunega Foundation, named after one of the first martyrs of the communist regime in Central Europe. The foundation strives to support democracy by providing political education and supporting educational programmes raising awareness about the communist past. Miriam also serves in the Advisory Board of ‘digiQ’, a Central European association for online safety and prevention.

Miriam regularly publishes on topics relating to international democracy support, the roles of civil society and political parties, and Central and Eastern Europe. In her latest publications and lectures, Miriam captures various ethical and moral causes of disinformation and its eroding impact on liberal democracy.