Pernille Weiss
{{Short description|Danish politician and businesswoman (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Pernille Weiss
| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}}
| party = Conservative People's Party
| image = Pernille Weiss on Spørg Direkte.jpg
| caption = Weiss as 2018 candidate for European Parliament
| constituency_MP = Denmark
| term_start = 2 July 2019{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525003255/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |archive-date=25 May 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News|access-date=28 May 2019|language=en|date=22 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526130408/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|archive-date=26 May 2019|url-status=live}}
| term_end =
| parliament = European
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|3|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Middelfart, Denmark
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| nationality = Danish
| spouse =
| relations =
| children = 3
| residence = Christianshavn, Copenhagen{{cite web|url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/europa/ECE11408982/blaa-bog-konservatives-spidskandidat-pernille-weiss/|work=Jyllands-Posten|date=27 May 2019|access-date=24 August 2019|title=Blå bog: Konservatives spidskandidat Pernille Weiss|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824134229/https://jyllands-posten.dk/international/europa/ECE11408982/blaa-bog-konservatives-spidskandidat-pernille-weiss/|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live}}
| alma_mater = Odense School of Nursing
University of Southern Denmark
Copenhagen Business School
| occupation =
| profession = Politician, businesswoman
| website = https://pernilleweiss.dk/
}}
Pernille Weiss (born 12 March 1968) is a Danish politician and businesswoman who was elected as a Conservative People's Party (part of the EPP Group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European parliamentary election in Denmark. She is the chief executive officer of Archimed, a healthcare and architectural consultancy.
Early life and career
Pernille Weiss was born on 12 March 1968 in Gamborg, Middelfart.{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197515/PERNILLE_WEISS/home|title=Pernille Weiss|publisher=European Parliament|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824134231/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197515/PERNILLE_WEISS/home|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live}} She grew up in Funen. Her early education was at the Middelfart Gymnasium.{{cite news|url=https://www.melfarposten.dk/melfarposten/Nostalgi-Ringen-sluttet-for-Pernille-fra-Gamborg/artikel/387996|title=Nostalgi: Ringen sluttet for Pernille fra Gamborg|language=da|publisher=Melfar Posten|date=18 March 2019|access-date=24 August 2019|last=Bonde|first=Jan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824134227/https://www.melfarposten.dk/melfarposten/Nostalgi-Ringen-sluttet-for-Pernille-fra-Gamborg/artikel/387996|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live}} Weiss joined the Conservative People's Party at the age of 15.{{cite news|first=Birgit|last=Bakkær|url=https://www.fyens.dk/indland/Skarp-tunge-goer-comeback-Pernille-Weiss-vil-i-Folketinget/artikel/3094889|work=Fyens Stiftstidende|date=3 November 2016|access-date=25 August 2019|title=Skarp tunge gør comeback: Pernille Weiss vil i Folketinget|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825083031/https://www.fyens.dk/indland/Skarp-tunge-goer-comeback-Pernille-Weiss-vil-i-Folketinget/artikel/3094889|archive-date=25 August 2019|url-status=live}} She qualified as a nurse in 1992 from the Odense School of Nursing in Funen and later specialised in forensic nursing. From 1996 to 2004 she was a member of the Funen County Council. Weiss obtained a Cand.scient. in Health Sciences from the University of Southern Denmark in 2004.
Four years later, Weiss gained a master's degree in Leadership and Innovation from Copenhagen Business School. In the same year, she founded Archimed, a healthcare, and architectural consultancy.{{cite web|url=http://www.archimed.dk/english/pernille-weiss-terkildsen|title=Archimed|publisher=Archimed|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824134229/http://www.archimed.dk/english/pernille-weiss-terkildsen|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live}} She is its chief executive officer.{{cite web|url=http://www.archimed.dk/english/pernille-weiss-terkildsen|title=Pernille Weiss Terkildsen|access-date=25 August 2019|publisher=Archimed|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824134229/http://www.archimed.dk/english/pernille-weiss-terkildsen|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live}} Weiss had previously worked for consulting firm COWI and architectural firm Arkitema. In 2017, she became a certified sexologist.{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/overblik-her-er-partiernes-eu-spidskandidater-der-er-kun-uvished-om-df|language=da|access-date=27 August 2019|date=27 October 2018|title=Overblik Her er partiernes EU-spidskandidater: Der er kun uvished om DF|publisher=DR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827172145/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/overblik-her-er-partiernes-eu-spidskandidater-der-er-kun-uvished-om-df|archive-date=27 August 2019|url-status=live}}
Member of the European Parliament
Weiss stood as a candidate in the 2019 European parliamentary election for the Conservative People's Party. She was first on her party's list.{{cite news|work=Fyens Stiftstidende|url=https://www.fyens.dk/indland/Konservative-goer-Pernille-Weiss-til-EU-spidskandidat/artikel/3278296|language=da|date=20 August 2018|access-date=24 August 2019|title=Konservative gør Pernille Weiss til EU-spidskandidat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413004853/https://www.fyens.dk/indland/Konservative-goer-Pernille-Weiss-til-EU-spidskandidat/artikel/3278296|archive-date=13 April 2019|url-status=live}} Weiss was elected as its sole MEP in Denmark.{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/resultater/ep-valg|title=Resultater EP-valg|publisher=DR|access-date=24 August 2019|date=28 May 2019|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831142419/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/resultater/ep-valg|archive-date=31 August 2019|url-status=live}}
In the European Parliament, Weiss is part of the European People's Party Group. Since 2019, she has been serving on the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy. In this capacity, she has been the parliament's rapporteur on the European Union's Pharmaceutical Directive (2023) and the Waste Shipment Regulation (2023).Carlo Martuscelli (30 May 2023), [https://www.politico.eu/article/danish-mep-pernille-weiss-deselected-over-bullying-complaints/ Danish conservative MEP deselected over bullying complaints] Politico Europe.
In addition to her committee assignments, Weiss is part of the delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-climate-change-biodiversity-and-sustainable-development.pdf Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development] European Parliament. the European Parliament Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs),[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-sme.pdf Intergroup on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)] European Parliament. the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights[https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members] European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights and the MEP Interest Group on Obesity & Health System Resilience.Mia Bartoloni (April 23, 2021), [https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/movers-and-shakers-23-april-2021 Movers and Shakers] The Parliament Magazine.
In May 2023, an internal investigation uncovered reports of bullying in Weiss’ office. Shortly after, the Conservative People's Party under its leader Søren Pape Poulsen announced that it would not nominate her as a candidate for the 2024 European Parliament election. Weiss appealed the decision at the party's annual conference in Herning on 23 September, where it was affirmed with 440 delegates' votes for and 145 against.{{Cite news |last=Færch |first=Emil |date=23 September 2023 |title=Pernille Weiss vraget som kandidat – men fik støtte fra stort mindretal |work=TV 2 |url=https://nyheder.tv2.dk/politik/2023-09-23-pernille-weiss-vraget-som-kandidat-men-fik-stoette-fra-stort-mindretal |access-date=24 September 2023}}{{Cite news |date=23 September 2023 |title=Weiss tabte slaget om at komme på konservativ EU-liste |work=Jyllands-Posten |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/politik/ECE16456099/weiss-tabte-slaget-om-at-komme-paa-konservativ-euliste/ |access-date=24 September 2023}}
Political positions
Weiss has described her priorities in the parliament to be to strengthen the European Union's energy and climate policy, and controls on immigration.{{cite web|url=https://www.altinget.dk/kandidater/ep19/34-pernille-weiss|title=Pernille Weiss|publisher=Altinget|language=da|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824163157/https://www.altinget.dk/kandidater/ep19/34-pernille-weiss|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/pernille-weiss-al-vores-politik-skal-maales-i-forhold-til-klima-effekten|title=Pernille Weiss: Al vores politik skal måles i forhold til klima-effekten|language=da|date=18 March 2019|access-date=24 August 2019|last=Ryborg|publisher=DR|first=Ole|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831215611/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/udland/pernille-weiss-al-vores-politik-skal-maales-i-forhold-til-klima-effekten|archive-date=31 August 2019|url-status=live}}
Personal life
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