Jill Evans was born in the Rhondda in 1959 where she still lives. In June 1999 Jill Evans and fellow candidate Eurig Wyn were elected as the first MEPs in Plaid Cymru's history. She was re-elected to the European Parliament in 2009 and is a member of the Green / European Free Alliance Group - the fourth largest group in the Parliament; and is a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Delegation for relations with Iraq. She deputises on the Agriculture Committee. She is Vice President of Plaid Cymru, party spokesperson for European and International issues and chair of CND Cymru.

The international community has failed Gaza

Jill Evans visited Gaza in February last year as part of a European Parliament group to see the destruction caused by Israeli attacks. A year on, as one of a high profile delegation of 60 members of parliament from 12 different countries, she went back

The time is now – we have no choice

Jill Evans MEP expresses her frustration at the stalling already taking place at the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change. But there is still time to bring a meaningful resolution