Delara Burkhardt is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). She focuses on climate, biodiversity, and the circular economy, and is the SPD delegation’s spokeswoman on environmental policies. She also serves as Vice Chair of the Parliament's Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina/Kosovo. Prior to her election, she was Vice-President of the SPD’s youth organisation and worked in project management at a Hamburg-based communications agency.