Member of the European Parliament, 2019–2022 Zacharopoulou became a
Member of the European Parliament in the
2019 elections. From 2019 to 2022, she was a vice-chair of the
Committee on Development and the parliament's
rapporteur on the Africa-EU partnership. In 2022, she briefly joined the Special Committee on the
COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to her committee assignments, Zacharopoulou was part of the Parliament's delegation to the
ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. She was also a member of the
MEPs Against Cancer group; European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer; the
European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights; the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability; and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals. Amid the
COVID-19 pandemic, Zacharopoulou returned to practicing for several days a week at the Bégin Military Teaching Hospital in March 2020. From April 2021, Zacharopoulou co-chaired the Shareholders Council of
COVAX, alongside Fernando Ruiz Gómez. In this capacity, she was part of the delegation accompanying
President Emmanuel Macron on his state visit to
Rwanda and
South Africa in May 2021. In November 2021, the European Union's
Foreign Affairs Council followed a proposal of
Josep Borrell and appointed Zacharopoulou as its focal person to strengthen coordination among EU member states and accelerate efforts on sharing
COVID-19 vaccine doses, especially in Africa. In December, she accompanied
President of the European Council Charles Michel and France's
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian on official trips to
Senegal.
Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, 2022–2024 On 14 September 2023, Zacharopoulou joined the Advisory Board of the
Global Center on Adaptation. In October 2023, Zacharopoulou participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and
President Emmanuel Macron. ==Political positions==