Reinhard Bütikofer is a former member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA). He sat on the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), where he servd as Greens/EFA foreign affairs spokesperson, and on the Committee on International Trade (INTA) as a substitute member. He was the Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic of China as well as a member of the Delegation to the United States and a substitute member of the ASEAN Delegation. From 2012 to 2019 he was co-chair of the European Green Party (EGP).