Eva van Esch
# Eva van Esch

Eva Maria van Esch (born 12 May 1986 in Rossum) is a Dutch politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament for the Party for the Animals (Partij voor de Dieren, PvdD). She was appointed on 9 October 2019, taking the seat of outgoing party leader Marianne Thieme. She previously served as the party's faction leader in the Utrecht City Council.

## Political positions

Van Esch proposes that dogs should be allowed into hospitals to visit their owners’ deathbeds. They should also be permitted into funeral homes to say a last goodbye. She favours tighter regulations for wood-burning.

