Urša Pondelek has been working in the European Parliament since 2003, first as press advisor, then as policy advisor for the Legal Affairs Committee, and since June 2009 as policy advisor for the International Trade Committee (INTA) and multilateral parliamentary assemblies and delegations. In INTA she mainly follows trade relations and negotiations with third countries, adoption of the EU trade legislation and the role of the EU in multilateral fora. Urša Pondelek is seconded to the Alliance of the Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). In addition to her native Slovenian, she speaks English, French, Italian, Spanish, Croatian, Serbian and Russian.