Alain Lamassoure
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Politics of France
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and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
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for the south-west of France. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
, which is part of the European People's Party
European People's Party
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, and sits on the European Parliament
European Parliament
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's Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgets
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He is a substitute for the Committee on Constitutional Affairs
Committee on Constitutional Affairs
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, a member of the delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
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, and a member of the EPP-ED bureau. He is also a member of the temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013. Lamassoure is a member of the Reconciliation of European Histories Group
Reconciliation of European Histories Group
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.
He was in charge of writing parts of the Treaty of Lisbon
Treaty of Lisbon
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. Alain Lamassoure is a well-know pro-European. He is member of the European Movement
European Movement
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France, which he has been vice-president of, and has a privileged relationship with the diverse European federalist groups.
Career
- Graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies (1964) and ENA (National School of Administration) (1968)
- Auditor, Commissioner of Audit, then Senior Member of the Court of Auditors (1968–1973, 1976–1977, 1981–1986, 1997–1999)
- Special adviser in the office of the Minister for Cultural Affairs (1973–1974)
- Technical adviser in the offices of the Minister for Finance (1974–1976), the Minister for Infrastructure (1977–1978) and the President of the Republic (1978–1981)
- Economic and social adviser (1985–1986)
- Delegate, 'Perspectives et Réalités' clubs (1985–1989)
- UDFUnion for French DemocracyThe Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
spokesman (1988) - Vice-President of the UDFUnion for French DemocracyThe Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
(1999–2002) - National Secretary of the UMPUnion for a Popular MovementThe Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
(since July 2003) - First Deputy Mayor of AngletAngletAnglet is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in Aquitaine in south-western France. The town's name is pronounced [ãglet]; i.e...
(1995–1999) - Mayor of AngletAngletAnglet is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in Aquitaine in south-western France. The town's name is pronounced [ãglet]; i.e...
(1999–2000) - Member of the Anglet Municipal Council (since 2000)
- Chairman of the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz Urban Area Community Council (1995–2001)
- Vice-Chairman of the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz Urban Area Community Council (since 2001)
- Chairman of the Council of Elected Representatives of the Basque CountryNorthern Basque CountryThe French Basque Country or Northern Basque Country situated within the western part of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques constitutes the north-eastern part of the Basque Country....
- Member of the National AssemblyFrench National AssemblyThe French National Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The upper house is the Senate ....
(1986–1993) - Minister with special responsibility for European Affairs (1993–1995)
- Minister with special responsibility for the budgetBudgetA budget is a financial plan and a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan for saving, borrowing and spending. A budget is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a budget line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods...
and government spokesman (1995–1997) - Member of the European ParliamentEuropean ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
(1989–1993 and since 1999) - Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control (1992–1993)
- Representative of the European ParliamentEuropean ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
at the European ConventionEuropean ConventionThe Convention on the Future of Europe , was a body established by the European Council in December 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration...
(2002–2003) - Vice-President of the European Movement – France (since 1999)
- KnightKnightA knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
of the Legion of Honour
External links
- Official website (in French)
- European Parliament biography
- Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDFPortable Document FormatPortable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
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