Brigitte Douay is a French politician

Politics of France

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 and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 for the north-west of France

France

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. She is a member of the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (France)

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, which is part of the Party of European Socialists

Party of European Socialists

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, and sits on the Committee on Budgets.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the delegation for relations with Japan

Japan

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, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU

European Union

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–Mexico

Mexico

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 Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Career

• Degree in classics (1968), graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies
• Teacher (1971)
• Editorial secretary on 30 jours d'Europe (1971–1972)
• Editorial secretary on issues of the Moniteur devoted to public works (1972–1973)
• Journalist (1974–1977)
• Press attaché to Pierre Mauroy, Mayor of Lille and Chairman of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (1977–1981)
• Press attaché in the office of Pierre Mauroy, Prime Minister (1981–1984)
• Press and parliamentary attaché in the office of the State Secretary for the Civil Service (1984–1986)
• Responsible for external relations at the Commission for the National Plan (1986–1988)
• Responsible for public relations, Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (1988–1993)
• Responsible for public relations at Lille Grand Palais (congress centre) (1993–1997)
• Director of communications, Jean-Jaurès Foundation (2003–2004)
• Member of Cambrai Municipal Council (2001–2004)
• Member of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regional Council (since 2004)
• Member of the National Assembly
  French National Assembly
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   for Nord (1997–2002)
• Chairwoman of the national anti-counterfeiting committee (1997–2002)

External links

• Official website (in French
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• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDF
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