Edit Herczog is a member of the Hungarian Socialist Party

Hungarian Socialist Party

The Hungarian Socialist Party describes itself as a social democratic party in Hungary. It is the partial successor of the communist Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party , which ruled Hungary between 1956 and 1989. The decision to declare the party a successor of the MSZMP was controversial, and...

 and the European Parliament

European Parliament

The 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...

.

Hungarian Socialist Party Work

Edit Herczog has been a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party, and of the Hungarian Socialist Party since 1989. She was elected as a MP in 1998 and also in 2002 in Fejér

Fejér

-Geography:Geographically Fejér county is very diverse, its southern part is similar to the Great Plain , other parts are hilly . Lake Velence, a popular resort can also be found here....

 county. She became member of the national presidency of the MSZP in 2007. She worked her way up the bureaucracy of the MSZP, through the Procedural Committee, in the Committee of the European Integration Affairs between 1998–2002 and in the Committee of Foreign Affairs and of Environmental Protection since 2002.

Herczog was a member of the Hungarian delegation of the European Commission

European Commission

The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....

 since 1999. Being leader of the female committee of the socialist group in Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

 she was also a member of the group leadership. She took part in the work of the Hungarian-English and Hungarian-American branch of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, as vice-president.

Activities in the European Parliament

Edit has been a member of the European Parliament since May 2004. Her committee work included the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Delegation for relations with Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and the EU-EEA. She was a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and for the Committee on Budgetary Control. She was also member of the Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group and the Lisbon Strategy Working Group. She is a Presidency member of the following European organizations: European Energy Forum, European Internet Foundation

European Internet Foundation

The European Internet Foundation is an independent, non-profit body supporting Members of the European Parliament in their efforts to shape policy and regulation relating to the internet....

, Forum for the Future of Nuclear Energy, Cangaroo Group, and the European Parliament-Business Forum.

Edit Herczog gained some attention for an attempted intervention into a speech being made by Nigel Farage

Nigel Farage

Nigel Paul Farage MEP , a position he previously held from September 2006 to November 2009. He is a current Member of the European Parliament for South East England and co-chairs the Eurosceptic Europe of Freedom and Democracy group....

 MEP, a representative for UKIP.

"And Mr. Farage, I’d like to say something Hungarian quotation for you, it is good that you are here because if the monkey goes up to the tree, it is better seen how red is his popo."

The video of this performance became widely popular, partially on the basis of Farage's attack on the appointment of the top European roles of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is the main co-ordinator and representative of the Common Foreign and Security Policy within the European Union...

 and President of the European Council

President of the European Council

The President of the European Council is a principal representative of the European Union on the world stage, and the person presiding over and driving forward the work of the European Council...

, but also for the unusual language employed.

Career

Edit Herczog has worked for the following:

• The University of Horticulture (food conservation engineer) (1985).
• Eötvös Loránd University (Portuguese Department) (1992).
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences (research fellow) (1985-1989).
• University of Horticulture (professor's assistant) (1989-1994).
• Unilever
  Unilever
  Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....
  
  Hungary (1994-1997).
• ICI Hungary (1997-2004).
• National Starch Chemical (Manager, Central and Eastern European Region).