Philippe Lamberts
Philippe Lamberts | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 14 July 2009 | |
Constituency | Belgium |
Personal details | |
Born | Brussels, Belgium | 16 April 1963
Political party | ![]() Ecolo ![]() Greens–European Free Alliance |
Alma mater | Université catholique de Louvain |
Website | www |
Philippe Lamberts (born 14 March 1963) is a Belgian politician serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2009. He is a member of Ecolo, within the Greens–European Free Alliance.
Education and early career[]
Lamberts graduated as an engineer at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) in 1986. From 1987 to 2009 he worked at IBM in a variety of positions, also as a manager. Carrying out the function of councillor between 1994 and 2006, Lamberts represented the French-speaking Green Party Ecolo in the local council of Anderlecht. Between 1999 and 2003 he was an adviser of the Vice-Prime Minister Isabelle Durant on foreign affairs and defence.
Member of the European Parliament, 2009–present[]
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Lamberts was the co-spokesperson of the European Green Party between 2006 and 2012. (first with Ulrike Lunacek, then with Monica Frassoni) and has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Ecolo party since 2009.[1] He has been leading the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament since 2014, alongside co-chair Rebecca Harms[2] and later Ska Keller.[3] He is a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).
As a member of ECON, Lamberts was credited with an amendment to the Fourth Capital Requirements Directive that capped bonus payments in the financial services to no more than 100% of their salary, or 200% with shareholder approval.[4] In 2015, he led calls for a special committee of inquiry into how EU Member States give special tax treatment to “national champions;”[5] he later became a member of the parliament's Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect.
From 2017, Lamberts served on the Parliament's so-called Brexit Steering Group, which worked under the aegis of the Conference of Presidents and to coordinates Parliament's deliberations, considerations and resolutions on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.[6] He is part of the European Internet Forum.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Philippe LAMBERTS (articles on the EGP website)". European Green Party. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ Dave Keating (June 11, 2014), Greens pick up new members and elect presidents European Voice.
- ^ Greens-EFA Press Release (December 13, 2016), New Bureau of the Greens/EFA Group
- ^ Clout of European Parliament is growing, Financial Times, 20 February 2014
- ^ Carla Main (February 3, 2015), EU Tax Inquiry, BNP, Ma on Counterfeits: Compliance Bloomberg Business.
- ^ Brexit Steering Group European Parliament.
- ^ Members European Internet Forum.
External links[]
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Ecolo MEPs
- MEPs for Belgium 2009–2014
- MEPs for Belgium 2014–2019
- MEPs for Belgium 2019–2024