Saskia Bricmont

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Saskia Bricmont
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Saskia Bricmont (2020)
Member of the European Parliament
for the French-speaking electoral college of Belgium
Assumed office
2 July 2019 [1] [2]
Personal details
Born (1985-03-16) 16 March 1985 (age 38)
Tournai, Belgium
Political party Ecolo

Saskia Bricmont (born 16 March 1985) is a Belgian politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019. [3] [4]

Political career

In parliament, Bricmont serves on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (since 2019) and the Committee on International Trade (since 2020). In 2022, she joined the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware. [5] [6]

In addition to her committee assignments, Bricmont is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights, [7] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights, [8] the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals [9] and the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group. [10]

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References

  1. "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. News, Flanders (27 May 2019). "Far-right and far-left gains in Belgian European Parliament elections". vrtnws.be.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. Jonathan Stearns and Ewa Krukowska (May 27, 2019), Green Gains Show Populists Not Main Problem for EU Old Guard Bloomberg News .
  5. Members of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware European Parliament.
  6. Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees European Parliament, press release of 24 March 2022.
  7. Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
  8. Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  9. Members European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
  10. Members Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.