Alain Lamassoure (born 10 February 1944 in Pau) is a
French politician
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and
Member of the European Parliament
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for the
south-west
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European People's Party
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, and was the chairman of the
European Parliament
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's
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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
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, and a member of the
EPP-ED
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bureau. He was 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
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Accounting
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Arts, entertainment, and media Sculpture
* ''Reconciliation'' (Josefina de Vasconcellos sculpture), a sculpture by Josefina de Vasconcellos in Coventry Cathedra ...
.
He was in charge of writing parts of the
Treaty of Lisbon
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. Alain Lamassoure is a well-known pro-European. He is a member of the
European Movement
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History
The origins of the ...
France, which he has been vice-president of, and has a privileged relationship with the diverse European federalist groups.http://www.federalists.eu/uef/news/alain-lamassoure-a-case-for-an-optimistic-federalism/ 12 July 2011.
National Assembly
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(1986–1993)
* Minister with special responsibility for European Affairs (1993–1995)
* Minister with special responsibility for the
budget
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and government spokesman (1995–1997)
* Member of the
European Parliament
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(1989–1993 and since 1999)
* Chairman of the Committee on Budgetary Control (1992–1993)
* Representative of the
European Parliament
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at the
European Convention Several bodies or treaties are known as European Convention.
Bodies of the European Union
* European Convention (1999–2000) which drafted the:
** ''Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union'' (2000 / 2009)
* Convention on the Future of ...
(2002–2003)
* Vice-President of the European Movement – France (since 1999)
* Chairman of the Committee on Budgets (2009–2014)
*
Knight
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