Philippe Lamberts (born 14 March 1963) is a Belgian politician serving as a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(MEP) since 2009. He is a member of

Ecolo Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'', (English: Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles)'' is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. The ...

, within the

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Education and early career

Lamberts graduated as an engineer at the

University of Louvain A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

(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

in the local council of

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

. Between 1999 and 2003 he was an adviser of the Vice-Prime Minister

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on foreign affairs and defence.

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–present

Lamberts was the co-spokesperson of the

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between 2006 and 2012. (first with

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, then with

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) and has been a

(MEP) for the

party since 2009. He has been leading the

in the European Parliament since 2014, alongside co-chair

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and later

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. He is a member of the

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Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) is a committee of the European Parliament which is responsible for the regulation of financial services, the free movement of capital and payments, taxation and competition policies, oversight ...

(ECON) and the

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(ITRE). As a member of ECON, Lamberts was credited with an amendment to the Fourth

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that capped bonus payments in the financial services to no more than 100% of their salary, or 200% with shareholder approval. In 2015, he led calls for a special committee of inquiry into how EU Member States give special tax treatment to “national champions;” 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

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and to coordinates Parliament's deliberations, considerations and resolutions on the UK's withdrawal from the EU. He is part of the European Internet Forum.Members
European Internet Forum.

References

External links

Philippe Lamberts' personal website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamberts, Philippe 1963 births Living people Ecolo MEPs MEPs for Belgium 2009–2014 MEPs for Belgium 2014–2019 MEPs for Belgium 2019–2024