Claude Rolin (born 26 May 1957 in

Charleroi Charleroi (, , ; ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not ...

) is a Belgian politician, who has been a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

since 2014, representing the Belgian French-speaking electoral college. He is a member of the

Humanist Democratic Centre Humanist Democratic Centre (, CDH) was a Christian democratic and centrist French Community of Belgium, French-speaking Political parties in Belgium, political party in Belgium. The party originated in the split in 1972 of the unitary Christian So ...

(cdH), which sits in the

EPP Group The European People's Party Group (EPP Group or simply EPP) is a political group of the European Parliament consisting of deputies (MEPs) from the member parties of the European People's Party (EPP). Sometimes it also includes independent MEP ...

. Rolin comes from

Bertrix Wanlin (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 137.7 km², had 8,164 inhabitants, giving a population density of 59.3 inhabitants per km². Bertri ...

, in Belgian

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. Prior to being MEP, Rolin was secretary of the

Confederation of Christian Trade Unions The Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (, or ACV; , CSC) is the largest of Belgium's three trade union federations. History The federation was founded in 1904, but can trace its origins to the "Anti-Socialist Cotton Workers' Union" founde ...

(ACV/CSC). In addition to his committee assignments, he now serves as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on

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.
European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions.

External links

Personal website

References

Living people 1957 births Artists from Charleroi Humanist Democratic Centre MEPs Humanist Democratic Centre politicians MEPs for Belgium 2014–2019 {{Wallonia-politician-stub