Saskia Bricmont Explained

Party:Ecolo
Constituency Mp:the French-speaking electoral college of Belgium
Term Start:2 July 2019[1] [2]
Parliament:European
Birth Date:16 March 1985
Birth Place:Tournai, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian

Saskia Bricmont (pronounced as /fr/; 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Key dates ahead. European Parliament . 28 May 2019 . en . 20 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Key dates ahead. BBC News . 28 May 2019 . en . 22 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Far-right and far-left gains in Belgian European Parliament elections. Flanders. News. 27 May 2019. vrtnws.be.
  4. Jonathan Stearns and Ewa Krukowska (May 27, 2019), Green Gains Show Populists Not Main Problem for EU Old Guard Bloomberg News.
  5. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/documents/PRIORITY_INFO/558/Composition%20nominative%20des%20commissions%20PEGA%20COVI%20ING2_24.03.2022_EN.pdf Members of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware
  6. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220321IPR25923/parliament-names-meps-to-sit-on-three-new-committees Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees
  7. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-childrens-rights.pdf Intergroup on Children’s Rights
  8. https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members
  9. http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ Members
  10. https://responsiblebusinessconduct.eu/wp/members/ Members