Harlem Désir

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Harlem Désir, MEP

Harlem Désir (born 25 November 1959, Paris) is an MEP for France from Socialist Party since 20.07.1999.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Substitute, Committee on International Trade
• Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.
• Voted against the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.
• Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.
• Voted in favour of the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.
• Voted in favour of the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.
• Voted in favour of the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.

Election Campaign 2009

Harlem Désir did not pledge to any of the four issues presented by the Election Campaign yet.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Degree in philosophy, University of Paris-Sorbonne (1983).
• Member of the national bureau of the French Independent and Democratic Students Union (UNEF i.d.) (1983-1984).
• Founding President of SOS Racisme (1984-1992).
• Member of the Economic and Social Council (1989-1994 and 1997-1999).
• Worked for a publishing house (1994-1995).
• Special adviser on housing for young people in Europe (1995-1997).
• Managing editor of a newspaper (1998-1999).
• Member of the Socialist Party national council (since 1994).
• Socialist Party national secretary with responsibility for relations with the social movement (1995-1997).
• Member of the Socialist Party national bureau (since 1997).
• National responsibility for Europe in the Socialist Party (since 2003).
• Member of the Aulnay-sous-Bois Municipal Council (since 2001).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the United States (2002-2004).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

14G258

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45853

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49853

Email:

harlem.desir@europarl.europa.eu

harlem.desir@free.fr

Website:

http://www.harlemdesir.com

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• Election Campaign, Harlem Désir, accessed 05 June 2009.
• European Parliament, Déclaration des Intérêts financiers des députés: Harlem Désir, 14 January 2009, accessed 29 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Harlem Désir, accessed 29 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Harlem Désir, accessed 06 November 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 29 March 2009.