Marie-Hélène Descamps

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Marie-Hélène Descamps, MEP

Marie-Hélène Descamps (born 05 July 1938, Monts) is an MEP for France from the political party Union for a Popular Movement.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Culture and Education
• Member, Delegation for relations with the United States
• Substitute, Committee on Petitions

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• 1% of the company Image 7 (legal threshold) - Communication Company - 7, rue Copernic 75016 Paris

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted against 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 against 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 against 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 against 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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Diploma from the Higher Institute of Film Studies.
• Production assistant (1960-1962).
• Journalist, Télé 7 jours (1962-1964).
• Teacher at the École supérieure for Journalism, Lille (1964-1968).
• Responsible for Northern France edition of Télé 7 jours and Marie-Claire (1964-1972).
• Production assistant, ORTF (1972-1974).
• Technical adviser in the office of Michel d'Ornano, successively Minister for Industry and Research, Minister for Culture and the Environment and Minister for Infrastructure and Quality of Life (1974-1976, 1977-1978 and 1978-1981).
• Press officer to President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Michel d'Ornano, Member of the National Assembly and Chairman of the Calvados Departmental Council (1981-1986).
• Press officer to President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Michel d'Ornano, Chairman of the Committee on Finance in the National Assembly (1986-1988).
• Head of the UDF Press Service and press attaché to President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1988-1996).
• Associate (1988-1996), then associate director (1996-2002) of Image Sept SA (a communications consultancy).
• Manager of COM Sept SA (subsidiary of Image Sept) (1988-1999).
• Press adviser to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing at the Foundation for Democracy in Europe (1996-1999).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 2002).
• Knight of the Legion of Honour. Officer of the Order of Merit.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

13E253

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45730

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49730

Email:

marie-helene.descamps@europarl.europa.eu

mhd5@wanadoo.fr

Website:

http://www.mhdescamps.com

Resources

• European Parliament, Déclaration des Intérêts financiers des députés: Marie-Hélène Descamps, 11 December 2008, accessed 31 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Marie-Hélène Descamps, accessed 31 March 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 31 March 2009.