Janelly Fourtou
Encyclopedia
Janelly Fourtou is a French politician
and Member of the European Parliament
for central France
. She is a member of the Union for French Democracy
, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
, and sits on the European Parliament
's Committee on Petitions and its Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
She is also a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs, a member of the delegation to the EU
–Chile
Joint Parliamentary Committee, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Central America
.
In 2004, she managed to pass a directive "after unofficial meetings with the Council working group and
the Commission" suggesting among many other things up to four years of imprisonment for file-sharing. Also, the directive included an introduction of private police forces to enforce the law (in the EU member countries that should adopt the directive as-is).
Politics of France
France is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of France is head of state and the Prime Minister of France is the head of government, and there is a pluriform, multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is...
and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
for central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. She is a member of the Union for French Democracy
Union for French Democracy
The Union for French Democracy was a French centrist political party. It was founded in 1978 as an electoral alliance to support President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in order to counterbalance the Gaullist preponderance over the right. This name was chosen due to the title of Giscard d'Estaing's...
, which is part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the...
, and sits on the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
's Committee on Petitions and its Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
She is also a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs, a member of the delegation to the EU
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
–Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
Joint Parliamentary Committee, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
.
Career
- Master's degree in language and literature (1972)
- Assistant, Paris Chamber of Commerce (1960–1964)
- In charge of bookshop Maison de la Presse in Paris (1965–1969)
- Member of Neuilly Municipal Council (since 1983)
- Responsibility for housing (1989–1995)
- Responsibility for employment (since 1995)
- Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
Controversy
Fourtou is married to Jean-René Fourtou, the CEO of Vivendi Universal. Fourtou has been active in the EU Parliaments decisions regarding Intellectual Property rights.In 2004, she managed to pass a directive "after unofficial meetings with the Council working group and
the Commission" suggesting among many other things up to four years of imprisonment for file-sharing. Also, the directive included an introduction of private police forces to enforce the law (in the EU member countries that should adopt the directive as-is).
External links
- European Parliament biography
- Declaration of financial interests (in French; PDFPortable Document FormatPortable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
file), where Mrs. Fourtou declares having no affiliations of financial nature. - DIRECTIVE 2004/48/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 29 APRIL 2004 ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, the directive proposed by Mrs. Fourtou