Anne Van Lancker

Anne Van Lancker
Born Anne Edward Marie Van Lancker
(1954-03-04) 4 March 1954
Temse, Belgium
Nationality Belgian
Occupation politician

Anne Edward Marie Van Lancker (born 4 March 1954) is a Belgian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (until 2009) for Belgium with the Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a), part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

She was a substitute for the Committee on Development and a member of the Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Anne Van Lancker was the only Belgian MEP in the European Convention, that presented a draft constitution for the EU in 2003. Her work during that convention earned her the title 'tireless battler for a social Europe' from Financial Times journalist Peter Norman.

She also chairs Zij-kant, the women's organisation of sp.a.

Education

Career

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)

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