Sylvie Goddyn
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Sylvie Goddyn (born June 24, 1964 in Lille ) is a French politician (formerly Front National ). She was a member of the European Parliament from 2014 to 2019 .
Life
Goddyn joined the right-wing extremist Front National (FN) in 1989 . From 2001 to 2008 she was a councilor in the northern French city of Roubaix . From 2004 to 2015 she was a member of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regional Council . Since 2014 she has been represented on the municipal council of Marcq-en-Barœul , a suburb of Lille.
In the 2014 European elections , she was elected to the European Parliament as the representative of the constituency of Northwest France . There she was initially non-attached, from 2015 a member of the right-wing extremist group Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF). She was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety , the Committee on Petitions (2014–17) and Fisheries Committee (2017–19) as well as a delegate for relations with India.
Together with her party and parliamentary colleague Philippe Loiseau , she announced in October 2018 that she would support the list of national-conservative Debout la France under Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in the next European elections . She was then expelled from the National Front, which has since been renamed Rassemblement National , and on October 20, 2018, she joined the European Freedom and Direct Democracy Group (EFDD) from the ENF . Ultimately, Goddyn did not run in the 2019 European elections .
Web links
- Entry on Sylvie Goddyn in the Members' database of the European Parliament
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Marcq-en-Barœul L'élue d'opposition Sylvie Goddyn exclue du Rassemblement National. In: La Voix du Nord , October 30, 2018.
- ↑ Ifigenia Balkoura: Movers and Shakers. In: The Parliament Magazine , October 29, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goddyn, Sylvie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lille , France |