Natalie Griesbeck is a French

France

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 politician and Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 for the East of France. She is a member of the Democratic Movement

Democratic Movement (France)

The Democratic Movement , MoDem) is a centrist, social liberal and pro-European French political party that was founded by centrist politician François Bayrou to succeed his Union for French Democracy and to contest the 2007 legislative election, after his strong showing in the 2007 presidential...

 (MoDem), part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

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She sits on the Committee on Budgets

Committee on Budgets

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 and is a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism

Committee on Transport and Tourism

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. She is also a member of the European Parliament

European Parliament

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's delegation for relations with Mercosur

Mercosur

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 and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

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 and ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

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She was the second candidate in the East

East France (European Parliament constituency)

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 constituency on the MoDem list, while Jean-François Kahn

Jean-François Kahn

-Biography:Born in Viroflay, Yvelines, he is the brother of scientist Axel Kahn, and son of a Jewish father and a Catholic mother. Having obtained a degree in history, he started work at a postal sorting office, then at a printing works. He soon moved into journalism and was sent to cover the war...

 was the top candidate. The list only won one seat, but Kahn resigned before the session opened, giving his position to Griesbeck.

Griesbeck has a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in public law

Public law

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 (1979) and postgraduate diploma

Diploma

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s (DEA

DEA (former French degree)

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s) in public law (1980) and legal history

Legal history

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 (1981). She was formerly a lecturer

Lecturer

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 in public law at the University of Metz, and has also served as deputy mayor

Mayor

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 of Metz

Metz

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, with responsibility for finance

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 and economic development

Economic development

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, vice-chair of Metz Council, with responsibility for economic development, a member of the Moselle

Moselle

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 Council, and chair of Transcité (2001–2003). She holds the Palmes académiques

Palmes académiques

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 and the Ordre National du Mérite

Ordre National du Mérite

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External links

• European Parliament biography
• Declaration of financial interests (PDF
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