Marielle Gallo Explained

Marielle Gallo
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Term Start:2009
Term End:2014
Constituency:Île-de-France
Birth Name:Marielle Boullier
Birth Date:19 May 1949
Birth Place:Lons-le-Saunier, France
Nationality:French
Party:UDI
Citizen and Republican Movement
Spouse:Max Gallo
Alma Mater:Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Profession:Lawyer

Marielle Gallo (born 19 May 1949) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament elected in the 2009 European election for the Île-de-France constituency.

She is the wife of famous French historian and member of the Académie Française, Max Gallo. She ran in a Parisian constituency in the 1993 election under the colours of the Citizens' Movement. In 2007, she joined the Modern Left, allied to President Nicolas Sarkozy. She became the party's spokesperson.

European Parliament career

In the 2009 European elections, she was the fourth candidate on the Union for a Popular Movement list in the Île-de-France region, and was elected to the European Parliament, where she sits with the Group of the European People's Party. In 2012, she emerged as a proponent of intellectual property rights and online copyright protection.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.mariellegallo.eu/en/page/16-02-2012-sabam-judgment-c-360-10-all-the-components-of-a-smart-and-proportionate-protection-of-ipr-in-the-digital-era.html Rules also exist online. Copyright should be enforced in a proportionate and effective way because it is a source of innovation and job creation in the EU