Adeline Hazan

Who is Adeline Hazan?

Adeline Hazan is a French politician, Member of the European Parliament for the east of France, and mayor of Reims since March 2008.

She is a member of the Socialist Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries, a member of the delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, and a substitute for the delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union.

She was elected mayor of Reims in March 2008. She competed against former minister Catherine Vautrin.

Has the nickname of "La Bonne" after the phrase of the Socialist General Secretary Candidate Martine Aubry at the 2008 Reims Congress of the Socialist Party: "T'aurais pu faire le ménage Adeline"

She is a finalist for the 2010 World Mayor prize.