Dr. Mercedes BRESSO Member, European Parliament; Vice President, S&D Group, Brussels
CV
| since 1973 | University lecturer in economic institutions, most recently at Turin Polytechnic University, specialising in environmental economics |
| 1985-1995 | Member of Piedmont Regional Council |
| 1995-2004 | President, Province of Turin |
| 1998-2004 | Member of the Committee of the Regions (CoR), Brussels |
| 2000-2004 | President, World Federation of United Cities (FMCU), Paris |
| President, Franco-Italian Alps Conference Association (CAFI), Turin | |
| President of the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas (METREX), London | |
| 2004 | Founding President, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Barcelona |
| 2004-2005 | Member, European Parliament, Brussels |
| 2005-2008 | President, European Union of Federalists (EUF), Den Haag |
| 2005-2010 | President, Piedmont Region, Turin |
| since 2005 | Member, Committee of the Regions, Brussels |
| since 2006 | President, Italian Association for the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (IACMER) |
| 2006 | Co-founder, Alps-Mediterranean Euroregion |
| 2006-2010 | President, PES Group at the Committee of the Regions |
| 2007-2009 | President, Mediterranean Commission of the UCLG |
| 2009 | President, Conference of Presidents of Regions with Legislative Powers (REGLEG) |
| since 2009 | President, Association of Elected Representatives from Mountainous Areas(AEM) |
| Representative, Mediterranean Commission of the UCLG at the Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly (ARLEM) |
