Députée Martine Billard attending the protest of the 7th of May 2006 against the DADVSI law project.

Martine Billard (Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-Seine) 7th of October 1952) is a French politician and députée. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1556x1752, 1362 KB) Copyright © 2006 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: DADVSI Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1556x1752, 1362 KB) Copyright © 2006 David Monniaux File links The following pages link to this file: DADVSI Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Coat of Arms of the French Republic DADVSI is the abbreviation of the French language Loi sur le droit dauteur et les droits voisins dans la société de linformation (in English: law on authors rights and related rights in the information society). It is a bill... Boulogne-Billancourt is a city and commune in France, the sous-préfecture (=subprefecture) of the Hauts-de-Seine département in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... Hauts-de-Seine is a département in France. ...

Martine Billard entered politics in May 1968 with the "comité d'action lycéen". She studied economics at Paris II-Assas University, and milited against far-right movements, which were especially active there. May 1968 poster: Be young and shut up. ... University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas The University of Paris II: Panthéon-Assas, also known as Paris deux or Assas after the rue dAssas where it is headquartered, is an elite French university which is most famous for its degrees in law and business but also teaches... Far right, extreme right, ultra-right, radical right, or hard right are terms used to discuss the relative position a group or person occupies within a political spectrum. ...

In the 1970s, she joined feminists and milited for the right to abortion, and against dictatorships in Latin America, with the exception of Cuba. Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...

After graduating in economics, she had several small jobs and milited with far-left movements, against nuclear energy and in favor of Palstine against Zionism in the 80s. The term far left refers to the relative position a group or person occupies within the political spectrum. ...

She joined Les Verts ("the Greens"), the French ecologist party, in 1993. Between 1995 and 2001, she held the position of representant of the 20th arrondissement at the City Council of Paris. Between 1996 and 1997, she was spokesman of the Verts in Paris. Les Verts (the Greens) is a Green Party in France. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... An arrondissement is an administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries: // France Municipal arrondissement Main article: Municipal arrondissement in France Paris Main article: Arrondissements of Paris The city of Paris, in France is divided into 20 arrondissements. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1999 and 2000, she was elected at the National Council of the Verts and became the national spokesman of the party, and a member of the executive council of the Verts for economic and social matters. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

In 2001, she was a candidate in the elections in the 1st arrondissement and defeated by a large margin.

As a candidate of the Gauche unie ("United Left-wing"), she was elected on the 16th of June 2002 for the XII^th term (2002-2007) in the 1st) circonscription of Paris , defeating Jean-François Legaret, major of the 1st arrondissement (UMP). Her victory came as a surprise since she was elected in one of the wealthiest circonscriptions of Paris, usually a stronghold of the Right-wing. As a matter of fact, she was defeated by a large margin in the 1st and 4th arrondissement, which have a conservative or liberal majority, but compensated with the left-wing leaning middle classes of the 2nd and 3rd arrondissments (the so-called "bourgeois bohemian"). For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, as viewed from the Trocadéro This article is about the capital and largest city in France. ... The Union for a Popular Movement, initially named the Union for a Presidential Majority, and in both cases also known by its French acronym UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire and Union pour la Majorité Présidentielle, respectively) is a French right-wing, conservative political party. ... Bobos in Paradise was a book written by David Brooks in 2000. ...

In April 2005, she condemned, as "twin brothers" within the Verts the "small group of hysterics of the Arab cause" and the Hysterics of the Jewish Defence League". The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is an armed Jewish movement aimed at protecting Jewish people and property from anti-Semitism. ...

During the referendum about the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, she advocated opposing the Treaty, against the position of her party. Her circonscription eventually voted massively in favour of the Treaty. A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ... The constitutional treaty as signed in Rome on 29 October 2004 by representatives of the EU member states The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE), commonly referred to as the European Constitution, is an international treaty intended to create a constitution for the European Union. ...

In 2005 and 2006, she worked on the DADVSI law project, trying to influence it toward more friendliness for Internet users. Coat of Arms of the French Republic DADVSI is the abbreviation of the French language Loi sur le droit dauteur et les droits voisins dans la société de linformation (in English: law on authors rights and related rights in the information society). It is a bill...

Offices held

• 19/06/1995 - 18/03/2001 : Member of the City Council of Paris