Carole Tongue, is a former Member of the European Parliament for London East (from 1984 to 1999) and Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (from 1989 to 1991). From 1994 to 1999 she was Coordinator for the Socialist Group on Culture, Media, Sport, Education and Youth. She was also spokesperson on public service broadcasting. In this role, in 1995, she established a TV/Film consortium of trades unions and creators’ organisations. In 1996, the Parliamentadopted her Report on Public Service Broadcasting in the Multichannel Digital Age. This led to the inclusion of a protocol protecting public service broadcasting in the 1997 EU Amsterdam Treaty.
Carole is Chair of the UK Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions since 2005 when she founded the Coalition with Holly Aylett to implement the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions.
In December 2014, she was appointed President of the European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD). In 2015 she founded and chaired Creatives4Europe, an organisation representing all branches of the creative industries/arts and culture (under the auspices of the European Movement) to campaign for a Remain vote in the 2016 EU membership referendum.
Carole Tongue, est une ancienne parlementaire européenne de la circonscription de London East (de 1984 à 1999) et vice-présidente du parti travailliste du Parlement européen (de 1989 à 1991). De 1994 à 1999, elle est coordinatrice du groupe socialiste pour la culture, les médias, le sport, l’éducation et la jeunesse. Elle a également été porte-parole pour la diffusion du service public. À ce titre, en 1995, elle a créé un consortium pour la Télévisions et les films regroupant des syndicats et des organisations de créateurs. En 1996, le Parlement a adopté son rapport sur la diffusion du service public à l’ère du numérique, qui a conduit à l’inclusion d’un protocole protégeant la radiodiffusion du service public dans le traité européen d’Amsterdam de 1997.