
Member of Ecolo, 2013 European Young Leader
Emily is the co-chair of the Belgian Green Party Ecolo since 2012. Before that, she served as the regional president of the Walloon Parliament, a position she has held since 2009. Very early in her career she was elected President of the Federation of Francopone Students, a student organisation, and then became Political Secretary to the Belgian French Community’s Minister of Children, Jean-Marc Nollet. She also worked within several organisations and local associations, such as the Ligue des Familles. In 2009, she was elected to the Walloon Parliament and, six weeks later, she became its President. Emily is one of the youngest and most well-known politicians in Belgium.