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Carole Tongue, FRSA is a former Member of the European Parliament for London East, (1984-1999), and Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party, (1989-1991).

In the European Parliament, she concentrated on issues relating to the automobile and broadcasting industries.

Since leaving the Parliament, Tongue has served on the board of the London Film and Video Development Agency and she continues to work as President of the European Local Authority Network “Cities and Cinemas Europe”. Tongue also advises on audiovisual matters for a London-based film production company and to the CyberCinema Digital Film project based at Babelsberg Film Studios, Germany. From 1999, Tongue has served as a Member of an EU High Level Group on Cultural Diversity in the Audiovisual sector for the European Federation of Film Directors.

Since 2000 Tongue has been a Visiting Lecturer and in 2002 was made a Visiting Professor at the London Institute lecturing on UK/EU politics and EU audiovisual policy to BA/MA Journalism students.

In 2000 Tongue was appointed as a Member of the Professional Conduct Committee of the General Medical Council.

She served as the Chair from 2002 to 2004 of the London Regional Awards Committee of the Community Fund, distributing money raised by the UK National Lottery for good causes.

Tongue regularly speaks on broadcasting and film worldwide and is an author of articles and book chapters on European audiovisual policy, public service broadcasting, cultural policy and European affairs. She is a Member of the UNESCO (National Committee on Communication and Information) and is a Visiting Professor, University of the Arts.

In 1999, Tongue co-produced The Fleeting Opera on the River Thames with The Couper Collection and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

Tongue is also a Patron of the following charities: Community Service Volunteers; the Couper Collection; Engage, (the National Association for Gallery Education); and the Federal Trust. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

She works as an Associate Director of Sovereign Strategy and is a member of the CIPR.