Member of the EDP

Honorary President of PDR
since 2020

Vice-President of EDP
since 2016

President of PDR
2015-2020

Member of the European Parliament
2014-2019

Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with the Federative Republic of Brazil (D-BR)
Member of and ALDE Group coordinator for the Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI)
Substitute of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL)

President of the Union of Portuguese-Speaking Lawyers (UALP)
2012-2013

President of the Portuguese Bar Association
2007-2013

Lawyer
1985-2014

Journalist
1979-2006

Member of the Executive Committee, Union of Portuguese Journalists
1986-1987