Cavada was a member of the former
Union for French Democracy, which was part of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and a deputy for the
south-west of France. He chaired the
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs and was a substitute for the
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, Cavada was a member of the Parliament's delegation to the
EU–
Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee, from 2004 to 2009. He was also a member of the European Parliament's Advisory Committee on the Conduct of Members from 2014 until 2019. After the creation of the
MoDem as a replacement of the Union for French Democracy, he created his own party
Civic Alliance for Democracy in Europe. For the
2009 European Parliament election, he was the third member of the list of the presidential majority (
UMP/
NC/
LGM), under the New Centre label. He was a member of the
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group. In 2015 Cavada introduced a proposal to restrict the
freedom of panorama in all EU countries indicating that this would limit the impact of "American monopolies such as
Facebook and also
Wikimedia" and serve to protect "a sector of European culture and creativity". The proposal was rejected by the
European Parliament. ==References==