Éric Andrieu (born 14 April 1960) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2012 until 2023.[1]

Éric Andrieu
Eric Andrieu - SRADDT - February 17, 2009 in Carcassonne
Member of the European Parliament
for France
In office
16 May 2012 – 1 June 2023
Preceded byKader Arif
Succeeded byChristophe Clergeau
Personal details
Born (1960-04-14) 14 April 1960 (age 64)
Narbonne, France
Political party French
Socialist Party
 EU
Party of European Socialists

Political career

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Andrieu entered the European Parliament when Kader Arif vacated his seat to join the government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (2012–2022) and the Committee on Development (2022–2023).[2] In 2018, he also served on the Special Committee on the Union's authorisation procedure for pesticides.[3] He was also the parliament's rapporteur on the common organisation of agricultural markets (CMO) in 2020.[4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Andrieu was part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas[5] and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.[6]

From the 2019 elections until 2021, Andrieu served as vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman Iratxe García.[7][8]

In March 2023, Andrieu announced that he would not stand in the 2024 European elections but instead resign from active politics by June 2023; he was replaced by Christophe Clergeau.[9]

Political positions

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In May 2021, Andrieu joined a group of 39 mostly Green Party lawmakers from the European Parliament who in a letter urged the leaders of Germany, France and Italy not to support Arctic LNG 2, a $21 billion Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, due to climate change concerns.[10]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Andrieu publicly declared his support for Anne Hidalgo as the Socialists’ candidate and joined her campaign team.[11] In 2023, he publicly endorsed the re-election of the party's chairman Olivier Faure.[12]

References

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  1. ^ CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ Nisa Khan (6 January 2022), Movers and Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
  3. ^ Kalina Oroschakoff, Hanne Cokelaere, Eddy Wax, Paola Tamma, Simon Marks and Jakob Hanke (May 29, 2019), The EU’s 7 post-election green priorities Politico Europe.
  4. ^ Gerardo Fortuna (January 8, 2021), MEP: European food sovereignty is the real issue at stake in CAP talks EurActiv.
  5. ^ Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  6. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
  7. ^ The S&D Group elects its new Bureau S&D Group, press release of June 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Nisa Khan (16 December 2021), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
  9. ^ Antoine Carrié (31 March 2023), Le Narbonnais Eric Andrieu quitte son mandat de député européen : "La démocratie a besoin de respiration, de compétences renouvelées" L'Indépendant.
  10. ^ Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (19 May 2021), EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support Reuters.
  11. ^ Maïa de La Baume (8 February 2022), Meet the French MEPs who shape the presidential race Politico Europe.
  12. ^ TRIBUNE. Congrès du Parti socialiste : 45 parlementaires apportent leur soutien à Olivier Faure Le Journal du Dimanche, 10 January 2023.