Marie-Noëlle Lienemann

Marie-Noëlle Lienemann
Member of the French Senate for Paris
Assumed office
1 October 2011
Secretary of State for Housing
In office
27 March 2001 – 6 May 2002
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
Preceded byLouis Besson
Succeeded byMarc-Philippe Daubresse
Mayor of Athis-Mons
In office
1989–2001
Preceded byRené L'Helguen
Succeeded byFrançois Garcia
Personal details
Born (1951-07-12) 12 July 1951 (age 73)
Belfort, France
Political partyMiscellaneous left
Alma materENS Cachan
ProfessionTeacher

Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (born 12 July 1951, in Belfort) is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the North West of France.[1] Until 2018, she was a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Early life and education

Lienemann studied chemistry at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan).

Political career

Lienemann was part of the European Parliament's delegation to the 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań, Poland.[2]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Lienemann endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.[3]

In 2012, Lienemann co-founded the "Now The Left" grouping alongside Emmanuel Maurel. Together they urged President François Hollande to abandon the government's 2013 deficit targets and embark on a dash for growth.[4] Following the Socialist Party's losses in the 2014 municipal elections, Lienemann and Maurel co-authored an open letter addressed to Hollande, calling on him to return to Socialist basics, end a freeze on public sector salaries, and raise the minimum salary and pensions.[5]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2018 convention in Aubervilliers, Lienemann publicly endorsed Maurel as candidate for the party's leadership.[6] In October 2018, she and Maurel left the Socialist Party and founded the left-wing Alternative for a Republican, Ecologist and Socialist Program (APRÉS). It merged with Jean-Pierre Chevènement's Citizen and Republican Movement in February 2019 to form the Republican and Socialist Left (GRS).

References

  1. ^ "Your MEPs : Marie-Noëlle LIENEMANN". Europa. European Parliament. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ^ Jennifer Rankin (November 26, 2008), MEPs flock to Poznań meeting European Voice.
  3. ^ Primaire PS: 39 sénateurs PS apportent leur soutien à Aubry Le Point, 13 October 2011.
  4. ^ Mark John (February 14, 2013), Analysis: French reprieve on deficit may be short-lived Reuters.
  5. ^ Mark John and Brian Love (March 31, 2014), French left urges Hollande to drop reforms Reuters.
  6. ^ Pierre Lepelletier (7 March 2018), Congrès du PS : qui soutient qui ? Le Figaro.