Alain Péréa

Alain Péréa
Alain Péréa in 2017
Member of the French National Assembly for Aude's 2nd constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byMarie-Hélène Fabre
Succeeded byFrédéric Falcon
Personal details
Born (1971-06-05) 5 June 1971 (age 53)[1]
Béziers (Hérault)
Political partyEn Marche!

Alain Péréa (born 5 June 1971) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Aude.[2]

Political career

In parliament, Péréa served on the Committee on Sustainable Development.[3] In July 2019, he announced his candidacy to succeed Barbara Pompili the committee’s chair;[4] in an internal vote, he lost against Pompili.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Péréa was part of the French-Croatian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean.[6] He also co-chaired the Hunting and Territories group.[7]

Péréa ran for re-election in the 2022 legislative elections but was defeated in the second round by Frédéric Falcon of the National Rally.

Other activities

  • FranceAgriMer, Member of the Supervisory Board[8]

Political positions

In July 2019, Péréa voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9] In 2020, Péréa was one of the LREM members who endorsed an animal welfare referendum calling for a ban on some hunting practices that are deemed "cruel".[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "M. Alain Perea - Aude (2e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ Alain Péréa French National Assembly.
  4. ^ Clément Pétreault (12 July 2019), L'Assemblée nationale et le bal des ambitieux Le Point.
  5. ^ Laure Equy (24 July 2019), Elections LREM à l'Assemblée : la super-prime au sortant Libération.
  6. ^ Alain Péréa French National Assembly.
  7. ^ Elisa Braun (August 31, 2020), Macron’s glue-hunting ban threatens France’s powerful lobby Politico Europe.
  8. ^ Alain Péréa French National Assembly.
  9. ^ Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  10. ^ Elisa Braun (August 31, 2020), Macron’s glue-hunting ban threatens France’s powerful lobby Politico Europe.