Frédéric Barbier (politician)

Frédéric Barbier
Member of the National Assembly for Doubs's 4th constituency
In office
2015–2022
Preceded byPierre Moscovici
Succeeded byGéraldine Grangier
Personal details
Born (1960-08-30) 30 August 1960 (age 64)
Audincourt, France
Political partySocialist (2015-2017)
La République En Marche! (2017 onwards)
Territories of Progress (2020 onwards)

Frédéric Barbier (born 30 August 1960) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) and of Territories of Progress (TDP) who was a member of the French National Assembly from 2015 to 2022, representing the department of Doubs.[1]

Political career

Having previously been affiliated with the Socialist Party, Barbier joined LREM in 2016.[2] In 2020, he joined Territories of Progress.

In parliament, Barbier serves as member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[3] In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-German Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Political positions

In October 2017, Barbier was the only LREM member to vote against the reform of the solidarity tax on wealth (ISF) and against the increase in the general social contribution (CSG) for pensioners.

In July 2019, Barbier decided not to align with his parliamentary group’s majority and became one of 52 LREM members who abstained from a vote on the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Aurélie Delmas (24 June 2017), La galaxie Macron sur les bancs de l’Assemblée Libération.
  3. ^ Frédéric Barbier French National Assembly.
  4. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.