| Party: |  FranceSocialist Party Party of European Socialists |
| Constituency Mp: | France |
| Term Start: | 16 May 2012 |
| Term End: | 1 June 2023 |
| Parliament: | European |
| Birth Date: | 1960 4, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Narbonne, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Predecessor: | Kader Arif |
| Successor: | Christophe Clergeau |
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]
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]
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]