Alain Péréa Explained

Alain Péréa
Office:Member of the French National Assembly for Aude's 2nd constituency
Term Start:21 June 2017
Predecessor:Marie-Hélène Fabre
Successor:Frédéric Falcon
Birth Date:5 June 1971[1]
Birth Place:Béziers (Hérault)
Party:En 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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: M. Alain Perea - Aude (2e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale. 4 August 2020. www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. fr.
  2. Web site: Elections législatives 2017 . 19 June 2017 . Ministry of the Interior . French.
  3. http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA718802 Alain Péréa
  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. http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA718802 Alain Péréa
  7. Elisa Braun (August 31, 2020), Macron’s glue-hunting ban threatens France’s powerful lobby Politico Europe.
  8. http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA718802 Alain Péréa
  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.