Aurélia Beigneux Explained

Aurélia Beigneux
Office:Member of the European Parliament
Constituency:France
Term Start:2 July 2019
Term End:15 July 2024
Office1:Departmental councillor of Pas-de-Calais
for the canton of Hénin-Beaumont-2
Alongside1:Christopher Szczurek
Term Start1:2 April 2015
Term End1:1 July 2021
Predecessor1:Canton established
Successor1:Marine Le Pen
Birth Date:2 June 1980
Birth Place:Rillé, France
Nationality:French
Party:National Rally

Aurélia Beigneux (pronounced as /fr/; born 2 June 1980) is a French politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024. A member of the National Rally (RN), she also held a seat in the Departmental Council of Pas-de-Calais from 2015 to 2021.

Political career

In the 2012 legislative election, Beigneux unsuccessfully ran for the National Assembly in the 9th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, placing third with 16.8% of the first-round vote.

Following the 2014 municipal election, she became Deputy Mayor of Hénin-Beaumont for social affairs under Mayor Steeve Briois, a position she held until 2020.[1] In 2015, she was elected to the Departmental Council of Pas-de-Calais in the canton of Hénin-Beaumont-2. From 2017 to 2021 Beigneux was an administrator of Epinorpa, a housing local public establishment (établissement public local) founded in 2002.[2] In 2021, she did not run for reelection as a departmental councillor.

Beigneux was fourteenth on the National Rally list for the European Parliament in the 2019 election, thus winning a seat.[3] [4] She did not run for reelection in 2024.

Controversy

In 2015, Beigneux was accused of welfare fraud following the Pas-de-Calais Caisse d'allocations familiales (CAF) opening a litigation case. She denied having unduly benefitted from the Revenu de solidarité active (RSA) after she left a previous position. The Pas-de-Calais CAF reported Beigneux did not declare all her revenues when filing benefit statements.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: [{{Google Books|id=pRKuCgAAQBAJ|page=PR125|plainurl=yes}} Ma ville couleur bleu marine. Le vrai visage du FN au pouvoir].
  2. Web site: Aurélia Beigneux. dirigeants.bfmtv.com. fr. May 19, 2019.
  3. Web site: Hénin-Beaumont Aurélia Beigneux bien placée sur la liste RN aux Européennes. lavoixdunord.fr. fr. April 27, 2019.
  4. News: Élections européennes : qui sont les 79 élus français ?. Agence France-Presse. Europe 1. 27 May 2019. 30 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Hénin-Beaumont: une élue FN soupçonnée de fraude au RSA. 2015-12-16. BFMTV. fr. 2019-09-26.