Marielle de Sarnez

Marielle de Sarnez
Minister in charge of European Affairs
In office
17 May 2017 – 19 June 2017
Prime Minister Édouard Philippe
Preceded by Harlem Désir
Succeeded by Nathalie Loiseau
Member of the European Parliament
In office
20 July 1999 – 17 May 2017
Constituency Île-de-France
Personal details
Born (1951-03-27) 27 March 1951
Paris, France
Nationality French
Political party MoDem

Marielle de Sarnez (French: [ma.ʁjɛl də saʁ.nɛz] ; born 27 March 1951 in Paris) is a French politician. She was the Minister for European Affairs in the Philippe Government from May to June 2017.

Career

Career in national politics

De Sarnez served as campaign director for François Bayrou's unsuccessful 2012 presidential campaign.[1] She is running for a parliamentary seat in Paris in the 2017 legislative elections.

On 21 June 2017, she was succeeded as the French Minister for European Affairs by Nathalie Loiseau.[2]

Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2017

De Sarnez was first elected Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France in 2014. A member of the MoDem, she served as vice-chair of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education.

De Sarnez was also substitute for the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a member of the delegation for relations with South Africa and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee. In 2016, she served as the parliament’s rapporteur on a plan to lend Tunisia €500 million on favourable terms to help it reduce its external debt and consolidate its democratic mechanisms.[3]

In addition to her committee assignments, De Sarnez was a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights.[4]

Member of the French Parliament, 2017–present

Since 2017, De Sarnez has been chairing the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the National Assembly.

References

  1. ↑ Factbox: Ministers in new French government Reuters, May 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Paolini, Esther (21 June 2017). "Nathalie Loiseau, de l'ENA aux Affaires européennes". Le Figaro. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ↑ MEPs approve €500m in fresh EU loans to Tunisia European Parliament, press release of June 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
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