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Dominique Riquet | |
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Member of the European Parliament | |
Assumed office 14 July 2009 | |
Constituency | North-West France France |
Mayor of Valenciennes | |
In office 2002–2012 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Louis Borloo |
Succeeded by | Valérie Létard |
Personal details | |
Born | Valenciennes, France | 18 September 1946
Political party | Radical Party |
Profession | Surgeon |
Dominique Riquet (born 18 September 1946 in Valenciennes, Nord) is a French surgeon and politician who is a Christian Democrat Member of the European Parliament (MEP)[1] and mayor of Valenciennes elected in the 2009 European election for the North-West constituency. He is a member of the Radical Party, a party affiliated with the Union for a Popular Movement.
In 2009, the UMP selected him to lead the UMP list in the North-West constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections. His list won 24.22% and he was easily elected to the European Parliament. In his first parliamentary term from 2009 until 2014, Riquet was a member of the European People's Party group. Following the 2014 elections, he moved to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group; from 2017 until 2019, he was one of the group's vice-chairs under the leadership of chairman Guy Verhofstadt.
Riquet has been serving on the Committee on Transport and Tourism since 2012; in this capacity, he notably co-led the negotiations on the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the Parliament.[2] From 2009 until 2014, he was also a member of the Committee on Budgets. In addition, he was part of the 2016/2017 inquiry into whether the EU should have acted more quickly to address the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
Since the 2019 elections, Riquet has been serving as one of eight vice chairs of the Renew Europe group, under the leadership of chairman Dacian Cioloș.[3]
In addition to his committee assignments, Riquet chairs the European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation[4] and is a member of the MEPs Against Cancer group.[5]
References
- ^ Dominique Riquet, europarl.europa.eu, accessed April 2011
- ^ Dave Keating (June 27, 2013), Agreement on infrastructure funding plan European Voice.
- ^ ALDE Group becomes Renew Europe Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), press release of June 18, 2019.
- ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation.
- ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
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