Marie-Noëlle Lienemann

Marie-Noëlle Lienemann
Member of the French Senate for Paris
Assumed office
1 October 2011
Secretary of State for Housing
In office
27 March 2001 – 6 May 2002
PresidentJacques Chirac
Prime MinisterLionel Jospin
Preceded byLouis Besson
Succeeded byMarc-Philippe Daubresse
Mayor of Athis-Mons
In office
1989–2001
Preceded byRené L'Helguen
Succeeded byFrançois Garcia
Personal details
Born (1951-07-12) 12 July 1951 (age 73)
Belfort, France
Political partyMiscellaneous left
Alma materENS Cachan
ProfessionTeacher

Marie-Noëlle Lienemann (born 12 July 1951, in Belfort) is a French politician who served as Member of the European Parliament for the North West of France.[1] Until 2018, she was a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Early life and education

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Lienemann studied chemistry at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS Cachan).

Political career

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Lienemann was part of the European Parliament's delegation to the 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań, Poland.[2]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2011 primaries, Lienemann endorsed Martine Aubry as the party's candidate for the 2012 presidential election.[3]

In 2012, Lienemann co-founded the "Now The Left" grouping alongside Emmanuel Maurel. Together they urged President François Hollande to abandon the government's 2013 deficit targets and embark on a dash for growth.[4] Following the Socialist Party's losses in the 2014 municipal elections, Lienemann and Maurel co-authored an open letter addressed to Hollande, calling on him to return to Socialist basics, end a freeze on public sector salaries, and raise the minimum salary and pensions.[5]

Ahead of the Socialist Party's 2018 convention in Aubervilliers, Lienemann publicly endorsed Maurel as candidate for the party's leadership.[6] In October 2018, she and Maurel left the Socialist Party and founded the left-wing Alternative for a Republican, Ecologist and Socialist Program (APRÉS). It merged with Jean-Pierre Chevènement's Citizen and Republican Movement in February 2019 to form the Republican and Socialist Left (GRS).

References

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  1. ^ "Your MEPs : Marie-Noëlle LIENEMANN". Europa. European Parliament. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  2. ^ Jennifer Rankin (November 26, 2008), MEPs flock to Poznań meeting European Voice.
  3. ^ Primaire PS: 39 sénateurs PS apportent leur soutien à Aubry Le Point, 13 October 2011.
  4. ^ Mark John (February 14, 2013), Analysis: French reprieve on deficit may be short-lived Reuters.
  5. ^ Mark John and Brian Love (March 31, 2014), French left urges Hollande to drop reforms Reuters.
  6. ^ Pierre Lepelletier (7 March 2018), Congrès du PS : qui soutient qui ? Le Figaro.