Nora Mebarek

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Nora Mebarek
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
1 February 2020
Personal details
Born (1972-07-22) 22 July 1972 (age 51)
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Political partySocialist
WebsiteNora Mebarek

Nora Mebarek (born 22 July 1972) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been a Member of the European Parliament since February 2020.

Political career[edit]

Mebarek stood in the 2017 French legislative election in Bouches-du-Rhône's 16th constituency, a seat with an incumbent socialist MP, Michel Vauzelle, who was standing down.[1] She came in 5th place on the first round and was eliminated. The seat was won in the second round by Monica Michel from La République En Marche!.[2]

Mebarek stood in the 2019 European Parliament election in France. She was placed 6th on the PSPPND list, and so was not elected immediately but secured a seat among the British seats that were redistributed after the UK left the European Union. She took her seat in the European Parliament after Brexit.[3][4] She sits with the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

In parliament, Mebarek serves on the Committee on Regional Development. Since 2021, she has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[5] In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the Parliament’s delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries.[6]

Political positions[edit]

In May 2021, Mebarek joined a group of 39 mostly Green Party lawmakers from the European Parliament who in a letter urged the leaders of Germany, France and Italy not to support Arctic LNG 2, a $21 billion Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, due to climate change concerns.[7]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Mebarek publicly declared her support for Anne Hidalgo as the Socialists’ candidate and joined her campaign team.[8] In 2023, she publicly endorsed the re-election of the party's chairman Olivier Faure.[9]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Arles : Nora Mebarek en première ligne sur la liste Glucksmann". LaProvence.com (in French). 4 May 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Trucs & Astuces : La meilleure gestion d'entreprise" (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. ^ Morgan, Sam (31 May 2019). "Post-Brexit Parliament: Winners and losers". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. ^ à 12h30, Par Nicolas BerrodLe 29 janvier 2020 (29 January 2020). "Brexit : dernière ligne droite pour les cinq eurodéputés français «au frigo» depuis mai 2019". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe European Parliament.
  6. ^ Nora Mebarek European Parliament.
  7. ^ Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (19 May 2021), EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support Reuters.
  8. ^ Maïa de La Baume (8 February 2022), Meet the French MEPs who shape the presidential race Politico Europe.
  9. ^ TRIBUNE. Congrès du Parti socialiste : 45 parlementaires apportent leur soutien à Olivier Faure Le Journal du Dimanche, 10 January 2023.

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