Éric Pauget

Éric Pauget (born 18 August 1970) is a French businessman and politician who has represented the 7th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the National Assembly since 2017.[1][2] He is a member of The Republicans (LR).

Éric Pauget
Member of the National Assembly
for Alpes-Maritimes's 7th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byJean Leonetti
Personal details
Born (1970-08-18) 18 August 1970
Antibes, France
Political partyThe Republicans (2015–present)
Other political
affiliations		Rally for the Republic (1995–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2005)
OccupationBusinessman

Political career

Pauget held a seat in the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes from 2001 until his resignation in 2017, first for the canton of Antibes-Biot until 2015, then for the canton of Antibes-3. He held one of the departmental council's vice presidencies from 2015 until 2017 under the presidency of Éric Ciotti.

Since 1995, he has been a municipal councillor of Antibes. He served as a deputy mayor from 2001 to 2017; he was first deputy mayor from 2012.

Political career

In parliament, Pauget serves on the Committee on Economic Affairs.[3] In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]

In 2018, Pauget joined the leadership of Soyons Libres as a vice president (while remaining a member of The Republicans), a minor party of which he has been a member since 2017 and where he is in charge of relations with the National Assembly.[4]

In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Pauget endorsed Éric Ciotti as the party's chairman.[5]

Political positions

In 2021, Pauget tabled a bill to ban bullfighting in France.[6] A few months later, he sponsored a bill to have prison inmates pay part of the cost of their incarceration.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Ashifa Kassam (8 June 2020), 'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean, The Guardian.
  3. Éric Pauget, French National Assembly.
  4. Emmanuel Galiero (16 February 2018), Valérie Pécresse irrite un peu plus les wauquiézistes, Le Figaro.
  5. Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022), Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés L'Obs.
  6. Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (20 January 2021), Eric Pauget, député LR : "Je souhaite l'interdiction de la corrida en France", Le Journal du Dimanche.
  7. "Un député des Alpes-Maritimes souhaite faire payer la prison aux détenus". Nice-Matin (in French). 14 May 2021.
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