Aurore Lalucq (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɔʁ lalyk]; born 17 April 1979) is a French economist and politician of the Place Publique party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019.[3]

Aurore Lalucq
President of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament
Assumed office
23 July 2024
Parliament10th
Preceded byIrene Tinagli
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Parliament9th and 10th
Election26 May 2019
9 June 2024
ConstituencyFrance
Personal details
Born (1979-04-17) 17 April 1979 (age 45)
Longjumeau, France
Political partyGénération.s (2017-2019)
Place Publique (since 2019)
Alma materParis Dauphine University
Panthéon-Sorbonne University
OccupationEconomist

Political career

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In parliament, Lalucq has since been serving on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In 2020, she also joined the Subcommittee on Tax Matters.[4] She has also been a substitute member of the Committee on International Trade (2019–2021) and the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (since 2021).[5]

In addition to her committee assignments, Lalucq is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the United States. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights[7] and the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.[8]

Lalucq was re-elected as an MEP in 2024.[9]

Other activities

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Political positions

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In May 2021, Lalucq 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.[11]

In 2022, Lalucq urged France's market regulator AMF to review its decision to register the Binance cryptocurrency exchange as a digital assets service provider, citing a Reuters investigation into money laundering on the platform.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ Cazenave, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Élections européennes. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France". Ouest France (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. ^ Members of the Subcommittee on Tax Matters European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Mia Bartoloni (February 19, 2021), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
  6. ^ Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development European Parliament.
  7. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  8. ^ Members Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.
  9. ^ "Européennes 2024 : qui sont les 81 députés français élus au Parlement ?". Le Monde.fr (in French). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ^ Members European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
  11. ^ Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (19 May 2021), EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support Reuters.
  12. ^ Angus Berwick and Tom Wilson (5 July 2022), French MEP asks regulator to justify Binance approval, cites Reuters report Reuters.