Alain Lipietz

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Alain Lipietz, MEP

Alain Lipietz (born 19 September 1947, Charenton) is an MEP for France from The Greens.

Affiliations

• Chairman, Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community
• Vice-Chairman, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Member, Conference of Delegation Chairmen
  • Member, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Member, Committee on International Trade
• Substitute, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Mercosur

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.
• Voted against the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.
• Voted in favour of the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.
• Voted in favour of the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.
• Voted in favour of the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduate of the École polytechnique de Paris (1966) and the National School of Civil Engineering (1971).
• Higher degree (DES) in economics (1972).
• Researcher at the Transport Research Institute (1971-1973) and the Economic Research Centre - mathematics applied to planning (1973-1999).
• Director of research, National Scientific Research Centre (1988).
• Chief Engineer, Highways Department (1990).
• Spokesman of the Greens (1997-1998).
• Member of Villejuif Municipal Council (1995-1997).
• Member of the Île-de-France Regional Council (1992-1994).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08G217

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45207

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49207

Email:

alain.lipietz@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.lipietz.net

Resources

• European Parliament, Déclaration des Intérêts financiers des députés: Alain Lipietz, 17 December 2008, accessed 29 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Alain Lipietz, accessed 29 March 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 29 March 2009.