Paul-Marie Coûteaux

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Paul-Marie Coûteaux, MEP

Paul-Marie Coûteaux (born 31 July 1956, Paris) is an MEP from the political parties Movement for France - Rassemblement pour l’Indépendance et la Souveraineté de la France.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Member, Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Development
• Substitute, Subcommittee on Security and Defence

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• MEP

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Articles for the magazine Valeurs Actuelles (about 10 per year)
• Copyrights for editions of Perrin and JC Lattès

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Abstained from voting 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 in favour of 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.
• Abstained from voting the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amendment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.
• Abstained from voting the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted against the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.
• 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.
• Abstained from voting 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 against 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 Institute of Political Studies (1977).
• Master's degree in public law (Bordeaux, 1978).
• Postgraduate diploma in international relations (1979).
• Graduate of the ENA (National College of Administration (1980).
• Senior administrator, Ministry for Education (1982).
• Head of the office of the Commissioner-General for the French language, reporting to the Prime Minister (1984).
• Special adviser to the Africa director, Foreign Ministry (1988).
• Special adviser in the office of the Minister for Defence (1989).
• Visiting lecturer at the University of Paris VIII (1995).
• Technical adviser in the office of the President of the National Assembly (1993-1995).
• Technical adviser in the office of the UN Secretary-General (1992-1993).
• Editor of the RPR magazine Une certaine idée (1988-1999).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Author of five books. Columnist on Valeurs Actuelles and presenter on France Culture.
• Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (1998).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Willy Brandt

03M091

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45206

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49206

Email:

paulmarie.couteaux@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.pmcouteaux.org

Resources

• European Parliament, Déclaration des Intérêts financiers des députés: Paul-Marie Coûteaux, 20 February 2009, accessed 29 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Paul-Marie Coûteaux, accessed 29 March 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 29 March 2009.