Véronique Mathieu

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Véronique Mathieu, MEP

Véronique Mathieu (born 28 October 1955, Nancy) is an MEP for France (1999- ) from Union for a Popular Movement since 2004, and formerly from the agrarianist political party Chasse, Pêche, Nature, Traditions (1999-2004).

Affiliations

Parliamentarry Affiliations

Vice-Chair:

22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation for relations with Canada

21.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

16.09.2009 / 16.05.2010 : Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries

Member:

20.07.1999 / 04.07.2001 : Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Petitions

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market

05.07.2001 / 19.07.2004 : Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

13.01.2003 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Petitions

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Budgetary Control

15.09.2004 / 20.09.2004 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

12.10.2005 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Budgetary Control

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

16.09.2009 / 16.05.2010 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

17.05.2010 / ... : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Substitute:

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Budgets

17.01.2002 / 30.06.2002 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs

17.01.2002 / 30.06.2002 : Committee on Petitions

07.02.2002 / 17.09.2002 : Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee

18.09.2002 / 30.04.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee

22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

01.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Budgetary Control

01.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Subcommittee on Human Rights

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Budgetary Control

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.
• Abstained from voting 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.
• Voted against 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.

Election Campaign 2009

Véronique Mathieu did not pledge to any of the four issues presented by the Election Campaign.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Paramedical baccalaureate (1975).
• Dental assistant (1974-1982).
• Manager of a general medical practice (1982-1999).
• Member of the UMP national council (since 2004).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Member of the EDD Group bureau (1999-2004).
• Secretary of the Association for Hunting Festivals, Épinal Hunting Federation (1991).
• Founding Vice-President of ADGCP 88 (1992).
• Administrator, Departmental Game Association (1997).
• Vice-Chairwoman of the Regional Council of Private Gamekeepers of Lorraine (1998).
• Chairwoman of the Rambervillers Hunting Interest Group (1999).
• Administrator, St Hubert Club of France (1999).
• Founding President of the Vosgian Hunting Horn Players (2000).
• Member of the National Union for Use of Tracker Dogs (UNUCR) (2001).
• President of the St Hubert National Federation of Associations of Private Gamekeepers (2003).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

13E254

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45220

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49220

Email:

veronique.mathieu AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.veronique-mathieu.net

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• Election Campaign, Véronique Mathieu, accessed 05 June 2009.
• European Parliament, Déclaration des Intérêts financiers des députés: Véronique Mathieu, 10 December 2008, accessed 28 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Véronique Mathieu, accessed 28 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Véronique Mathieu, accessed 01 December 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 28 March 2009.