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[[File:Striffler, Michèle-2373.jpg|thumb|Michèle Striffler in 2014.]] |
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| name = Michèle Striffler |
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| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}} |
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| party = [[La République En Marche!]] |
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| image = Striffler, Michèle-2373.jpg |
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| constituency_MP = [[France (European Parliament constituency)|France]] |
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| term_start = [[2009 European Parliament election in France|2009]] |
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| term_end = [[2014 European Parliament election in France|2014]] |
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| parliament = European |
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|8|23|df=yes}} |
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| birth_place = [[Mulhouse]], France |
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| nationality = French |
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==Political career== |
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From 2009 to 2012, she was vice chair on the Committee on Development in the [[European Parliament]].<ref>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96860/MICHELE_STRIFFLER_home.html | Michèle STRIFFLER | History of parliamentary service | MEPs | European Parliament</ref> |
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⚫ | Striffler was a member of the liberal wing of the [[French Socialist Party|Socialist Party]], close to [[Jean-Marie Bockel]], but she joined Bockel's [[Modern Left]] (LGM). The Modern Left is a member of the presidential majority of [[Nicolas Sarkozy]]. Striffler is assistant to the mayor of [[Mulhouse]], Bockel. |
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In the [[2009 European Parliament election in France|2009 European elections]], Striffler was the second candidate on the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] (UMP) list in the East region, and was elected to the [[European Parliament]], where she sat with the [[European People's Party (European Parliament group)|Group of the European People's Party]]. From 2009 to 2012, she served as vice chair on the [[Committee on Development]] in the [[European Parliament]].<ref>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96860/MICHELE_STRIFFLER_home.html | Michèle STRIFFLER | History of parliamentary service | MEPs | European Parliament</ref><ref>Toby Vogel (March 4, 2014), [https://www.politico.eu/article/georgieva-seeking-e400-million-in-crisis-funding/ Georgieva seeking €400 million in crisis funding] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref> In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the Parliament's delegation to the [[ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly]]. |
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For the [[2014 European Parliament election in France|2014 European election]], Striffler was third-placed on the UMP's list in the East constituency. Her party won only one seat in the region, so she was not re-elected. In the [[2019 European Parliament election in France|2019 elections]], she ran again, this time for the [[Animalist Party]]. |
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== Taking a stand == |
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At the [[European Parliament election, 2014 (France)|2014 European election]], she was third-placed on the UMP's list in the East constituency. Her party won only one seat in the region, so she was not re-elected. |
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Sensitive to animal welfare issues, she has made several speeches and signed a number of declarations on the subject, including on the transport of horses and animals for slaughter; on broader protection for animals used for scientific purposes; on the banning of shark finning and against deep-sea trawling. Patron of CREL, Club de Reconnaissance et d'Entraide aux Levriers, she has intervened on several occasions in the European Parliament to denounce the mistreatment of greyhounds, particularly in Spain (Galgos and Podencos). She is also a member of the Parliamentary Intergroup for Animal Welfare and Protection<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals |url=https://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/ |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu}}</ref> and of the Fédération des luttes pour l'abolition des corridas (FLAC). |
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Latest revision as of 09:46, 15 September 2023
Michèle Striffler | |
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Member of the European Parliament for France | |
In office 2009–2014 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Mulhouse, France | 23 August 1957
Political party | La République En Marche! |
Michèle Striffler (born 23 August 1957 in Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin) is a French politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East constituency from 2009 to 2014.
Political career
[edit]Striffler was a member of the liberal wing of the Socialist Party, close to Jean-Marie Bockel, but she joined Bockel's Modern Left (LGM). The Modern Left is a member of the presidential majority of Nicolas Sarkozy. Striffler is assistant to the mayor of Mulhouse, Bockel.
In the 2009 European elections, Striffler was the second candidate on the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) list in the East region, and was elected to the European Parliament, where she sat with the Group of the European People's Party. From 2009 to 2012, she served as vice chair on the Committee on Development in the European Parliament.[1][2] In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the Parliament's delegation to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
For the 2014 European election, Striffler was third-placed on the UMP's list in the East constituency. Her party won only one seat in the region, so she was not re-elected. In the 2019 elections, she ran again, this time for the Animalist Party.
Taking a stand
[edit]Sensitive to animal welfare issues, she has made several speeches and signed a number of declarations on the subject, including on the transport of horses and animals for slaughter; on broader protection for animals used for scientific purposes; on the banning of shark finning and against deep-sea trawling. Patron of CREL, Club de Reconnaissance et d'Entraide aux Levriers, she has intervened on several occasions in the European Parliament to denounce the mistreatment of greyhounds, particularly in Spain (Galgos and Podencos). She is also a member of the Parliamentary Intergroup for Animal Welfare and Protection[3] and of the Fédération des luttes pour l'abolition des corridas (FLAC).
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96860/MICHELE_STRIFFLER_home.html | Michèle STRIFFLER | History of parliamentary service | MEPs | European Parliament
- ^ Toby Vogel (March 4, 2014), Georgieva seeking €400 million in crisis funding Politico Europe.
- ^ "Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals". www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Institutional webstite (European Parliament)
- Official website
- Personal profile of Michèle Striffler in the European Parliament's database of members
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Mulhouse
- Socialist Party (France) politicians
- Modern Left politicians
- MEPs for East France 2009–2014
- 21st-century women MEPs for France
- Union for a Popular Movement MEPs
- Union of Democrats and Independents politicians
- French MEP stubs
- Union of Democrats and Independents politician stubs