Marietta Karamanli

Marietta Karamanli (Greek: Μαριέττα Καραμανλή, born December 18, 1964 in Athens) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS) who has been a member of the National Assembly of France since 2007,[1] representing the Sarthe department.[2]

Political career

In parliament, Karamanli serves on the Committee on Legal Affairs. In November 2018, she co-authored (with Éric Bothorel) a parliamentary report on digital taxation.[3]

In addition to her role in parliament, Karamanli has been serving as member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2007. She is a member of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) and the Sub-Committee on External Relations. In this capacity, she has served as the Assembly's rapporteur on the access by detainees to a lawyer (2017)[4] and on the protection provided to victims of terrorism (since 2019).[5]

From 2014 until 2016, Karamanli served as General Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the Abolition of the Death Penalty.[6] In that role, she publicly condemned plans of the Russian State Duma to introduce capital punishment for certain crimes relating to terrorism in March 2015.[6]

Ahead of the 2020 French municipal elections, Karamanli ran against the outgoing mayor Stéphane Le Foll, the official PS candidate. As a consequence, Karamanli's membership in the Socialist Party was suspened for a year.[7]

Political positions

In July 2019, Karamanli voted against the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[8]

References
  1. Office of the Secretary General (2012). "Mme Marietta Karamanli". Assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  2. "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  3. Elsa Bembaron and Elisa Braun (1 April 2019), Les cinq dossiers chauds qui attendent Cédric O au Numérique Le Figaro.
  4. Member states should ensure that detainees have access to a lawyer Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of March 10, 2017.
  5. For adequate protection and support for victims of terrorism Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of October 2, 2019.
  6. Death penalty: concern at the latest events in Belarus and Russia Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of March 20, 2015.
  7. Jean-François Baron (November 11, 2020), La députée Marietta Karamanli exclue du Parti socialiste pour un an Le Monde.
  8. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.


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