Pierre Larrouturou (born 1964) is a French economist and politician who has been serving as a

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since 2019. He previously was a regional councilor of the Île-de-France.

Political career

Early beginnings

While still a consultant for the accounting firm

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, Larrouturou first entered national politics in 1993 by issuing a widely discussed 54-page manifesto advocating for a switch to a four-day workweek in France.

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

In parliament, Larrouturou has been serving on the

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on the budget of the European Union for 2021. In addition to his committee assignments, Larrouturou is part of the parliament's delegations to the

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and to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee. He is also a member of the

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and the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development. In 2020, Larrouturou made headlines when he went on hunger strike to demand the EU introduce a

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by 2024 and to protest against budget plans that downgraded programs on health, research and climate change.

Controversy

In October 2019, visitors to the European Parliament whom Larrouturou had allowed to enter the building misbehaved. Larrouturou was subsequently sanctioned for his guests’ breach of the rules, specifically those that forbid the compromising of “the smooth conduct of parliamentary business and ..the maintenance of security and order on Parliament’s premises or the functioning of its equipment.”Laurens Cerulus (19 January 2022)
The European Parliament’s black book
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Personal life

Larrouturou is married and has two children.

References

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