Pascal Arimont
Pascal Arimont | |
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| File:1718636508422 20240612 ARIMONT Pascal BE 08B.jpg Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Mathieu Grosch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 September 1974 |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Party | Christian Social Party (CSP) |
| Website | pascal-arimont.eu |
Pascal Arimont (born 25 September 1974) is a Belgian Member of the European Parliament (MEP)[1] for the Christian Social Party, which sits in the EPP Group, as the single MEP from the German-speaking electoral college of Belgium.[2]
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Arimont was born in Malmedy and grew up in Born (municipality of Amel) in the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
From 1998 to 2002, Arimont was parliamentary assistant to MEP Mathieu Grosch.
Political career
[edit | edit source]Role in local politics
[edit | edit source]From 2006 until 2009, Arimont served as provincial councillor of Liège (and thus advisory member of the Parliament of the German-speaking Community). From 2009 until 2014 he was (full) member of that Parliament, where he was parliamentary group leader for the CSP.
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present
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In 2014, Mathieu Grosch, who was the single German-speaking MEP since 1994, decided not to stand for re-election, and Arimont was the CSP's candidate in the 2014 European Parliament elections. Arimont was elected and joined the European People's Party Group.[3]
In 2019, Arimont would be re-elected to the European parliament. He would be re-elected again in 2024.[4][5]
In the European Parliament, Arimont serves on the Committee on Regional Development and the Committee on Legal Affairs (since 2021).[6] Since 2021, he has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[7]
In addition to his committee assignments, Arimont is part of the parliament's delegations for relations with the countries of Central America and to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.[8]
In October 2024, Arimont called for an investigation into F1 owner Liberty Media, believing that Liberty Media's ownership of F1 and moves to acquire MotoGP may violate European competition laws.[9]
Controversy
[edit | edit source]In December 2021, Arimont's house was attacked while his family was inside; a Molotov cocktail was thrown under his children's bedroom windows.[10]
References
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- ^ Lukas Kotkamp (December 6, 2021), MEPs express solidarity with Belgian colleague after attack on his house Politico Europe.
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- ^ Mia Bartoloni (March 26, 2021), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
- ^ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe Archived 2021-06-10 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
- ^ Members Archived 2019-08-31 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lukas Kotkamp (December 6, 2021), MEPs express solidarity with Belgian colleague after attack on his house Politico Europe.
External links
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