Nicole Bricq
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Early life and education
Bricq received a degree in private law from Montesquieu University in 1970.
Political career
From 1972 on Bricq was a member of the Socialist Party.
On 16 May 2012 Bricq was appointed Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy in the government of Jean-Marc Ayrault. After the 2012 legislative election, she was appointed Minister for Foreign Trade.[1] She was replaced at the Ministry of Ecology by Delphine Batho. Whereas some members of the government, such as Cécile Duflot, considered this nomination like a promotion, manyTemplate:According to whom felt that it was due to the decision taken by Bricq to stop all drilling contracts signed with Shell in French Guiana, a decision that has been reversed since then.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 2013, Bricq complained in a television interview that President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso had “done nothing during his term”, suggesting that Barroso’s reappointment in 2009 had been a mistake.[2] She also emerged as a vocal critic of how the European Commission led the negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.[3]
On 11 February 2014, Bricq was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama in honor of President François Hollande at the White House.[4]
Bricq was one of the earliest supporters of Emmanuel Macron and his party, La République En Marche!, instead of supporting Socialist Party candidate, Benoît Hamon.[5]
Death
On 6 August 2017, Bricq died in hospital in Poitiers after an accidental fall.[6]
References
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- ↑ Joshua Chaffin (28 June 2013), French minister launches fresh attack on José Manuel Barroso Financial Times.
- ↑ Sarah O’Connor and Joshua Chaffin (10 September 2013), Trade talks leave EU states at risk from US lawyers, says France Financial Times.
- ↑ Expected Attendees at Tonight’s State Dinner Office of the First Lady of the United States, press release of 11 February 2014.
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External links
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- 1947 births
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- Socialist Party (France) politicians
- French senators of the Fifth Republic
- Ministers of the environment of France
- Women members of the Senate (France)
- Women government ministers of France
- Renaissance (French political party) politicians
- Accidental deaths from falls
- Senators of Seine-et-Marne
- People from Charente
- Politicians from Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- University of Bordeaux alumni
- 21st-century French women