Mounir Satouri
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1975-05-25) 25 May 1975 (age 48)
Casablanca, Morocco
NationalityFrench
Political partyEurope Ecology – The Greens

Mounir Satouri (born 25 May 1975) is a French politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019.[3]

Political career

In the 2017 French Socialist Party presidential primary, Satouri endorsed Benoît Hamon's candidacy.[4]

In parliament, Satouri serves on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliament's delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean and for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.[5] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity.[6]

In 2020, Satouri joined Sylvie Guillaume, Frédérique Dumas and Hubert Julien-Laferrière in visiting several refugee camps in northern Syria that hold individuals displaced from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including al-Hawl and Roj.[7]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Satouri publicly declared his support for Yannick Jadot as the Greens’ candidate and joined his campaign team as director.[8]

Other activities

References

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. ^ Etienne Baldit (16 December 2016). "Un cadre EELV veut que Yannick Jadot se rallie à Benoît Hamon s'il gagne la primaire de la BAP - Le Lab Europe 1" (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. ^ Mounir Satouri European Parliament.
  6. ^ Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity European Parliament.
  7. ^ Paule Gonzalès (2 March 2021), Retour de Syrie: le brûlant dilemme des femmes et des enfants Le Figaro.
  8. ^ Maïa de La Baume (8 February 2022), Meet the French MEPs who shape the presidential race Politico Europe.
  9. ^ Board of Directors French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA).


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