Émilie Cariou (; born 14 October 1971) is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly for Meuse's 2nd constituency from 2017 to 2022. She was elected as a member of La République En Marche!, but left the party and in May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members who formed the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group.Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (16 October 2020), Jennifer de Temmerman : «Je quitte le groupe EDS» à l'Assemblée Le Figaro Later in 2020, she joined some of these deputies in starting The New Democrats.
Early career Cariou spent most of her career at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, known as Bercy. At Bercy, she took part in the tax audit operations of major French industrial and banking groups within the National and International Audits Department (DVNI), then joined the Tax Legislation Department.Emmanuel Berretta (22 May 2017), Législatives : la relève de Macron dans la Meuse Le Point.
In 2011, Cariou joined Arnaud Montebourg's campaign for the Socialist Party's primaries ahead of the 2012 presidential elections, advising him on tax policy.Manon Rescan and Audrey Tonnelier (23 May 2018), La République en marche: Emilie Cariou, fiscaliste de gauche de la majorité LRM Le Monde.
Following the 2012 elections, Cariou joined the cabinet of Fleur Pellerin, then Minister Delegate in charge of Small and Medium Enterprises, Innovation and the Digital Economy in the government of Prime Minister Manuel Valls; in this capacity, she advised the minister on the taxation of the Big Tech. Shortly afterwards, Cariou followed Fleur Pellerin to the Ministry of Culture and Communication, where she was in charge of copyright issues within the European Union. She retained her position when Audrey Azoulay was appointed Minister, with a mission extended to France's international partnerships.
In May 2014, Cariou became deputy director responsible for budget and financing at the National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC).[Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) : Directeur adjoint en charge du budget et des financements] Les Échos, 30 April 2014.
Political career In parliament, Cariou served as member of the Finance Committee.Émilie Cariou French National Assembly. In 2019, she succeeded Bénédicte Peyrol as her parliamentary group's coordinator on the committee.Guillaume Guichard (7 October 2019), Émilie Cariou, une fiscaliste pointue pour cornaquer la majorité Le Figaro. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST).Parliamentary Office for the Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Choices (OPECST) Senate of France.
In 2018, Cariou served as the parliament's rapporteur on reforming procedures for prosecuting tax offences.Lilian Alemagna (28 March 2018), Fraude fiscale : «Un vrai manque de compréhension entre Bercy et la justice» Libération.
In July 2019, Cariou announced her candidacy to succeed Carole Bureau-Bonnard as vice-president of the National Assembly;Clément Pétreault (12 July 2019), L'Assemblée nationale et le bal des ambitieux Le Point. in an internal vote, she lost against Laëtitia Saint-Paul.Laure Equy (24 July 2019), Elections LREM à l'Assemblée : la super-prime au sortant Libération.
In May 2020, Cariou joined seven lawmakers in leaving the LREM parliamentary group to join the new Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity (EDS) group, depriving the president of an outright majority and raising pressure for more left-wing policies.. By June, she and five other ex-LREM deputies announced the establishment of #Nous Demain, a "humanist, ecologist and feminist" political movement.Le député Aurélien Taché et d'autres ex-Marcheurs créent leur mouvement politique Le Figaro, 28 June 2020.
Later in 2020, she joined some of these deputies in starting The New Democrats.
Political positions In late 2017, Cariou was among those who campaigned, in light of the abolition of the solidarity tax on wealth (ISF), for an increase in the taxation of "external signs of wealth" (yachts, precious objects, sports cars).
In July 2019, Cariou voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
See also 2017 French legislative election
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