Éric Pauget (; born 18 August 1970) is a French politician who has represented the 7th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the National Assembly since 2017.Ashifa Kassam (8 June 2020), 'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean, The Guardian. He is a member of The Republicans (LR).
Political career Pauget held a seat in the Departmental Council of Alpes-Maritimes from 2001 until his resignation in 2017, first for the canton of Antibes-Biot until 2015, then for the canton of Antibes-3. He held one of the departmental council's vice presidencies from 2015 until 2017 under the presidency of Éric Ciotti.
Since 1995, he has been a municipal councillor of Antibes. He served as a deputy mayor from 2001 to 2017; he was first deputy mayor from 2012.
Political career In parliament, Pauget serves on the Committee on Economic Affairs.Éric Pauget, French National Assembly. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In 2018, Pauget joined the leadership of Soyons Libres as a vice president (while remaining a member of The Republicans), a minor party of which he has been a member since 2017 and where he is in charge of relations with the National Assembly.Emmanuel Galiero (16 February 2018), Valérie Pécresse irrite un peu plus les wauquiézistes, Le Figaro.
In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Pauget endorsed Éric Ciotti as the party's chairman.Ludovic Vigogne (18 October 2022), Présidence de LR: qui soutient Ciotti, Pradié et Retailleau chez les députés L'Obs. In the Republicans' 2025 leadership election, he endorsed Laurent Wauquiez to succeed Ciotti as the party's new chair.Thibaut Le Gal (18 April 2025), Les Républicains : L’explosion des nouveaux adhérents, une bonne nouvelle pour Retailleau ou pour Wauquiez ? 20 minutes.
Political positions In 2021, Pauget tabled a bill to ban bullfighting in France.Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (20 January 2021), Eric Pauget, député LR : "Je souhaite l'interdiction de la corrida en France", Le Journal du Dimanche. A few months later, he sponsored a bill to have prison inmates pay part of the cost of their incarceration.
See also 2017 French legislative election
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