Frédéric Petit (contemporary politician)

Frédéric Petit was deputy mayor of Maizery (Moselle, 70 inhabitants) from 1995 to 2001.

In 2017, he is active within the Federation of French living abroad of the Mouvement démocrate (MoDem). He is invested as a candidate under the agreements between La République en marche and the MoDem during the legislative elections in the Seventh constituency for French residents overseas.[2] He won the second round against the outgoing Socialist deputy Pierre-Yves Le Borgn', receiving nearly 63% of the votes.[3]

At the French National Assembly, Frédéric Petit is a member of the MoDem and of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.[4]

Within this committee, he is in charge of an annual budget report on French cultural diplomacy and influence[5][6][7][8] which includes in particular the credits of the Agency for French Education Abroad, the French Institute, Atout France or Campus France. In 2019, he was appointed co-rapporteur of the "Climate Change and Conflicts" information mission[9][10][11] and made his first trip to Bangladesh from December 9 to 13, 2019,[12][13] one of the countries most affected by climate change. On this occasion, he will meet with many government actors, academics and members of NGOs present there, including the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Muhammad Yunus. He will present his report in committee, along with his colleague and co-rapporteur Alain David, on January 27, 2021.[14][15]

On March 25, 2019, following its constitutive meeting in Paris, Frédéric Petit joined the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly before being appointed a member of its Bureau during its fourth session, on September 21 and 22, 2020.[16][17][18] Within this Assembly, he is a member of the working groups "Artificial Intelligence and Disruptive Innovation" and "Foreign and Defense Policy".

In December 2020, he was appointed member of the Special Committee in charge of examining the bill consolidating the respect of the principles of the Republic.[19]

On January 5, 2022, he presented an information report to the Foreign Affairs Committee on the draft contract of objectives and means (COM) between the State and the Agency for French Education Abroad.[20][21][22]

On January 17, 2022, he presented a motion for a resolution inviting the French National Assembly to solemnly condemn the illegitimate regime of Alexander Lukashenko.[23] This text invites the deputies to condemn the repression, the acts of torture of the regime and the hijacking of the Ryanair plane in May 2021. It also demands the release of more than 1000 political prisoners and denounces the use of migrants as a weapon of destabilization of the European Union. It demands the holding of new elections under the aegis of the OSCE and provides for the creation of a study group between French parliamentarians and representatives of democratic Belarus in exile.[24] Its resolution was adopted unanimously.[25][26]

In May 2021, Frédéric Petit was appointed deputy secretary general of the European Democratic Party.[27][28][29]