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Frédéric Bierry

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Frédéric Bierry
Frédéric Bierry in 2015
President of the Assembly of Alsace
Assumed office
2 January 2021
President of the Departmental Council of Bas-Rhin
In office
31 December 2020 – 2 April 2015
Preceded byGuy-Dominique Kennel
Departmental Councilor of Bas-Rhin
In office
1 April 2004 – 1 April 2015
ConstituencyCanton of Schirmeck
Mayor of Schirmeck
In office
June 1995 – April 2015
Preceded byMichael Sturm
Succeeded byLaurent Bertrand
Personal details
Born (1966-04-21) 21 April 1966 (age 58)
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
Political party

Frédéric Bierry (born 21 April 1966) is a French politician who was a member of the UMP, then of the Republicans.

He was the mayor of Schirmeck from 1995 to 2015,[1] president of the departmental council of Bas-Rhin from 2015 to 2020 and president of the assembly of Alsace since January 2, 2021.[2]

Political background

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Born in April 1966 in Strasbourg, from a Welche family from the Bruche valley, Frédéric Bierry was fifteen years old when he decided that he would go into politics, while his parents were workers in a textile company in Coframaille.[3]

He graduated with a master's degree in private law and became a professor of economics and social sciences.[4] He entered politics in 1993 as a parliamentary attaché to UMP deputy Alain Ferry[5] and then to Laurent Furst.[6][7]

Former president of the Radical Party 67, he was the mayor of Schirmeck from 1995 to 2015, elected to the general council of Bas-Rhin in 2004 and re-elected in 2011 in the canton of Schirmeck.

He was elected departmental councilor for Bas-Rhin in the canton of Mutzig on March 29, 2015, in tandem with Frédérique Mozziconacci (DVD), with 63.26% of the votes.[8][9]

On April 2, he was elected to the presidency of the departmental council of Bas-Rhin where he was the only candidate of the right-wing majority.[10] He succeeded Guy-Dominique Kennel [fr] (UMP), who held the presidency from March 2008 to April 2015.

He supported Bruno Le Maire for the 2016 Republican presidential primary.[11]

Mobilization for Alsace

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Frédéric Bierry and Éric Straumann at the inauguration of the Maison de l'Alsace

On February 3, 2017, the departmental councils of Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin meeting in Colmar unanimously adopted a motion solemnly affirming the need for Alsace to regain an institutional and political identity, and announcing the creation of a territorial assembly of Alsace.[12] His fight for the return of an Alsatian institution continued with Brigitte Klinkert[13] elected to the presidency of Haut-Rhin following the resignation of Eric Straumann for non-accumulation of mandates on September 1, 2017.[14][15]

Following the statement by Prime Minister Jean Castex in Colmar on January 23, 2021, stating that he was "never convinced by these immense regions, some of which do not respond to any historical legitimacy, and above all do not seem to me to respond to the growing needs of our fellow citizens for local public action”,[16][17] he called for the dismemberment of the Grand Est region and the transfer of its powers to the new community.[18][19]

Social report and solidarity policies

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On October 5, 2016, Frédéric Bierry presented a report to the Assembly of the departments of France on the future of the social policies of the departments.[20]

Noting that the French social model is "obsolete and unsuitable",[21] he recommended a social model of alternation based on 5 fundamental pillars: efficiency, responsibility, dignity, the ability to involve and credibility.[22][23]

The report considered that the complexity of the current social model undermines its effectiveness. It proposed simplification measures, in particular the merger of the 10 social minima into 2 benefits, the simplification of administrative procedures and the establishment of a single point of contact for each user.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Frédéric Bierry élu à la tête du Conseil départemental du Bas-Rhin". France 3 Grand Est (in French). 4 February 2015. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  2. ^ "Politique. Qui est Frédéric Bierry, le premier président de la Collectivité européenne d'Alsace ?". www.dna.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  3. ^ "Portrait - Frédéric Bierry, nouveau président du conseil départemental du Bas-Rhin. "Reconquérir la confiance des concitoyens"". www.dna.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  4. ^ "Frédéric Bierry : président de la Collectivité européenne d'Alsace (CeA)". www.pointecoalsace.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  5. ^ "Bierry Frédéric". Fédération des Sociétés d’Histoire et d’Archéologie d’Alsace (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  6. ^ France, Pierre (2015-04-22). "[Grand entretien] Frédéric Bierry : "le Département sera la collectivité du vivre-ensemble"". Rue89 Strasbourg (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  7. ^ "Frédéric Bierry en quelques dates". www.lalsace.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  8. ^ "Résultats des élections départementales 2015". LExpress.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  9. ^ "élections départementales. Mutzig : victoire du binôme UMP Bierry-Mozziconacci". www.lalsace.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  10. ^ Léonard, Danièle (2015-04-02). "Frédéric Bierry élu à la tête du Conseil départemental du Bas-Rhin". Le blog politique (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  11. ^ "Primaires à droite : en Alsace, qui soutient qui ?". ici, by France Bleu and France 3 (in French). 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  12. ^ "Alsace: vers une "Assemblée Territoriale" ?". LEFIGARO (in French). 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  13. ^ "Tribune pour l'Alsace - Brigitte Klinkert & Frédéric Bierry". L'Ami hebdo (in French). 2022-04-20. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  14. ^ Stey, Nathalie (2021-02-06). "Frédéric Bierry : Il veut faire exploser le Grand Est". La Semaine (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  15. ^ "Conseil départemental du Haut-Rhin. Eric Straumann démissionne". www.dna.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  16. ^ "Jean Castex fait le procès des grandes régions". La Gazette des Communes (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  17. ^ "Découpage des régions : Jean Castex lance un pavé dans la mare". Banque des Territoires (in French). 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  18. ^ "Frédéric Bierry appelle au " démembrement de la région Grand Est "". Public Senat (in French). 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  19. ^ "Alsace : Frédéric Bierry demande un démembrement de la région Grand Est". France 3 Grand Est (in French). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  20. ^ "L'avenir des politiques sociales des départements" (PDF). www.departements.fr (in French). 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  21. ^ "Pour une révolution des minimas sociaux" (PDF). www.courrierdesmaires.fr (in French). 2016-04-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  22. ^ "Futur de l'action sociale : les départements à l'attaque". La Gazette des Communes (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  23. ^ "Médico-social: les propositions des départements pour la présidentielle". www.synerpa.fr (in French). 2016-10-12. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
  24. ^ "Les départements veulent changer le logiciel des politiques sociales". l'Opinion (in French). 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2022-07-03.