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Pierre Moscovici | |
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 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| First President of theCourt of Audit | |
| Assumed office 3 June 2020 | |
| President | Emmanuel Macron |
| Preceded by | Didier Migaud |
| European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs | |
| In office 1 November 2014 – 30 November 2019 | |
| Commission | Juncker |
| Preceded by | Algirdas Šemeta |
| Succeeded by | Paolo Gentiloni |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 16 May 2012 – 2 April 2014 | |
| President | François Hollande |
| Prime Minister | Jean-Marc Ayrault |
| Preceded by | François Baroin |
| Succeeded by | Michel Sapin |
| Member of theNational Assembly forDoubs's4th constituency | |
| In office 3 May 2014 – 31 October 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Frédéric Barbier |
| Succeeded by | Frédéric Barbier |
| In office 20 June 2007 – 21 July 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Irène Tharin |
| Succeeded by | Frédéric Barbier |
| In office 1 June 1997 – 4 July 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Geney |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Tyrode |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1957-09-16)16 September 1957 (age 68) |
| Political party | Socialist Party (until 2020) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Serge Moscovici Marie Broomberg |
| Education | Lycée Condorcet |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po,ÉNA |
Pierre Moscovici (French pronunciation:[pjɛʁmɔskɔvisi],Romanian:[moskoˈvitʃʲ]; born 16 September 1957) is a French politician who served as theEuropean Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs from 2014 to 2019.[1] He previously served asMinister of Finance from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for European Affairs between 1997 and 2002.
Previously a member of theTrotskyist group theRevolutionary Communist League, Moscovici joined theFrench Socialist Party (PS) in 1984 and has since that time been a member of the Departmental Council ofDoubs and of theFrench Parliament and theEuropean Parliament.
In May 2014 he was entrusted by the Prime Minister of France with a six-month mission to assess how European policies can better contribute to growth and employment. In July 2014 French PresidentFrançois Hollande proposed him to be France's representative in the nextEuropean Commission. In September 2014, he was named as European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs by President-designate of theEuropean CommissionJean-Claude Juncker.
Born in Paris, Moscovici is the son of the influential Romanian Jewishsocial psychologistSerge Moscovici and of the Polishpsychoanalyst Marie Bromberg-Moscovici.[2]
Moscovici obtained hisBaccalauréat at theLycée Condorcet in 1974, aDEA in economics and in philosophy, and he graduated fromSciences Po Paris and theÉcole nationale d'administration, where he studied underDominique Strauss-Kahn, who became a friend and mentor in politics. He was a president ofÀ gauche en Europe, a group founded by Strauss-Kahn andMichel Rocard and also created his own group "Besoin de Gauche".[3]
After graduating from theÉcole nationale d'administration in 1984, Moscovici was appointed to theCourt of Audit, of which he is currently a senior member.
Initially active in theRevolutionary Communist League, he left in 1984 to join the PS and, in 1986, became secretary of the "experts' group" created byClaude Allègre.
In 1988, he moved on to the Ministry for National Education in Minister Lionel Jospin's cabinet, first as conseiller technique, then as chargé de mission.
From 1990 to 1994, he headed the Public Service Modernisation and Financing Department at the Commissariat général du Plan – French Planning Office.
From 1994 to 1997, Moscovici was a Member of the European Parliament.[4] In parliament, he served on theCommittee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico.[5]
Elected to the French Parliament from the Doubs département in 1997, he went on to become a Member of theFranche-Comté Regional Council from 1998 to 2004, and of the Doubs département General Council from 1994 to 2002.
From 1997 to 2002, Moscovici was Minister delegate for European Affairs in the government ofLionel Jospin.[6] At the request of Chirac, he represented the French authorities at theConvention on the Future of Europe in 2002.[7]
On 20 July 2004, Moscovici was elected one of the 14Vice-presidents of the European Parliament and was re-elected on 17 January 2007.[8] In addition, he served on theCommittee on Foreign Affairs.
Of Romanian origin, he was one of the supporters of Romania's EU integration. He stated that he identifies itself as a half Romanian.[9][10][11]
From 2007 to 2012, Moscovici was a Member of the French National Assembly (4th constituency in the Doubs), serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and subsequently the Finance Committee. He also served as vice-president of the Assembly's Committee on European Affairs.[citation needed]
He was President of the Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération (PMA – Greater Montbéliard Authority) from 2008 to 2012.[citation needed]
In 2011, Moscovici endorsedFrançois Hollande and ran his successful campaign for the2012 French presidential election.[12] In the subsequentlegislative election, Moscovici was re-elected to the National Assembly from the 4th constituency in the Doubs.[citation needed]
Moscovici served as a Member of the French National Assembly. In May 2014 he was entrusted by the Prime Minister of France with a six-month mission to assess how European policies can better contribute to growth and employment.[13]
Moscovici served as France's Minister for Finance and Economy[14] from May 2012 to April 2014.[15]
Ahead of the Socialist Party's2012 convention in Toulouse, Moscovici publicly endorsedHarlem Désir as candidate to succeedMartine Aubry at the party's leadership.[16]
Moscovici was among the guests invited to thestate dinner hosted byU.S. PresidentBarack Obama in honor of Hollande at theWhite House on 11 February 2014.[17]
In July 2014PresidentFrancois Hollande nominated Moscovici to be France's candidate for theEuropean Commission led byJean-Claude Juncker.[18][19] Juncker subsequently nominated Moscovici as Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs.
Moscovici served as Commissioner from 2014 until 2019. In this capacity, he was in charge of the application of theStability and Growth Pact, as well as ensuring the economic soundness of Commission proposals and deepening theEconomic and Monetary Union of the European Union to create the conditions for jobs, growth and investment, and encouraging further structural reforms. On taxation matters, he was responsible for developing avalue added tax system at the European level, improving the functioning of the internal market in both direct and indirect taxation and fighting tax fraud and tax evasion. His responsibilities also included the development and management of an efficientEuropean Union Customs Union.[20]
By 2017, Moscovici openly advocated a fully formedeurozone finance minister, and admitted that he would be interested in that position. In the meantime, the as Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs should also assume the presidency of theEurogroup.[21]
In a 2018 letter toSergei Stanishev, then chairman of theParty of European Socialists (PES), Moscovici ruled himself out of the race to succeedJean-Claude Juncker and become the commission's next president, "due to profound disagreements with [the French Socialist Party’s] political line and strategy on Europe."[22]
In 2015,WikiLeaks revealed that theU.S. National Security Agency wiretapped Moscovici's communication during his time as Minister of Finance.[23]
"We sincerely hope thatGreece remains in the Eurozone", Moscovici said.[25]
Media related toPierre Moscovici at Wikimedia Commons
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| Preceded by | French European Commissioner 2014–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded byas European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro | European Commissioner forEconomic and Financial Affairs,Taxation and Customs 2014–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded byas European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud | ||
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| Preceded by | First President of theCourt of Audit 2020–present | Incumbent |
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