Bernard Carayon
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Bernard Carayon is a member of the French parliament. First elected in Tarn
in 1993; he has been then reelected in 2002 and 2007. He is also mayor of Lavaur
, a historic city near Toulouse
, since 1995.
He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement
.
Taking a particular interest in questions of globalization, he has written two books entitled "Patriotisme économique" and "Changeons le monde" ("Let's change the world").
Together with a socialist MP he started a foundation called "Prometheus". Supported by a dozen of big French companies, Prometheus tries to bridge the gap between the private and the public reflexions about globalization in order to build a genuine economic strategy for France and Europe.
Tarn
Tarn is a department of 5,758 km2 in the Midi-Pyrénées region in the southwest of France, named after the Tarn River. It was formed in 1790 of the three dioceses of Albi, Castres and Lavaur, belonging to the province of Languedoc. In 1906, the population was 330,533...
in 1993; he has been then reelected in 2002 and 2007. He is also mayor of Lavaur
Lavaur
Lavaur is the name of several communes in France:* Lavaur, Dordogne, in the Dordogne département* Lavaur, Tarn, in the Tarn département...
, a historic city near Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, since 1995.
He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...
.
Taking a particular interest in questions of globalization, he has written two books entitled "Patriotisme économique" and "Changeons le monde" ("Let's change the world").
Together with a socialist MP he started a foundation called "Prometheus". Supported by a dozen of big French companies, Prometheus tries to bridge the gap between the private and the public reflexions about globalization in order to build a genuine economic strategy for France and Europe.