Éric Pauget

Éric Pauget (born 18 August 1970) is a French businessman and politician who represented the 7th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2024. 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. 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.

In the run-up to the Republicans’ 2022 convention, Pauget endorsed Éric Ciotti as the party's chairman.

Political positions
In 2021, Pauget tabled a bill to ban bullfighting in France. A few months later, he sponsored a bill to have prison inmates pay part of the cost of their incarceration.