Marietta Karamanli was born in Greece in 1964 and has lived in France since 1984. She holds a master’s degree in classical literature, a Master of Advanced Studies (DEA) in the history of law, economics and society (Paris-Panthéon-Assas University), and a PhD in Political Science (University of Lorraine, Nancy). A Member of Parliament for the Sarthe department (2nd constituency) since 2007, she has been re-elected four times (in 2012, 2017, 2022 and 2024). She is a Member of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee and a Member of its European Affairs Committee (of which she was Vice-Chair during the 16th legislature). She has recently been appointed co-rapporteur of a fact-finding mission on naval operations in the Mediterranean. In 2013, she served as rapporteur on the first bill transposing European directives in criminal matters. She has authored numerous parliamentary reports and resolutions in the fields of justice and security, migration, culture, personal data and digital technology, and the European Union single market (economy, taxation, research). The National Assembly recently adopted her European resolution calling for the European Union to provide the framework for an effective ban on addictive mechanisms designed and promoted by social networks and digital platforms targeting children and young minors (No. 3281, report No. 3425). She participated in the interparliamentary conferences on counter-terrorism organised by the UNOCT (2021, 2023 and 2024). A member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) since 2007, she served as General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty. Her PACE reports include “Protecting and supporting the victims of terrorism” (2019) and “Protecting the pillars of democracy during health crises” (2022); she also authored an opinion on “Fighting corruption – general principles of political responsibility” (2021). As PACE rapporteur on the activities of the OECD, she authored the report “The role of the OECD in evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the future of work”: unanimously approved in committee in September 2026, the resolution was adopted by the Assembly in plenary session on 1 October 2026. At the local level, she serves as a municipal and community councillor for the city of Le Mans.
