He is also the partner of Michèle Alliot-Marie, who was the French minister of Foreign and European Affairs in the Government of François Fillon from 14 November 2010 to 27 February 2011. Mr Ollier is an Honorary member of the Rotary Club of Rueil Malmaison and a public officer.
Public life
Ollier is Mayor in the city of Rueil Malmaison. Rueil is a high-class suburb of Paris. He was a deputy of the national assembly, and was its president from March to June 2007.
Parliamentary work
Ollier, following General de Gaulle's social positions, is the inventor of the "Work's dividend" who has been taken back in many Government decisions and parliamentary works.
Renewables energies
In 2005, during a debate on energy law, Patrick Ollier presented an amendment on wind power known as the "Ollier Amendment." It aimed to raise the minimum electrical output of wind farms that qualify for automatic electricity repurchase by the EDF to those that produce more than 30MW It also limited construction of wind farms to designated areas that were to be defined later. This caused an outcry from various environmental organizations. When faced with this opposition, the amendment was withdrawn.
SRU Law
M. Ollier constantly worked to amend the SRU law of December 2000, and specially to amend and decrease the quota of 20% of social apartments forced to the French municipalities.
Ending January 2006, the SRU law was decreased by the National Assembly of the French Parliament by the adoption of a Patrick Ollier and Gérard Hamel's amendment, in first lecture on a law project. This amendment Ollier-Hamel allowed to consider some real-estate operation to social accession to property as some social apartments. The French Senate suppressed these measures on April 2006.
On 30 May 2006, in the National Assembly, on a second-lecture of the law project, Patrick Ollier deponed again one amendment against the 20% quota of social apartments forced to 740 French municipalities.
Africa
Patrick Ollier is head of the France-Libya friendship group of the French Parliament. He made several visits in that country, sometimes for the Élysée or the Quai d'Orsay. Patrick Ollier's relations with Arab regimes, particularly with General Muammar Gaddafi are denounced in February 2011 by the French press and foreign. In its 24 February edition of the newspaper Libération assert that Patrick Ollier "served as an intermediary for the sale of arms" between the France and Libya.
He has been officially visiting other Arab countries like Tunisia. In February 2011, he and his partner Michele Alliot-Marie were accused by Le Canard enchaîné of having use a private jet belonging to friend of Tunisian dictator Ben Ali during the Tunisian Revolution
In the Clearstream affair 2, his name has been cited in the meeting of the 9 janvier 2004 between Dominique de Villepin, Philippe Rondot and Jean-Louis Gergorin in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jean-Louis Gergorin cited then «excessives links» of Patrick Ollier with Arab countries. Le général Philippe Rondot aurait délibérément caché au ministre de la Défense que le nom de son conjoint avait été mentionné. Selon son témoignage, il avait reçu comme consigne de Dominique de Villepin de «ne rien communiquer au ministère de la Défense». Toutefois, il semble que son nom ne figurait pas dans les listings truqués de Clearstream. Patrick Ollier s'est constitué partie civile dans ce dossier.
Official positions
Patrick Ollier took often clear position: signature of the anti-PACS petition, opposition to the reform in 2000. He refused to acknowledge the date of 19 March 1962 as "de la guerre d'Algérie et des combats du Maroc et de Tunisie". In June and July 2006, he worked actively for the privatization of the French public company of gas Gaz de France and its fusion with Suez to form GDF Suez.
Political career
Governmental functions
Minister for Relationships with Parliament : 2010-2012.
