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Christophe Clergeau

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Christophe Clergeau
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 June 2023
Parliament9th and 10th
Preceded byÉric Andrieu
Parliamentary groupS&D
National Secretary of the Socialist Party for Europe
Assumed office
22 June 2019
First SecretaryOlivier Faure
Member of the Regional Council of Pays-de-la-Loire
Assumed office
28 March 2004
PresidentJacques Auxiette
Bruno Retailleau
Christelle Morançais
Election28 March 2004
21 March 2010
13 December 2015
27 June 2021
ConstituencyLoire-Atlantique
First Vice-président of the Regional Council of Pays-de-la-Loire
in charge of economic development and innovation in the Region
In office
2010–2015
PresidentJacques Auxiette
First Deputy Mayor of Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
In office
21 October 2007 – 30 March 2014
MayorBernard Aunette
Personal details
Born (1968-09-01) 1 September 1968 (age 56)
Nantes, France
Political party French
Socialist Party
 EU
Party of European Socialists
ParentMarie-Françoise Clergeau (mother)

Christophe Clergeau (born 1 September 1968) is a French politician from the Socialist Party.

On 2 June 2023, he became a Member of the European Parliament, replacing Éric Andrieu, who had resigned. He retained his seat following the 2024 European Parliament election.[1] He has been a regional councillor for Pays de la Loire since 2004.

Political career

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Between 1991 and 1994 he chaired the Young Rocardians movement.[2]

In 2004, he was elected regional councillor for Pays de la Loire when Jacques Auxiette won the 2004 French regional elections. In 2010, he was campaign manager for Jacques Auxiette during the 2010 French regional elections. He became 1st vice-president delegated to the economic development and innovation of the Pays de la Loire region. In 2008, he became 1st deputy mayor of Sainte-Luce.[3] In 2014, he was 9th on the left list and was beaten in Sainte-Luce in a general context of defeat for the PS in the 2014 French municipal elections.

Christophe Clergeau has chaired the Union Régionale PS des Pays de la Loire since 2009. Since the summer of 2013, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the French Agency for International Investments (AFII) and he represents the Regions within of the National Council for Ecological Transition.[4]

He was vice-president of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire between 2009 and 2015.[2]

For the 2015 regional elections in Pays de la Loire, he led the PS- PRG -various ecologists union list, which obtained 25.75% in the first round, before merging with the EELV list to reach 37.56% in the second round, especially against Bruno Retailleau of The Republicans.[5]

Since 2019, Clergeau has been National Secretary for Europe of the Socialist Party.[6] In the 2019 European Parliament election in France, he was a candidate on the list but was not elected.

Member of the European Parliament, 2023–present

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On 2 June 2023, Clergeau became a Member of the European Parliament, replacing Éric Andrieu, who resigned.[7][8]

In parliament, Clergeau has been serving as a member on the Committee on Development as well as a substitute on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Subcommittee on Public Health.[9] In this capacity, he has been his group’s rapporteur on a European Commission proposal to legalize new gene-editing technologies for crops (2023).[10] 

In addition to his committee assignments, Clergeau is part of the parliament’s delegations to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, to the Africa-EU Parliamentary Assembly and for relations with Mercosur.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Européennes 2024 : qui sont les 81 députés français élus au Parlement ?". Le Monde.fr (in French). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Le conseiller régional socialiste Christophe Clergeau deviendra député européen en juin prochain". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  3. ^ "Ensemble No. 190" (PDF). ps44.fr. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  4. ^ "Nomination : Christophe Clergeau entre au conseil d'administration de l'Afii | API - E-lettre du 15/07/13". www.agence-api.fr. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  5. ^ magazine, Le Point (2023-06-05). "Christophe Clergeau : Biographie et articles – Le Point". Le Point.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  6. ^ "Le conseiller régional socialiste Christophe Clergeau deviendra député européen en juin prochain". Ouest-France.fr (in French). 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  7. ^ "Home | Christophe CLERGEAU | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 1968-09-01. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  8. ^ "Le Nantais Christophe Clergeau va siéger au Parlement européen à partir du 2 juin 2023". Presse Océan (in French). 2023-03-30. Retrieved 2023-06-11.
  9. ^ Christophe Clergeau European Parliament.
  10. ^ Paula Andrés (11 December 2023), Low-speed zone: Europe’s super crops revolution hits bottleneck Politico Europe.
  11. ^ Christophe Clergeau European Parliament.

See also

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