Carole Grandjean (born 18 May 1983) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as Minister for Education and Vocational Training in the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne since 2022.[1] From the 2017 elections to 2022, she was a member of the French National Assembly, representing the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.[2]
Carole Grandjean | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Meurthe-et-Moselle's 1st constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 4 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chaynesse Khirouni |
| Succeeded by | Philippe Guillemard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 May 1983 Suresnes, France |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
| Alma mater | Lille University of Science and Technology |
Political career edit
Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2022 edit
In parliament, Grandjean served as member of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs.[3] On the Committee on Social Affairs, she was her parliamentary group's co-rapporteur on the government's pension reform plans since 2020, alongside Guillaume Gouffier-Cha, Jacques Maire and Corinne Vignon.[4]
In addition to her committee assignments, Grandjean was a member of the French-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2019, she was also a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.
Career in government, 2022–present edit
In October 2023, Grandjean participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.[5][6]
Political positions edit
In 2018, Grandjean joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.[7][8]
In July 2019, Grandjean voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Marie-Christine Corbier and Alain Ruello (4 July 2022), Remaniement : Carole Grandjean en charge de la grande réforme des lycées professionnels Les Echos.
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Carole Grandjean French National Assembly.
- ^ Isabelle Ficek (16 January 2020), Retraites : les députés de la majorité qui vont porter le projet de loi à l'Assemblée Les Échos.
- ^ Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke (9 October 2023), Germany, France hold unprecedented cabinet retreat to oil creaky EU motor Reuters.
- ^ Erste deutsch-französische Kabinettsklausur: Zukunftsfragen und Weltpolitik diskutiert Cabinet of Germany, press release of 10 October 2023.
- ^ John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
- ^ [1] French National Assembly.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.