Grégory Besson-Moreau

Grégory Besson-Moreau (born 7 July 1982) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Aube.[1]

Grégory Besson-Moreau
Member of the National Assembly
for Aube's 1st constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byNicolas Dhuicq
Succeeded byJordan Guitton
Personal details
Born (1982-07-07) 7 July 1982 (age 42)
Brou-sur-Chantereine, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Political career

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In parliament, Besson-Moreau served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs.[2] In 2018, he led the Assembly's special enquiry into a 2017 salmonella outbreak at a Lactalis milk factory that led to dozens of babies falling ill.[3][4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Besson-Moreau was part of the French-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French Parliamentary Friendship Group with the United Kingdom.[5]

He lost his seat in the 2022 election to Jordan Guitton of National Rally.[6]

Political positions

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In July 2019, Besson-Moreau voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Grégory Besson-Moreau French National Assembly.
  3. ^ Sybille de La Hamaide and Gus Trompiz (7 June 2018), Grilled by French MPs, Lactalis defends handling of baby milk crisis Reuters.
  4. ^ Elizabeth Pineau, Sybille de La Hamaide and Gus Trompiz (18 July 2018), France needs 'food safety police' to avoid new Lactalis crisis: report Reuters.
  5. ^ Grégory Besson-Moreau French National Assembly.
  6. ^ "Aube - 1ère circonscription: Résultats des élections législatives 2022 - en direct". Franceinfo (in French). Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  7. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.