Jean-Baptiste Moreau (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist mɔʁo]; born 14 February 1977) is a French cattle farmer[1] and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 elections to the 2022 elections, representing the department of Creuse's sole constituency.[2]
Jean-Baptiste Moreau | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Creuse | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Vergnier |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Couturier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 February 1977 Guéret, France |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
| Profession | Farmer |
Political career
editIn parliament, Moreau served as a spokesperson for the LREM parliamentary group.[3] He is a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he chaired the French-Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group.[4]
He was defeated at the 2022 election by Catherine Couturier of La France Insoumise.[5]
Political positions
editIn July 2019, Moreau voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[6] In mid-2019, French anti-government protesters put up a large poster of Moreau with the word “Wanted” on it outside a local government building in Creuse, in an effort to protest against his support of CETA.[7]
In September 2020, Moreau publicly endorsed Aurore Bergé in an internal vote to succeed Gilles Le Gendre as chair of the LREM parliamentary group; however, the role went to Christophe Castaner.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rym Momtaz (22 October 2019), School of hard knocks for Macron’s MPs Politico Europe.
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Rym Momtaz (22 October 2019), School of hard knocks for Macron’s MPs Politico Europe.
- ^ Jean-Baptiste Moreau French National Assembly.
- ^ "Législatives - Qui est Catherine Couturier, la nouvelle députée Nupes de la Creuse ?" (in French). France Bleu Creuse. 19 June 2022.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde (in French).
- ^ Sudip Kar-Gupta (13 August 2019), 'Wanted' - Macron farming MP targeted in latest French protest Reuters.
- ^ Elizabeth Pineau (9 September 2020), Castaner et Bergé finalistes pour diriger le groupe LaRem à l'Assemblée Reuters.