Christophe Clergeau
{{Short description|French politician from the Socialist Party (born 1959)}}
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Socialist Party
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Party of European Socialists
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| term_start = 2 June 2023
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| office1 = National Secretary of the Socialist Party for Europe
| term_start1 = 22 June 2019
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| office2 = Member of the Regional Council of Pays-de-la-Loire
| term_start2 = 28 March 2004
| constituency2 = Loire-Atlantique
| president2 = Jacques Auxiette
Bruno Retailleau
Christelle Morançais
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21 March 2010
13 December 2015
27 June 2021
| office3 = First Vice-président of the Regional Council of Pays-de-la-Loire
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|term_start3 = 2010
|term_end3 = 2015
|president3 = Jacques Auxiette
|office4 = First Deputy Mayor of Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire
|term_start4 = 21 October 2007
|term_end4 = 30 March 2014
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|1namedata4 = Bernard Aunette
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| birth_place = Nantes, France
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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.{{cite web |title=Européennes 2024 : qui sont les 81 députés français élus au Parlement ? |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2024/06/10/europeennes-2024-qui-sont-les-81-deputes-francais-elus-au-parlement_6238406_4355770.html |website=Le Monde.fr |access-date=3 July 2024 |language=fr |date=10 June 2024}} He has been a regional councillor for Pays de la Loire since 2004.
Political career
Between 1991 and 1994 he chaired the Young Rocardians movement.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-29 |title=Le conseiller régional socialiste Christophe Clergeau deviendra député européen en juin prochain |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/le-conseiller-regional-socialiste-christophe-clergeau-deviendra-depute-europeen-en-juin-prochain-1c7260e0-ce4f-11ed-bbf3-e1e726281547 |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Ouest-France.fr |language=fr}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Ensemble No. 190 |url=http://ps44.fr/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/E190.pdf |access-date=2015-03-26 |website=ps44.fr}} 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.{{Cite web |title=Nomination : Christophe Clergeau entre au conseil d'administration de l'Afii {{!}} API - E-lettre du 15/07/13 |url=http://www.agence-api.fr/actualite/lettre-3094/information-144907.html |access-date=2015-03-26 |website=www.agence-api.fr}}
He was vice-president of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire between 2009 and 2015.
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.{{Cite web |last=magazine |first=Le Point |date=2023-06-05 |title=Christophe Clergeau : Biographie et articles – Le Point |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/tags/christophe-clergeau |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=Le Point.fr |language=fr}}
Since 2019, Clergeau has been National Secretary for Europe of the Socialist Party.{{cite web|access-date=2023-06-05|date=2023-03-29|language=fr|title=Le conseiller régional socialiste Christophe Clergeau deviendra député européen en juin prochain|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/le-conseiller-regional-socialiste-christophe-clergeau-deviendra-depute-europeen-en-juin-prochain-1c7260e0-ce4f-11ed-bbf3-e1e726281547|website=Ouest-France.fr}} 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=
On 2 June 2023, Clergeau became a Member of the European Parliament, replacing Éric Andrieu, who resigned.{{Cite web |date=1968-09-01 |title=Home {{!}} Christophe CLERGEAU {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/245018/CHRISTOPHE_CLERGEAU/home |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-03-30 |title=Le Nantais Christophe Clergeau va siéger au Parlement européen à partir du 2 juin 2023 |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/europe/le-nantais-christophe-clergeau-va-sieger-au-parlement-europeen-a-partir-du-2-juin-2023-fb4a33b2-ce4d-11ed-bbf3-e1e726281547 |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=Presse Océan |language=fr}}
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.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/245018/CHRISTOPHE_CLERGEAU/home Christophe Clergeau] European Parliament. In this capacity, he has been his group’s rapporteur on a European Commission proposal to legalize new gene-editing technologies for crops (2023).Paula Andrés (11 December 2023), [https://www.politico.eu/article/gmo-agriculture-farming-low-speed-zone-europes-super-crops-revolution-hits-bottleneck/ Low-speed zone: Europe’s super crops revolution hits bottleneck] Politico Europe.
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.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/245018/CHRISTOPHE_CLERGEAU/home Christophe Clergeau] European Parliament.
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See also
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Category:MEPs for France 2019–2024
Category:Socialist Party (France) MEPs
Category:Members of the Regional Council of Pays de la Loire