Cyrielle Chatelain
{{Short description|French politician (born 1987)}}
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{{infobox Politician
| name = Cyrielle Chatelain
| image = Cyrielle Chatelain crop.jpg
| caption = Cyrielle Chatelain in 2022
| office = President of the Ecologist Group in the National Assembly
| term_start = 23 June 2022
| predecessor = Cécile Duflot
| office2 = Member of the National Assembly
for Isère's 2nd constituency
| term_start2 = 22 June 2022
| predecessor2 = Jean-Charles Colas-Roy
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|07|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Montbéliard, France
| party = The Ecologists
| children = 2
}}
Cyrielle Chatelain (born 15 July 1987) is a French politician. She was one of two co-presidents of the Ecologist Group in the National Assembly of France in 2022, and the deputy for Isère's 2nd constituency.{{cite news|url=https://reporterre.net/Cyrielle-Chatelain-l-ecolo-qui-secoue-l-Assemblee|title=Cyrielle Chatelain, l'écolo qui secoue l'Assemblée|author= Amélie Quentel (photographer= Mathieu Génon)|newspaper=Reporterre|access-date=27 August 2023|language=fr-fr}}
Early life and professional career
Cyrielle Chatelain comes from a family of left-wing activists – her parents, both special education teachers, support Greenpeace and the anti-nuclear movement.{{cite news|author=Rachel Garrat-Valcarcel |title=Assemblée nationale : Cyrielle Chatelain, l'inconnue verte à suivre |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/4006555-20221024-assemblee-nationale-cyrielle-chatelain-inconnue-verte-suivre |date=24 October 2022 |website=20minutes.fr |access-date=27 August 2023|language=fr-fr}} Her father, Philippe, was a candidate in the 2007 legislative elections in the first constituency of Haute-Saône; she put up posters for him on that occasion.{{cite news |last1=Nelken |first1=Sacha |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, en vert de lance |url=https://www.liberation.fr/portraits/cyrielle-chatelain-en-vert-de-lance-20231218_FUHHAZGUJVH3TGA52IJM2K6DUA |work=Libération |language=fr}}
She joined the Greens in 2006, at the age of 18, and held the position of federal co-secretary of the Young Ecologists from 2008 to 2010.{{cite news |last1=Nelken |first1=Sacha |title=EE-LV : Cyrielle Chatelain, méconnue mais calée |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/ee-lv-cyrielle-chatelain-meconnue-mais-calee-20221024_FKE54RWEAVEZHAYCPTNQ7WL4Q4/ |work=Libération |language=fr}}{{cite news |last1=Nelken |first1=Sacha |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, en vert de lance |url=https://www.liberation.fr/portraits/cyrielle-chatelain-en-vert-de-lance-20231218_FUHHAZGUJVH3TGA52IJM2K6DUA |work=Libération |language=fr}} She works for a federation of housing integration associations.{{cite news |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, une écologiste encore peu connue, "sérieuse" et au service du "collectif" |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20221024-cyrielle-chatelain-une-%C3%A9cologiste-encore-peu-connue-s%C3%A9rieuse-et-au-service-du-collectif |work=France 24 |date=24 October 2022 |language=fr}}
She holds a double bachelor's degree in philosophy and political science, and a master's in entrepreneurship in the social economy.{{cite news |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, l'écolo qui secoue l'Assemblée |url=https://reporterre.net/Cyrielle-Chatelain-l-ecolo-qui-secoue-l-Assemblee |work=Reporterre, le média de l'écologie - Indépendant et en accès libre |date=29 December 2022 |language=fr}}
From 2012 to 2014, she worked as a parliamentary assistant to Éric Alauzet, an ecologist deputy from the Doubs region, and from 2015 to 2018, she was in charge of the housing file in the office of Christophe Ferrari, President of the Grenoble Metropolitan Council.{{cite news |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, l’inconnue verte à suivre |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/4006555-20221024-assemblee-nationale-cyrielle-chatelain-inconnue-verte-suivre |work=20 Minutes |date=24 October 2022 |language=fr}} In this role, she is responsible for housing the homeless and runs outreach campaigns with Grenoble's SAMU Social.{{cite news |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, l’inconnue verte à suivre |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/4006555-20221024-assemblee-nationale-cyrielle-chatelain-inconnue-verte-suivre |work=20 Minutes |date=24 October 2022 |language=fr}} From 2020 until her election as Member of Parliament, she served as a technical advisor to Bruno Bernard, President of the Lyon Metropolitan Council.{{cite web |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, l’inconnue verte à suivre |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/politique/4006555-20221024-assemblee-nationale-cyrielle-chatelain-inconnue-verte-suivre |website=20 Minutes |language=fr |date=24 October 2022}}
In 2014, she campaigned for her party not to join the First Valls government after the departures of Cécile Duflot and Pascal Canfin. In the 2021 Green party presidential primary, she supports Éric Piolle. He presents her as one of "the three people responsible for building [his] program".{{cite news |last1=Nelken |first1=Sacha |title=EE-LV : Cyrielle Chatelain, méconnue mais calée |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/ee-lv-cyrielle-chatelain-meconnue-mais-calee-20221024_FKE54RWEAVEZHAYCPTNQ7WL4Q4/ |work=Libération |language=fr}}
Political career
Following her election to the National Assembly in 2022, she was joint president of the Ecologist Group in the assembly with Julien Bayou. In September 2022, Bayou withdrew from leadership after accusations of psychological violence from an ex-partner, leaving Chatelain as sole president of the group.{{Cite news|author = Victoria Koussa |date=2022-09-27 |title=Affaire Julien Bayou : Cyrielle Chatelain va présider seule le groupe écologiste à l'Assemblée nationale, une "gestion collégiale" du parti EELV actée |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/politique/eelv/affaire-julien-bayou-cyrielle-chatelain-va-presider-seule-le-groupe-ecologiste-a-l-assemblee-nationale_5383846.html |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}
Election
As part of the New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) coalition for the 2022 legislative elections, and still affiliated with The Ecologists (EELV), Cyrielle Chatelain is running in Isère's 2nd constituency, with Alban Rosa, La France Insoumise municipal councilor in Échirolles, as her deputy. On June 19, 2022, she won the election against incumbent MP Jean-Charles Colas-Roy (La République en marche) with 52.13% of the vote. In doing so, she has brought back to the left a constituency with a long-standing left-wing tradition.
On June 23, 2022, she was elected co-chair of the ecologist group with Julien Bayou.{{cite news |title=Assemblée : Bayou et Chatelain « coprésidents » du groupe des Verts |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/assemblee-bayou-et-chatelain-copresidents-du-groupe-des-verts-23-06-2022-2480758_20.php |work=Le Point |date=23 June 2022 |language=fr}} Unknown to the general public at the time, she was chosen unanimously, despite the fact that several better-known personalities, such as Sandrine Rousseau and Delphine Batho, had been shortlisted.{{cite news |last1=Nelken |first1=Sacha |title=EE-LV : Cyrielle Chatelain, méconnue mais calée |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/ee-lv-cyrielle-chatelain-meconnue-mais-calee-20221024_FKE54RWEAVEZHAYCPTNQ7WL4Q4/ |work=Libération |language=fr}} Equal co-presidency is a standard practice for the Ecologist Group, already in force during the 2012-2017 term. Following Julien Bayou's withdrawal from the co-presidency on September 27, 2022, Cyrielle Chatelain assumed the role of sole president.{{cite news |title=Qui est Cyrielle Chatelain qui remplace Julien Bayou à la tête des députés écolos |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/politique/article/qui-est-cyrielle-chatelain-qui-remplace-julien-bayou-a-la-tete-du-groupe-eelv-a-l-assemblee_208286.html |work=Le HuffPost |date=27 September 2022 |language=fr}}
Legislative activity
At the French National Assembly, she sits on the National Defence and Armed Forces Committee.
On October 24, 2022, she tabled the NUPES intergroup's first motion of censure against the Élisabeth Borne government following the use of Article 49.3 to engage the government's responsibility for the 2023 Finance Bill in order to shorten parliamentary debate.{{cite news |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, une écologiste encore peu connue, "sérieuse" et au service du "collectif" |url=https://www.france24.com/fr/info-en-continu/20221024-cyrielle-chatelain-une-%C3%A9cologiste-encore-peu-connue-s%C3%A9rieuse-et-au-service-du-collectif |work=France 24 |date=24 October 2022 |language=fr}}
She worked actively on the law to accelerate the production of renewable energies.{{cite news |title=Cyrielle Chatelain, l'écolo qui secoue l'Assemblée |url=https://reporterre.net/Cyrielle-Chatelain-l-ecolo-qui-secoue-l-Assemblee |work=Reporterre, le média de l'écologie - Indépendant et en accès libre |date=29 December 2022 |language=fr}}
On December 6, 2023, she tabled a motion for prior rejection of the immigration bill, which was adopted by the National Assembly on December 11, 2023, leading Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin to submit his resignation, which was promptly rejected by French President Emmanuel Macron.{{cite news |title=Loi immigration: la macronie s’inquiète d’une motion de rejet préalable à l'Assemblée |url=https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/loi-immigration-la-macronie-sinquiete-dune-motion-de-rejet-prealable-a-lassemblee |work=l'Opinion |date=6 December 2023 |language=fr}}{{cite news |last1=Besse |first1=Sébastien |title=Motion de rejet du projet de loi immigration : ce qu'ont voté les députés d'Eure-et-Loir et du Sud-Yvelines |url=https://www.lechorepublicain.fr/chartres-28000/actualites/motion-de-rejet-du-projet-de-loi-immigration-ce-qu-ont-vote-les-deputes-d-eure-et-loir-et-du-sud-yvelines_14419398/ |work=L’Écho Républicain |date=11 December 2023 |language=fr}}{{cite news |title=Loi immigration : Gérald Darmanin a proposé sa démission qui a été "refusée" par Emmanuel Macron |url=https://www.rtl.fr/actu/politique/loi-immigration-gerald-darmanin-a-propose-sa-demission-qui-a-ete-refusee-par-emmanuel-macron-7900330738 |work=www.rtl.fr |date=11 December 2023 |language=fr-FR}}
=Legislative elections 2024=
Under the New Popular Front banner, Cyrielle Chatelain was re-elected in the 2024 legislative elections with 62.07% of the vote against Édouard Robert of the National Rally.{{cite news |title=Législatives - 2e circonscription de l’Isère. Cyrielle Chatelain (NFP) conserve son siège... et espère garder la présidence du groupe écolo |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/elections/2024/07/07/legislatives-2e-circonscription-isere-cyrielle-chatelain-(nfp)-conserve-son-siege-et-espere-garder-la-presidence-du-groupe-ecolo |work=www.ledauphine.com |date=7 July 2024 |language=FR-fr}} On July 16, she was re-elected president of the ecologist and social group at the French National Assembly.{{cite news |title=Cyrielle Chatelain élue présidente du groupe Écologiste et social à l'Assemblée nationale |url=https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/parlement/cyrielle-chatelain-elue-presidente-du-groupe-ecologiste-et-social-a-l-assemblee-nationale_AV-202407160541.html |work=BFMTV |date=16 July 2024 |language=fr}}
At one stage, she was considered as a candidate for the presidency of the National Assembly on behalf of the New Popular Front;{{cite news |title=10 choses à savoir sur Cyrielle Chatelain, la cheffe du groupe écolo pressentie à la présidence de l’Assemblée |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20240717.OBS91244/10-choses-a-savoir-sur-cyrielle-chatelain-la-cheffe-du-groupe-ecolo-pressentie-a-la-presidence-de-l-assemblee.html |work=Le Nouvel Obs |date=17 July 2024 |language=fr}} in the end, the Communist deputy André Chassaigne was designated by the coalition as its candidate for the perch.{{cite news |last1=Nelken |first1=Sacha |title=Le Nouveau Front populaire choisit André Chassaigne comme candidat pour la présidence de l’Assemblée nationale |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/le-nouveau-front-populaire-choisit-andre-chassaigne-comme-candidat-pour-la-presidence-de-lassemblee-nationale-20240717_RJM2CZGPLJHEDA7Q44HQYKUKXY/ |work=Libération |language=fr}}
Personal life
Cyrielle Chatelain lives in Eybens, a commune in her constituency in the Grenoble conurbation, with her partner, a doctor in information-communication. She is the mother of two daughters.{{cite news |title=Législatives 2022. Cinq nouveaux députés en Isère : qui sont-ils ? |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/elections/2022/06/22/cinq-nouveaux-deputes-en-isere-qui-sont-ils |work=www.ledauphine.com |date=22 June 2022 |language=FR-fr}}
References
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External links
- [http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA794008 Her page on the site of the National Assembly]
- [https://www.cyriellechatelain.fr/ Official site]
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