David Cormand

{{short description|French politician (born 1974)}}

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| party = The Greens {{nowrap|(1999–2010)}}
Europe Ecology – The Greens {{nowrap|(2010–present)}}

| image = David Cormand 2016 Pantin (cropped).jpg

| caption = Cormand in June 2016

| constituency = France

| term_start = 2 July 2019

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| office = Member of the European Parliament

| office1 = National secretary of {{nowrap|Europe Ecology – The Greens}}

| term_start1 = 11 February 2016

| term_end1 = 30 November 2019

| predecessor1 = Emmanuelle Cosse

| successor1 = Julien Bayou

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| birth_place = Mont-Saint-Aignan, France

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| nationality = French

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| alma_mater = University of Rouen

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David Cormand (born 30 November 1974) is a French politician who was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/elections/europeennes/elections-europeennes-qui-sont-les-79-eurodeputes-elus-en-france-6369754|title=Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?|last=CAZENAVE|first=Fabien|date=2019-05-27|website=Ouest-France.fr|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-03}}{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead |publisher=European Parliament |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=20 May 2017}}{{cite web |title=Key dates ahead|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702|publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 May 2019 |language=en |date=22 May 2017}} and re-elected in 2024.{{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}} A member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV), he was its national secretary from 2016 to 2019. Cormand also served as a regional councillor of Haute-Normandie from 2007 to 2015 and a municipal councillor of Canteleu from 2001 until 2020.

Political career

In the European Parliament, Cormand has served on the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection. In 2020, he also joined the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112124345/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf |date=12 November 2021 }} European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.

In addition to his committee assignments, Cormand is part of the European Parliament's delegations with the Korean Peninsula and to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.[http://www2.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197503/DAVID_CORMAND/home David Cormand] European Parliament. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.[http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831215301/http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ |date=31 August 2019 }} European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

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