Jean-Baptiste Moreau (politician)

Jean-Baptiste Moreau (born 14 February 1977) is a French cattle farmer[1] and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Creuse.[2]

Jean-Baptiste Moreau
Member of the National Assembly
for Creuse
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byMichel Vergnier
Personal details
Born (1977-02-14) 14 February 1977
Guéret, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
ProfessionFarmer

Political career

In parliament, Moreau serves 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 chairs the French-Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group.[4]

Political positions

In July 2019, Moreau voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[5] 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 CETA.[6]

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.[7]

See also

References
  1. Rym Momtaz (22 October 2019), School of hard knocks for Macron’s MPs Politico Europe.
  2. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. Rym Momtaz (22 October 2019), School of hard knocks for Macron’s MPs Politico Europe.
  4. Jean-Baptiste Moreau French National Assembly.
  5. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde (in French).
  6. Sudip Kar-Gupta (13 August 2019), 'Wanted' - Macron farming MP targeted in latest French protest Reuters.
  7. Elizabeth Pineau (9 September 2020), Castaner et Bergé finalistes pour diriger le groupe LaRem à l'Assemblée Reuters.
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