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 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
Member of the National Assembly
for Creuse
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byMichel Vergnier
Succeeded byCatherine Couturier
Personal details
Born (1977-02-14) 14 February 1977
Guéret, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!
ProfessionFarmer

Political career

In 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

In 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

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. "Législatives - Qui est Catherine Couturier, la nouvelle députée Nupes de la Creuse ?" (in French). France Bleu Creuse. 19 June 2022.
  6. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde (in French).
  7. Sudip Kar-Gupta (13 August 2019), 'Wanted' - Macron farming MP targeted in latest French protest Reuters.
  8. Elizabeth Pineau (9 September 2020), Castaner et Bergé finalistes pour diriger le groupe LaRem à l'Assemblée Reuters.
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