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

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]

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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