Jérémy Decerle

Jérémy Decerle
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for France
In office
2 July 2019[1][2] – 15 July 2024
Personal details
Born (1984-07-01) 1 July 1984 (age 40)
Saint-Rémy, France
Political partyRenew Europe (French delegation)
OccupationFarmer and politician
Websitehttps://jeremydecerle.eu/

Jérémy Decerle (born 1 July 1984 in Saône-et-Loire) is a Charolais breeder,[3] French politician and former trade unionist. He was president of the "Young Farmers" union from 2016 to 2019, before being elected Member of the European Parliament in 2019,[4] on the list supported by Emmanuel Macron.[5]

Biography

Family

Jérémy Decerle was born in Saône-et-Loire. He grew up and lived in Chevagny-sur-Guye, in a family of farmers.[6] His father Daniel Decerle was the socialist mayor of his commune and general councillor of the canton of La Guiche until his death in 2008. He is also the nephew of Christian Decerle, president of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Chamber of Agriculture.[7]

Farmer

He studied at the Saint-Gengoux-le-National secondary school, at the Ressins private agricultural high school in Nandax (Loire),[6] before obtaining his professional agricultural baccalaureate[8] in Gueugnon.[5] He then went to Brazil to work on a dairy farm.[9] At the age of 24, he took over the family farm[8] after his father's death.[6] In 2019, his farm counts a hundred Charolais cattle on 100 ha.[10]

Trade unionist and local representative

He started his involvement in trade unionism at the age of sixteen with "Jeunes agriculteurs (JA)",[6] an independent union[11] close to the FNSEA.[12] He joined the organization's board in 2012.[7] Two years later, he was elected vice president in charge of generational renewal.[13] On 2 June 2016 he became president.[7] During his term as president, he was particularly involved in generational renewal, and played an active role in the States General of Food (ÉGAlim).[14] At that time, he was also vice-president of AFDI (French farmers and international development).[15]

In addition, he was elected municipal councilor of his village in 2008[16] and re-elected in the 2014[17] and 2020 elections.[18]

Member of the European Parliament

Election

Candidate in the European elections of 2019, he ranked fourth on the Renaissance list of La République en marche.[19] He withdrew from the presidency of the JA in March of the same year.[20]

During the electoral campaign, he "defended a human-sized agriculture, respectful of the environment, [and] harmonized between the member countries of the European Union".[8]

Since the beginning of his mandate, he is assisted by Marie-Julie Fayard (former parliamentary assistant to MEPs Arnaud Danjean and Anne Sander),[21] as well as Aurélien Vaucelle, former director of Young Farmers.[22] In March 2020, Victoria Zuza, former parliamentary assistant to British MP Martin Horwood (who lost his seat during the Brexit), also joined the team.[23]

Parliamentary activities

He sits in the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) as a full member, and in the Committee on International Trade (INTA) as a substitute. He is also involved in the Parliament's delegation for relations with Brazil.[24] and for relations with the Pan-African Parliament.[25]

Legislative work

Within the framework of his mandate, he was shadow rapporteur for Renew on several regulations related to the CAP reform.[26] His profession as a breeder allowed him to establish himself as one of the pillars of his group on agricultural issues.[27] After the adoption of the new CAP,[28] he decided to share his experience as an MEP by undertaking, on 26 January 2020, a tour throughout France to explain/relay the major advances of the reform but also collect the expectations of farmers.[29]

He was then appointed rapporteur of an evaluation report of the European Parliament analyzing the current European legislation on animal welfare on farms.[30] The report was widely adopted on 16 February 2022[31] and was welcomed by the profession.[32] He has also been the rapporteur for a number of other subjects related to agriculture and international trade.[30]

In the autumn of 2022, as rapporteur for his political group, he began work on the proposed revision of EU legislation on industrial emissions (of great concern to livestock farmers).[33]

In addition, he serves as the main rapporteur for the European Parliament on the drafting of the institution's position on the revision of the EU Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN).[34]

Other activities as MEP

Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, he joined a working group on "Food Security", led by Dacian Ciolos and including several members of the Renew group.[35] The aim is to evaluate and anticipate the impact of the conflict on food supply in Europe and the whole world.[36] In this context, he travelled to Western Ukraine in June 2022 to meet with various actors in the Ukrainian agricultural sector.[36]

References

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Jérémy Decerle, député européen". Agribourgogne - Terres de Bourgogne (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. ^ Cazenave, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Élections européennes. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Elections européennes : Jérémy Decercle, 4e sur la liste Renaissance, fait campagne à Verruyes dans les Deux-Sèvres". France 3 Nouvelle-Aquitaine (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d "Chevagny-Sur-Guye - Élections européennes. Jérémy Decerle, " un gamin du village " élu député européen". www.lejsl.com (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Saône-et-Loire - jeunes agriculteurs. Jérémy Decerle élu président national". www.lejsl.com (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  8. ^ a b c Fanette Bon et Camille Mordelet (26 March 2019). "Jérémy Decerle, un Jeune Agriculteur en 4e position sur la liste LREM aux européennes". Ouest France. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Curriculum vitae | Jérémy DECERLE | Députés | Parlement européen". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Politique. Elections européennes : Jérémy Decerle (Renaissance) invité en Meuse". www.estrepublicain.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Qui sommes-nous ?". Jeunes Agriculteurs (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Deux paysans en campagne, deux visions antagonistes de l'agriculture pour l'Europe". Le HuffPost (in French). 14 May 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  13. ^ magazine, Le Point (2 March 2016). "Les jeunes générations d'agriculteurs veulent ignorer la crise". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  14. ^ Debrix, Thomas (26 March 2019). "Communiqué de presse - Jérémy Decerle est candidat aux élections européennes" (PDF). Jeunes Agriculteurs. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  15. ^ afdi_intranet (18 December 2018). "Intervention de Jérémy Decerle, vice président Afdi à la Convention du Roppa". Afdi - Agriculteurs français et développement international (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  16. ^ Ministère de l'Intérieur. "Résultats des élections municipales 2008". Intérieur.gouv (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  17. ^ Ministère de l'Intérieur. "Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2014". Intérieur.gouv (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Municipales 2020 : les résultats à Chevagny-sur-Guye". election-municipale.linternaute.com (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  19. ^ "Elections européennes 2019 : les candidats de la liste La République en Marche (LaREM)". Touteleurope.eu (in French). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  20. ^ "Européennes: les agriculteurs partagés sur la présence de l'un d'eux sur la liste LREM". L'Obs (in French). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  21. ^ "Au Parlement européen, LRM mise sur les assistants expérimentés - Contexte". www.contexte.com (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  22. ^ "Le directeur de JA va rejoindre Jérémy Decerle à Bruxelles - Contexte". www.contexte.com (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  23. ^ "Assistants de Jérémy Decerle". Parlement européen. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  24. ^ Jérémy Decerle European Parliament.
  25. ^ "Accueil | Jérémy DECERLE | Députés | Parlement européen". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  26. ^ "Renew Europe oeuvre à une politique agricole commune…". Renew Europe (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  27. ^ "Jérémy Decerle, paysan, eurodéputé, mais pas hors-sol". La Croix (in French). 2 December 2021. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  28. ^ "Le Parlement européen adopte une nouvelle PAC, après de longs débats". Le Monde.fr (in French). 23 November 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  29. ^ Violette, Christophe (26 January 2022). "Agriculture. Un eurodéputé se lance dans un tour de France pour lever les doutes sur la Pac". Ouest France. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  30. ^ a b "Rapport(s) - en tant que rapporteur | Jérémy DECERLE | Députés | Parlement européen". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  31. ^ "Bien-être animal : une harmonisation plutôt qu'un renforcement des règles". SillonBelge.be (in French). 7 March 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  32. ^ "Bien-être animal : l'adoption du rapport Decerle par le Parlement européen saluée par la FNSEA". Portail Réussir (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  33. ^ "It is totally unreasonable to include the agricultural sector in the Industrial Emission Directive! | European Livestock Voice". meatthefacts.eu. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  34. ^ "Procedure File: 2022/0192(COD) | Legislative Observatory | European Parliament". oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  35. ^ "AGENCE EUROPE - Le groupe Renew Europe au PE présente ses idées s..." agenceurope.eu. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  36. ^ a b "Jérémy Decerle, de retour d'une mission en Ukraine : "Faire sortir les stocks alimentaires c'est l'urgence absolue"". creusot-infos.com (in French). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
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