Damien Carême

Damien Carême
MEP
Damien Carême in 2022
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1960-11-16) 16 November 1960 (age 64)
Joeuf, France
Political partyLa France Insoumise (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Party (until 2015)
Europe Ecology – The Greens (2015–2023)

Damien Carême (born 16 November 1960) is a French politician of La France Insoumise. He has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019[1] and was re-elected in 2024.[2]

Political career

A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), Carême served as mayor of Grande-Synthe from 2001 until 2019. During his time in office, he worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on constructing the first purpose-built camp in France to provide proper, humanitarian-standard shelter to about 2,500 refugees in response to the French government's closure of the port of Calais during the European migrant crisis in 2016.[3][4] He endorsed Benoît Hamon ahead of the 2017 French presidential election.[5]

In the European Parliament, Carême serves on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He was his parliamentary group's shadow rapporteur on a non-binding 2021 motion in support of using “low-carbon hydrogen” made from fossil gas as a bridge towards 100% renewable production.[6]

In addition to his committee assignments, Carême is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with South Africa.[7]

Personal life

Carême is divorced and has two children;[8] one of them is Baptiste Carême.

References

  1. ^ CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Européennes 2024 : qui sont les 81 députés français élus au Parlement ?". Le Monde.fr (in French). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ Angelique Chrisafis (February 28, 2016), MSF to open camp for refugees sleeping rough near Dunkirk The Guardian.
  4. ^ James McAuley (April 29, 2016), Small-town politicians can make life heaven or hell for migrants in France The Washington Post.
  5. ^ Sylvain Mouillard (March 20, 2017), Damien Carême, hôte estime Libération.
  6. ^ Nikolaus J. Kurmayer (May 20, 2021), EU Parliament backs ‘low-carbon’ hydrogen, despite Green opposition Euractiv.
  7. ^ Damien Carême European Parliament.
  8. ^ Sylvain Mouillard (March 20, 2017), Damien Carême, hôte estime Libération.


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