Carole Grandjean (born 18 May 1983) is a French politician of
La République En Marche!
Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...
(LREM) who has been serving as Minister for Education and Vocational Training in the
government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
of
Prime Minister
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Élisabeth Borne
Élisabeth Borne (; born 18 April 1961) is a French politician who has served as Prime Minister of France since May 2022. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance.
A civil engineer, government official and manager of sta ...
since 2022. From the 2017 elections to 2022, she was a member of the
French National Assembly
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Meurthe-et-Moselle
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Political career
In parliament, Grandjean served as member of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs. On the Committee on Social Affairs, she was her parliamentary group's co-rapporteur on the government's pension reform plans since 2020, alongside
Guillaume Gouffier-Cha
Guillaume Gouffier-Cha (born 1 February 1986) is a French 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 Val-de-Marne.
...
,
Jacques Maire
Jacques Maire (born 4 April 1962) is a French politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 8th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).
Career
In Parliament, M ...
and Corinne Vignon.
In addition to her committee assignments, Grandjean was a member of the French-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2019, she was also a member of the French delegation to the
Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly
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.
Political positions
In 2018, Grandjean joined other co-signatories around
Sébastien Nadot
Sébastien Nadot (born 8 July 1972 in Fleurance (Gers)), is a French historian, writer and politician. In the 2017 elections, he was elected as a member of La République En Marche! to the French National Assembly, representing the departmen ...
in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of
Saudi Crown Prince
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Mohammed bin Salman
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to Paris.
In July 2019, Grandjean voted in favor of the French ratification of the
European Union
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’s
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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(CETA) with
Canada
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Le Monde
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''.
See also
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2017 French legislative election
Legislative elections in France were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by ...