Françoise Grossetête (born 17 May 1946 in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

) is a French politician who served as

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for the South-East of France from 1994 until 2019. She is a member of The Republicans; part of the European People's Party.

Early life and career

* Degree in public law and political science (1969) – Higher Certificate in Social and Labour Law (1969). * Lecturer in law in higher education (1969–1974) * Parliamentary assistant (1988–1997)

Political career

Career in French politics

* Federal secretary, Loire Republican Party (1984–1994) * Member of the Démocratie Libérale policy bureau and national secretary for equal opportunities (until 1998) * National Vice-Chairwoman of the DL party, with responsibility for European and environmental issues (until 2002) * National secretary of the UMP (since 2002) and Vice-Chairwoman of the Loire UMP Federation (2002) * Member of Saint-Étienne Municipal Council (1983–2001) * Member of

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(1986–1998) * Member of the Saint-Étienne Métropole Urban Area Community Council (since 2001) * Second Deputy Mayor of Saint-Étienne (since 2001)

Member of the European Parliament, 1994–2019

Grossetête was first elected

in the 1994 European elections. Throughout her time in office, she served on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In this capacity, she was the Parliament’s

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on veterinary medicines. In 2010, she led the Parliament’s negotiations the directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare. In 2016, Grossetête also joined the Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector. She previously served as member of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change (2007-2009), the Temporary Committee on Improving Safety at Sea (2003-2004) and the Temporary Committee on

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(2002). She represented the Parliament at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in

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. In addition to her committee assignments, Grossetête was a member of the Parliament’s delegation for relations EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee since 2014. She previously served as a member of the delegations with the Gulf States, including

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, (2004-2014), with Australia and

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(2007-2009), and with

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(1994-2004), among others. From 2010 to 2011, she also served as co-coordinator of the European Parliament’s High-Level Contact Group for Relations with the Turkish Cypriot Community in the Northern Part of the Island (CYTR). Ahead of the

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, Grossetête lost her spot at the top of the UMP party list for the southwest constituency to Renaud Muselier and instead became number two on the list. After the elections, she was voted vice chairwoman of the

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(EPP) under the leadership of chairman

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. In 2014, Grossetête proposed to establish a European Parliament Intergroup on Health for Citizens, including stakeholders such as the European Cancer Patients Association and the Organisation for European Cancer Institutes. She is a member of the MEP Heart Group (sponsored by the European Heart Network (EHN) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)), a group of parliamentarians who have an interest in promoting measures that will help reduce the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In 2015, Grossetête and Jacek Saryusz-Wolski guided the EPP’s working groups on economy and environment and foreign affairs in developing options for getting the EU to speak with a unified voice on external energy security matters.

Other activities

* French Federation of Regional Parks, First Vice-Chairwoman * Pilat Regional Natural Park, Chairwoman of the Administration (since 1989) * Loire departmental air quality network, Chairwoman (since 1991)

Political positions

Following the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s

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membership, Grossetête proposed that her hometown

should be the new location for the London-based European Medicines Agency.Peter O’Donnell (June 30, 2016)
Lyon pitched to house EMA post Brexit
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''.

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grossetete, Francoise 1946 births Living people Politicians from Lyon MEPs for France 1994–1999 MEPs for France 1999–2004 MEPs for South-East France 2004–2009 MEPs for South-East France 2009–2014 MEPs for South-East France 2014–2019 Union for a Popular Movement MEPs The Republicans (France) MEPs 20th-century women MEPs for France 21st-century women MEPs for France