Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (born 28 March 1974) is a French lawyer and politician of

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who has been serving as a

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since

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Early career

In the late 1990s, Yon-Courtin spent nearly two years working at the

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. before moving to law firms

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and

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. She later worked as advisor to France's Competition Authority from 2007 until 2010.

Political career

Ahead of the

2017 French legislative election Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 Member of Parliament (France), members of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Rep ...

, Yon-Courtin ran for the Republicans' nomination in

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. Since entering the European Parliament, Yon-Courtin has been serving on the

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. In this capacity, she is the parliament's

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competition law Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement. It is also known as antitrust ...

and the 2021 Digital Markets Act. In addition to her committee assignments, Yon-Courtin chairs the Parliament's delegation for relations with

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. She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital, the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights, the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development, the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas and the

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group. Yon-Courtin was re-elected as an MEP in

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Political positions

In a 2022 letter to

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, Oceans and Fisheries

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, Yon-Courtin – together with Pierre Karleskind and

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– urged the EU to take measures to end British water treatment facilities’ discharges of raw sewage into shared waters, part of what they argued was an unacceptable lowering of environmental standards since

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.Philip Blenkinsop (26 August 26, 2022)
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References

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