Catherine Grèze (born 1960) is a French politician who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

from 2009 until 2014, representing the South-West France constituency. She is a member of Europe Écologie–The Greens in the

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region since 1985 and participate in the

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organization. In the 2009 European elections, Grèze was the second candidate on the Europe Écologie list in the South-West region, behind José Bové, and was elected to the

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due to the list's surprisingly high 15.82% of the vote in the constituency. She signed the

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Manifesto in favour of a Federal Europe.

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* 1960 births Living people MEPs for South-West France 2009–2014 21st-century women MEPs for France Europe Ecology – The Greens MEPs {{France-MEP-stub