Grégory Besson-Moreau (born 7 July 1982) is a French politician of

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(LREM) who was a member of the

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from

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to 2022, representing the department of

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Political career

In parliament, Besson-Moreau served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs. In 2018, he led the Assembly's special enquiry into a 2017

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outbreak at a

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milk factory that led to dozens of babies falling ill. In addition to his committee assignments, Besson-Moreau was part of the French-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French Parliamentary Friendship Group with the

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. He lost his seat in the 2022 election to Jordan Guitton of

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Political positions

In July 2019, Besson-Moreau voted in favor of the French ratification of the

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Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA; French: ''accord économique et commercial global'', AECG; German: ''Umfassendes Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommen'') is a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union and its ...

(CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés
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1982 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians People from Seine-et-Marne Politicians from Île-de-France Members of Parliament for Aube {{France-politician-LREM-stub

Political career

Political positions

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