Damien Carême

Damien Carême (born 16 November 1960) is a French politician of La France Insoumise who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[1]

Damien Carême
MEP
Damien Carême in 2022
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1960-11-16) 16 November 1960
Joeuf, France
Political partyLa France Insoumise (2024–present)
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Party (until 2015)
Europe Ecology – The Greens (2015–2023)

Political career

A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), Carême served as mayor of Grande-Synthe from 2001 until 2019. During his time in office, he worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on constructing the first purpose-built camp in France to provide proper, humanitarian-standard shelter to about 2,500 refugees in response to the French government's closure of the port of Calais during the European migrant crisis in 2016.[2][3] He endorsed Benoît Hamon ahead of the 2017 French presidential election.[4]

In the European Parliament, Carême serves on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He was his parliamentary group's shadow rapporteur on a non-binding 2021 motion in support of using “low-carbon hydrogen” made from fossil gas as a bridge towards 100% renewable production.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Carême is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with South Africa.[6]

Personal life

Carême is divorced and has two children;[7] one of them is Baptiste Carême.

References
  1. CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. Angelique Chrisafis (February 28, 2016), MSF to open camp for refugees sleeping rough near Dunkirk The Guardian.
  3. James McAuley (April 29, 2016), Small-town politicians can make life heaven or hell for migrants in France The Washington Post.
  4. Sylvain Mouillard (March 20, 2017), Damien Carême, hôte estime Libération.
  5. Nikolaus J. Kurmayer (May 20, 2021), EU Parliament backs ‘low-carbon’ hydrogen, despite Green opposition Euractiv.
  6. Damien Carême European Parliament.
  7. Sylvain Mouillard (March 20, 2017), Damien Carême, hôte estime Libération.


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