Caroline Roose
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
Born (1968-11-10) 10 November 1968
Ostend, Belgium

Caroline Roose (born 10 November 1968 in Ostend) is a Belgian politician who is active in France and has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[3] She is a member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV). She is a Belgian national but has been living in Villeneuve-Loubet since her early childhood.

Political career

In parliament, Roose has since been serving on the Committee on Regional Development (since 2019) and the Committee on Fisheries (since 2020). In 2020, she also joined the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport.[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Roose is part of the Parliament's delegations to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. [5] She is also a supporter of the MEP Alliance for Mental Health[6] and a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals[7] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.[8]

Political positions

Ahead of the Green movement's primaries in 2021, Roose endorsed Yannick Jadot as the movement's candidate for the French presidential election in 2022.

References

  1. "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. Cazenave, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Élections européennes. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France". Ouest France (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. Members of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  5. Caroline Roose European Parliament.
  6. MEP Alliance for Mental Health: Our Supporters Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks.
  7. Members Archived 31 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
  8. Intergroup on Western Sahara European Parliament.


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