Géraldine Bannier
Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 2nd constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byGuillaume Chevrollier
Parliamentary groupMoDem
Mayor of Courbeveille
In office
23 March 2014 – 1 September 2017
Preceded byMonique Collet
Succeeded byJean-Luc Moussu
Personal details
Born (1979-11-22) 22 November 1979
Laval, France
Political partyMoDem
Alma materUniversity of Rennes 2
ProfessionAssociate professor of classics

Géraldine Bannier (born 22 November 1979) is a French teacher and politician who has served as Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 2nd constituency since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem).[1]

Political career

Entry into politics

Géraldine Bannier joined the Democratic Movement (MoDem) in 2007 and was soon elected to the party's national council. She was Jean-Noël Martin's designated substitute in his unsuccessful campaign to represent the Canton of Saint-Berthevin in the 2011 cantonal elections, with their ticket winning 7.48% of the vote.[2] Three years later, in the 2014 French municipal elections, Bannier was elected mayor of Courbeveille as part of a nonpartisan electoral list.[3]

As a rare example of a successful MoDem politician in Mayenne, Bannier was placed sixth in a Republican-Democratic and Independent-MoDem list led by Yannick Favennec in the department for the 2015 French regional elections in Pays de la Loire. The first candidate on the list was Bruno Retailleau.[4]

During the 2017 French legislative elections, Bannier was the candidate of the electoral alliance between MoDem and La République En Marche (LREM) in Mayenne's 2nd constituency.[5] She led in the first round with 38% of the vote and won the second round with 55% of the vote against incumbent Guillaume Chevrollier of The Republicans (LR). As a result, Bannier became the first female deputy to be elected in Mayenne.[6][7]

Due to the law on the accumulation of electoral mandates, Bannier resigned from the office of mayor of Courbeveille on 1 September 2017.[8]

National Assembly

In the National Assembly, Bannier serves on the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[9] She has notably agitated for the revaluation of pensions for farmers and their spouses and also voted for the reintroduction of neonicotinoid insecticides.[10][11][12]

In 2018, Bannier became the vice-president of the parliamentary commission investigating the Lactalis affair, where the eponymous company's baby formula was found to be contaminated with Salmonella.[13]

In 2019, Bannier broke ranks with her government and parliamentary group by voting against the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) free trade agreement.[14]

In 2020, Bannier abstained in a vote on the Global Security Law during its first reading but ultimately voted in favour of the law in April 2021.[15][16]

Bannier also served as the spokesperson for a bill aiming to impose a minimum fee for book deliveries.[17]

Bannier was re-nominated by the governing coalition, now known as Ensemble, for the 2022 French legislative elections.[18][19] She was nevertheless opposed by Christophe Langouët, the mayor of Cossé-le-Vivien, who also declared his support for the presidential majority.[20] Bannier was ultimately re-elected to the National Assembly with nearly 59% of the vote in the second round against the New Ecological and Social People's Union's Grégory Boisseau, who received 41%.[21]

Personal life

Bannier is the daughter of farmers from Astillé. She is unmarried and has no children. In her professional life, Bannier is an associate professor of classics.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Mayenne - 2e circonscription : Résultats des législatives".
  2. ↑ "Cantonales : Jean-Noël Martin et Géraldine Bannier candidats du Modem à Saint-Berthevin". Ouest-France. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Géraldine Bannier succède à une autre femme maire". Ouest-France. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Q., L. (22 October 2015). "Régionales : Bruno Retailleau dévoile sa liste en Mayenne". Le Courrier de la Mayenne. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Législatives 2017. Les couacs de La République En Marche en Mayenne". Ouest-France. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. ↑ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017". interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Pichard, Mikaël (18 June 2017). "Législatives en Mayenne. Géraldine Bannier (LREM) élue". Ouest-France. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Courbeveille. Jean-Luc Moussu est le nouveau maire". Ouest-France. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  9. ↑ Géraldine Bannier French National Assembly.
  10. ↑ "En Mayenne. Des députés demandent la revalorisation des retraites agricoles". Ouest-France. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  11. ↑ Le Bloa, Alan (22 June 2020). "Retraites agricoles. Pour la députée Géraldine Bannier, les conjoints " méritent mieux "". Ouest-France. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Néonicotinoïdes : la députée mayennaise de la majorité présidentielle, Géraldine Bannier, vote pour". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Affaire Lactalis : les propositions de la députée Géraldine Bannier". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "CETA : la député mayennaise de la majorité, Géraldine Bannier annonce qu'elle votera contre". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Pass vaccinal, pesticides, "séparatisme"… Votre député a-t-il voté pour ou contre ces 10 lois majeures du premier quinquennat d'Emmanuel Macron ?". Franceinfo (in French). 9 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Loi sécurité globale : la députée mayennaise de la majorité Géraldine Bannier choisit l'abstention". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 24 November 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  17. ↑ à 20h27, Par Victor Tassel Le 6 octobre 2021; À 06h34, Modifié Le 7 Octobre 2021 (6 October 2021). "Pour contrer Amazon, un "tarif minimal" de frais de livraison sur les livres". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ "Législatives 2022 : la députée mayennaise Géraldine Bannier officiellement réinvestie par la majorité". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 7 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  19. ↑ Pichard, Mikaël (7 May 2022). "Législatives 2022. En Mayenne, la députée sortante Géraldine Bannier se représente". Ouest-France. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Législatives 2022 : Christophe Langouët, sympathisant LREM, candidat en indépendant dans le Sud-Mayenne". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Législatives en Mayenne : Géraldine Bannier (Ensemble) réélue députée dans la 2e circonscription". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "Géraldine Bannier devant Guillaume Chevrollier : " un premier changement, ma personnalité " | leglob-journal". leglob-journal.fr/ (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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