Jean-Charles Colas-Roy
Member of the National Assembly
for Isère's 2nd constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byMichel Issindou
Succeeded byCyrielle Chatelain
Personal details
Born (1978-05-02) 2 May 1978
Montpellier, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Jean-Charles Colas-Roy (born 2 May 1978) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Isère.[1]

Political career

Colas-Roy joined the Socialist Party (PS) following right-wing candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen's qualification for the second round of the 2002 presidential election. He eventually left the PS in 2014.[2]

In parliament, Colas-Roy served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. From 2019 until 2020, he was also a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs. In this capacity, he was in charge of environmental issues within LREM.[3] In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the French-Spanish Parliamentary Friendship Group.[4]

In September 2018, following the appointment of François de Rugy to the government, Colas-Roy supported the candidacy of Barbara Pompili as president of the National Assembly.[5] When Richard Ferrand was elected instead, he stood as a candidate to succeed him as chairman of the LREM parliamentary group. His candidacy was endorsed by Pompili, among others.[6] In an internal vote, however, he came in sixth out of seven; the position went to Gilles Le Gendre instead.[7]

He lost his seat to Cyrielle Chatelain of EELV in the second round of the 2022 election.[8]

Political positions

In October 2020, Colas-Roy publicly opposed the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex when he called for fellow MPs to vote against the reintroduction of neonicotinoid pesticides to fight a disease affecting beetroots.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/isere_38/isere_2ere-circonscription
  2. ↑ Législatives : qui est Jean-Charles Colas-Roy, le nouveau député (REM) de la 2e circonscription de l'Isère ? France Bleu, June 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ Elisa Braun (October 9, 2020), Former Macron allies ramp up pressure on green, social agenda Politico Europe.
  4. ↑ Jean-Charles Colas-Roy French National Assembly.
  5. ↑ Présidence des députés LREM : 10 candidats sont en lice pour remplacer Ferrand Le Parisien, September 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ Mathilde Siraud and Loris Boichot (September 18, 2018), Gilles Le Gendre succède à Richard Ferrand à la tête des députés LaREM Le Figaro.
  7. ↑ Alexandre Lemarié (September 18, 2018), Assemblée nationale : Gilles Le Gendre élu à la tête du groupe LRM Le Monde.
  8. ↑ "Résultats des élections législatives 2022: Isère (38) - 2ème circonscription". Interior Ministry (in French). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Matthieu Deprieck (October 4, 2020), Jean-Charles Colas-Roy (LREM): « Je ne voterai pas le projet de loi qui autorise les néonicotinoïdes » L'Opinion.
  10. ↑ Elisa Braun (October 9, 2020), Former Macron allies ramp up pressure on green, social agenda Politico Europe.
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