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Romain Grau

Romain Grau

French politician

Romain Grau (born 21 June 1974) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing Pyrénées-Orientales's 1st constituency.[1]

Quick Facts Member of the National Assembly for Pyrénées-Orientales's 1st constituency, Preceded by ...

Early life and education

Born into a family of winemakers from Villemolaque, Grau is a graduate of Sciences Po and École nationale d'administration (ENA).

Political career

In parliament, Grau served as member of the Finance Committee.[2]

In July 2019, Grau voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[3] Shortly after, his office in Perpignan was set on fire while he was inside during anti-government protests of the Yellow vests movement.[4][5] In 2022, he received a punch in the chin at a protest against the vaccine passport during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

Grau lost his seat in the second round of the 2022 French legislative election to Sophie Blanc from the National Rally.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. [2]
    Romain Grau French National Assembly.
  3. [3]
    Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  4. [4]
    Sudip Kar-Gupta (2 August 2019), French farmers dump manure outside office of Macron party lawmaker Reuters.
  5. [5]
    Tom Wheeldon (14 August 2019), Wave of vandalism targets Macron MPs’ offices France 24.
  6. [6]
    Dinah Cohen (24 January 2022), Prise pour cible, la classe politique s'inquiète de la violence du mouvement anti-passe vaccinal Le Figaro.
  7. [7]
    "Dans les Pyrénées-Orientales, le grand chelem pour le RN". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
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