Damien Carême

Damien Carême
MEP
Damien Carême MEP
	Damien Carême in 2022
Member of the European Parliament; for France
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2 July 2019
Personal details
Born	16 November 1960 (age 63); Joeuf, France
Political party	La France Insoumise (2024–present)
Other political; affiliations	Socialist Party (until 2015); Europe Ecology – The Greens (2015–2023)

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]

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

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

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[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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Damien Carême MEP
Damien Carême in 2022

Member of the European Parliament for France
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019

Personal details
Born	(1960-11-16) 16 November 1960 (age 63) Joeuf, France
Political party	La France Insoumise (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Socialist Party (until 2015) Europe Ecology – The Greens (2015–2023)