Jean-Baptiste Moreau (; born 14 February 1977) is a French cattle farmerRym Momtaz (22 October 2019), School of hard knocks for Macron’s MPs Politico Europe. and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was a member of the French National Assembly from the 2017 elections to the 2022 elections, representing the department of Creuse's sole constituency.
Political career In parliament, Moreau served as a spokesperson for the LREM parliamentary group.Rym Momtaz (22 October 2019), School of hard knocks for Macron’s MPs Politico Europe. He is a member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he chaired the French-Saudi Parliamentary Friendship Group.Jean-Baptiste Moreau French National Assembly.
He was defeated at the 2022 election by Catherine Couturier of La France Insoumise.
Political positions In July 2019, Moreau voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde (in French). In mid-2019, French anti-government protesters put up a large poster of Moreau with the word “Wanted” on it outside a local government building in Creuse, in an effort to protest against his support of CETA.Sudip Kar-Gupta (13 August 2019), 'Wanted' - Macron farming MP targeted in latest French protest Reuters.
In September 2020, Moreau publicly endorsed Aurore Bergé in an internal vote to succeed Gilles Le Gendre as chair of the LREM parliamentary group; however, the role went to Christophe Castaner.Elizabeth Pineau (9 September 2020), Castaner et Bergé finalistes pour diriger le groupe LaRem à l'Assemblée Reuters.
See also 2017 French legislative election
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