Damien Carême

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Damien Carême (2019)

Damien Carême (born November 16, 1960 in Jœuf ) is a French politician (formerly PS , now EELV ). Carême has been active in local politics in his hometown Grande-Synthe for a good 20 years , including being mayor there since 2001. He gained national fame for his urban environmental policy and his actions during the refugee crisis. In the course of the European elections in 2019 he won a mandate and has since been a member of the ninth European Parliament as part of the Greens / EFA group .

Life

Youth and education

Damien Carême was born on November 16, 1960 in Jœuf, Lorraine, near Metz. In 1968 his family moved to Grande-Synthe , a suburb of Dunkerque . His father René Carême was mayor of the city from 1971 to 1992.

After his school education, he first studied at a school for electrical engineering, but then switched to training as a “sociocultural carer” ( animateur socioculturel ) and mainly worked with people with physical disabilities. He later also worked in the IT industry.

Engagement in the local politics of Grande-Synthe

Damien Carême was a long-time member of the Parti Socialiste (PS), ran for the office of mayor of his hometown Grande-Synthe in 2001 and won. He was re-elected in the 2008 local elections as in 2014. During his tenure, Carême pursued an ambitious social and environmental policy: Among other things, he introduced “eco pastures”, created community gardens, had energy-efficient social housing built, and instructed the city canteens to use only green electricity. In 2010 the city received the award of a “Capitale de la biodiversité”.

In addition to his office as mayor, he was also elected as regional councilor for the now merged Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in 2004 and 2010 . He held this office until 2015. Carême was also deputy president of the Communauté urbaine de Dunkerque , where he was responsible for ecological and social change, the environment and transport.

At the end of 2014 - after the local elections - Carême left the PS, and at the beginning of 2015 he joined the party of the French Greens ( Europe Écologie-Les Verts ). In the course of the so-called refugee crisis , Carême, in contrast to the mayors of the neighboring administration, advocated a humanitarian refugee policy and created numerous facilities and rooms for refugee aid purely from urban funds. Carême received a lot of recognition for his refugee policy. Among other things, in 2016 he was a finalist in the competition “Best Mayor of the World”, advertised by the City Mayors Fondation.

In 2014 Carême also took over the chairmanship of the Association of Mayors of Cities and Suburbs of France ( Association des maires ville et banlieue de France ). In September 2018 he founded the Association nationale des villes et territoires accueillants with various Mayors of France , which he chairs. In 2018 he and the activist Jaha Dukureh received the North-South Prize of the Council of Europe .

Change to European politics

In 2019 his party nominated Carême for the electoral list of the 2019 European elections . It received 3rd place on the joint list of Europe Écologie-Les Verts (EELV), Alliance écologiste indépendante (AEI) and Régions et peuples solidaires . The joint list won 13.43 percent, 13 of the 79 French mandates, including Damien Carême. Since then he has been a member of the ninth European Parliament and joined the Greens / EFA group . For his group he is a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs , as well as a deputy member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy .

Web links

Commons : Damien Carême  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Damien Carême, seul avec tous. In: terraeco. February 29, 2016, accessed June 27, 2019 (French).
  2. ^ A b Sylvain Mouillard: Damien Carême, hôte estime. In: La Liberation. March 20, 2017, accessed June 27, 2019 (French).
  3. ↑ a b Lorène Lavocat: Sur les terres de l'abstention et du FN, un maire résiste par l'écologie. In: Reporterre. October 3, 2014, accessed June 27, 2019 (French).
  4. ↑ Qui est Damien Carême, l'écolo de Grande-Synthe qui défie l'Etat? France 3, March 16, 2016, accessed June 27, 2019 (French).
  5. ↑ Delphine de Mallevoüe: Damien Carême: "The n'invente rien depending m'inspire d'expériences". In: Le Figaro. April 3, 2017, accessed June 27, 2019 (French).
  6. ^ Hervé Jouanneau: Damien Carême, nouveau président des maires "Ville et banlieue". In: La Gazette des Communes. May 6, 2014, accessed June 27, 2019 (French).
  7. ↑ North-South Prize 2018 honors fight to end female genital mutilation and to promote sustainable cities - Newsroom. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Home | Damien CARÊME | MPs | European Parliament. Retrieved July 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Carême, Damien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician (formerly PS, now EELV), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Jœuf