Emmanuelle Cosse

Emmanuelle Cosse (2010)

Emmanuelle Cosse (born November 15, 1974 in Paris ) is a French politician (until 2016 Europe Écologie-Les Verts ). From November 2013 to February 2016 she was Secretary General of the party, and since February 2016 she has been Minister for Housing and Sustainable Housing in the Valls II and Cazeneuve governments . Before that she was active at Act Up-Paris and worked as a journalist.

Life

Emmanuelle Cosse grew up in a politically active family in the 12th arrondissement of Paris . Since 1992 she has been involved in the association Act Up , which works to raise awareness among the population in the fight against AIDS . a. as treasurer. From 1999 to 2001 she was the chairwoman of Act Up-Paris . From 2002 she worked as a journalist for the gay and lesbian magazine Têtu and for the politically left magazine Regards , of which she later became editor-in-chief.

Political career

In 2009 Emmanuelle Cosse joined the ecological party alliance Europe Écologie initiated by Daniel Cohn-Bendit . She was elected in the French regional elections in the Île-de-France region in 2010 and was subsequently appointed Vice-President of the Conseil régional . There she is responsible in particular for housing construction and urban renewal. On November 30, 2013, Emmanuelle Cosse was elected Secretary General of Europe Écologie-Les Verts with 55% of the vote .

On February 11, 2016, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, President François Hollande appointed Cosse as Minister for Housing and Sustainable Housing in the Valls II government. She accepted this appeal against the opinion of her own party, from which she received severe criticism. When she entered the government, she also lost her position as General Secretary of the EELV. On February 21, 2016, the EELV split openly from Emmanuelle Cosse. In addition to her ministerial post, Cosse retained her mandate in the regional council of the Île-de-France region. She subsequently joined the Parti écologiste .

Others

Emmanuelle Cosse is the partner of Denis Baupin , who was also a member of Europe Écologie-Les Verts and Vice-President of the French National Assembly . On May 9, 2016, Baupin resigned from his post after several EELV politicians accused him of sexual harassment. Shortly before that, Baupin had also severed his political ties to the Greens - a fact that prompted some political commentators to ask the critical question why the Green politicians concerned were only now going public with their allegations.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emmanuelle Cosse, l'inconnue qui prend la tête d'Europe Écologie Les Verts , Le Figaro , November 30, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Emmanuelle Cosse, d'Act Up aux micmacs écolos , Le Monde , November 28, 2013
3. ↑ L'exécutif du conseil régional ( Memento of the original of 23 May 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Raphaëlle Besse Desmoulières: Europe Ecologie-Les Verts, un parti en miettes. Le Monde (online), February 12, 2016, accessed February 12, 2016 (French). 
5. ↑ EELV acte son divorce avec Emmanuelle Cosse. europe1.fr, February 21, 2016, accessed on May 10, 2016 (French). 
6. ^ Emmanuelle Cosse compte bien rester conseillère régionale d'Ile de France. europe1.fr, February 12, 2016, accessed on May 10, 2016 (French). 
7. ^ Hugh Schofield: France's Baupin sexual harassment case leaves bitter taste. BBC News, May 10, 2016, accessed May 10, 2016 .