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Pascal Canfin

French politician

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Born: August 22, 1974
Birthplace: Arras
Citizenship: France
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Occupation: politician
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, journalist
, university teacher
Positions held: professeur des universités
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, Member of the European Parliament(since 2024)
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, Member of the European Parliament(since 2019)
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Education: Institut d'études politiques de Bordeaux
, Newcastle University
Employer: University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
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Languages spoken, written or signed: French
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Pascal Canfin is a French politician of La République en marche (LREM) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. In the 2019 elections for the European Parliament, he was elected in the list of Renew Europe group and serves as chair of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee; following his initiative, the European Parliament declared in December 2019 a "climate state of emergency". He was re-elected in 2024.

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Given name: Pascal
Native language: French
Work location: Strasbourg
Brussels
Name in native language: Pascal Canfin
Awards: Knight of the National Order of Merit(May 2, 2017)
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Website: pascalcanfin.fr language: French
Movement: environmentalism
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
3.Stated in Davos 2014 Participant List
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Member of political party: Renaissance
The Greens(2001–2010)
The Ecologists – Europe Écologie Les Verts(2010–2015)
Family name: Canfin
Social media followers: 58,738(February 4, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 135430876
52,077(March 2, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 135430876
48,446(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 135430876
29,400(May 10, 2018) x (twitter) numeric user id: 135430876
Participant in: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2014 subject named as: Pascal Canfin
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Affiliation string: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France
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