Caroline Roose Explained

Constituency Mp:France
Term Start:2 July 2019[1] [2]
Term End:15 July 2024
Parliament:European
Birth Date:10 November 1968
Birth Place:Ostend, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian

Caroline Roose (born 10 November 1968 in Ostend) is a Belgian politician who is active in France and has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.[3] She is a member of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV). She is a Belgian national but has been living in Villeneuve-Loubet since her early childhood.

Political career

In parliament, Roose has since been serving on the Committee on Regional Development (since 2019) and the Committee on Fisheries (since 2020). In 2020, she also joined the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport.[4]

In addition to her committee assignments, Roose is part of the Parliament's delegations to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. [5] She is also a supporter of the MEP Alliance for Mental Health[6] and a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals[7] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.[8]

Political positions

Ahead of the Green movement's primaries in 2021, Roose endorsed Yannick Jadot as the movement's candidate for the French presidential election in 2022.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Key dates ahead . European Parliament . 28 May 2019 . en . 20 May 2017 . 25 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190525003255/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead . live .
  2. Web site: Key dates ahead. BBC News. 28 May 2019. en. 22 May 2017. 10 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220710124622/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702. live.
  3. News: Élections européennes. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France. Cazenave. Fabien. 2019-05-27. Ouest France. 2019-06-05. French. 27 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190527140655/https://www.ouest-france.fr/elections/europeennes/elections-europeennes-qui-sont-les-79-eurodeputes-elus-en-france-6369754. live.
  4. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport
  5. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197506/CAROLINE_ROOSE/home Caroline Roose
  6. https://www.gamian.eu/activities/mep-alliance-mental-health/our-mep-supporters/ MEP Alliance for Mental Health: Our Supporters
  7. http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ Members
  8. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-western-sahara.pdf Intergroup on Western Sahara