Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne
Vedrenne in 2019
Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior
Assumed office
12 October 2025
Prime MinisterSébastien Lecornu
Member of the European Parliament
for France
In office
2 July 2019 – 2025
Personal details
Born (1982-11-13) 13 November 1982 (age 43)
Limoges, France
PartyDemocratic Movement
Alma materUniversity of Rennes 1

Marie-Pierre Vedrenne is a French lawyer and politician of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) who has served as Minister Delegate to Minister of the Interior in the second Lecornu government since 2025. She was previously a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2025.[1]

Political career

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In parliament, Vedrenne served as vice-chair of the Committee on International Trade and a member of the Committee on Petitions from 2019.

In addition to her committee assignments, Vedrenne was part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights,[2] the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[3] the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas,[4] the MEPs Against Cancer group[5] and the Spinelli Group.[6]

In October 2021, Vedrenne and Valérie Hayer were appointed as co-chairs of President Emmanuel Macron's "Renaissance" electoral list in the European Parliament, replacing Stéphane Séjourné;[7] since 2024, she has been the sole leader of the Renaissance members within the Renew Europe group.[8]

Vedrenne was re-elected as an MEP in 2024.[9]

Other activities

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  • French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS), Member of the Board of Directors[10]

References

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  1. ^ CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
  3. ^ Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development European Parliament.
  4. ^ Members 2019-2024 Archived 26 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  5. ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature Archived 2 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine MEPs Against Cancer.
  6. ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
  7. ^ Nisa Khan (29 October 2021), Movers and Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
  8. ^ Eddy Wax (24 January 2024), French Renew MEP Valérie Hayer on course to lead European Parliament’s third-largest faction Politico Europe.
  9. ^ "Européennes 2024 : qui sont les 81 députés français élus au Parlement ?". Le Monde.fr (in French). 10 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ^ Board of Directors French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS).