Pascal Canfin

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Pascal Canfin
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019
In office
14 July 2009 – 16 May 2012
In office
3 May 2014 – 30 June 2014
Minister for Development
In office
16 May 2012 – 31 March 2014
Prime MinisterJean-Marc Ayrault
Preceded byHenri de Raincourt
Succeeded byAnnick Girardin
Personal details
Born (1974-08-22) 22 August 1974 (age 49)
En Marche (2019–present)
Other political
affiliations		Greens-European Free Alliance (Before 2019)
Renew Europe (2019–present)
EducationBordeaux Institute of Political Studies
Newcastle University

Pascal Canfin (French pronunciation:

La République en marche (LREM) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (EUP) since 2019. In the 2019 elections for the UE 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 declares in December 2019 a "climate state of emergency
"

Canfin was formerly the head of the French section of

Ayrault Cabinet. Canfin previously served as a Member of the European Parliament
from 2009 to 2012.

From July 2014 to December 2015, Canfin was the Senior Advisor on Climate at World Resources Institute (WRI), ranked the most influential think tank in the world on environmental issues, on the preparation of the International climate summit to be held in Paris in December 2015 (COP21). For this matter, he also co-chaired with Alain Grandjean the Commission for innovative financing for climate, mandated by the President of the French Republic.[1]

Early life and career

Canfin graduated initially from the Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and then from Newcastle University.

Between 2003 and 2009, Canfin worked as journalist for the monthly magazine Alternatives économiques and a specialist for questions linked to the environment, social economy as well as corporate social responsibility.

Prior to that Canfain was a human resources consultant (1999–2003), after being a representative of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) trade union for Nord-Pas-de-Calais (1997–1999).

Political career

Alongside his journalistic work, Canfin got politically involved with

Europe Écologie–The Greens
since its creation in 2010.

Member of the European Parliament, 2009-2012

At the

Île-de-France, behind Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Eva Joly
. With 20.86% of the votes, Europe Écologie got four seats, and Canfin was elected a Member of the European Parliament on 7 June 2009.

In the

Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection
. He was also a Vice-Chairman of the Special Committee for the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis, a member of the Special Committee on Organised Crime in the EU, and a Vice-Chairman of the Public Services Intergroup.

Canfin was the

The Greens–European Free Alliance
group on several legislative texts:

In June 2010, Canfin initiated a call to the MEPs of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee to create a non-governmental organisation capable of developing a counter-expertise on financial activities led by the main financial operators (banks, insurance companies, hedge funds etc.). The call was named Finance Watch. He was joined by about one hundred European, national and regional elected representatives within the European Union. A year later, in June 2011, Finance Watch was set up as a NGO.

Minister for Development

On 16 May 2012, Canfin left the European Parliament and was nominated by President François Hollande as Delegated Minister in charge of development with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under minister Laurent Fabius.[2] In one of his first announcements as Minister for Development, he considers that "France has normalized its political relations with Africa".[3] In his opinion, this normalisation stands out in the change of the Ministry name: “the Cooperation Ministry, with all the implications that it brings, doesn’t exist anymore” he claims.[4] Canfin adds "the dissolution of the "Africa cell",[3] tipping point of Françafrique system, embodies the breakdown announces by François Hollande concerning relations between France and Africa.

Development policy and sustainable development

Canfin considers development policy as closely tied up with

FAO principles against "land grabbing".[6] Finally, AFD has adopted the principle that she “should include environmental and social responsibility in its procurement process”.[7][citation needed
]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present

Following the elections in 2019, Canfin was elected on

La République en Marche's Renaissance list. Member of the Renew group, he is elected chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
.

Following his initiative, the European Parliament declares in December 2019 a "climate state of emergency". Also in December 2019, the Environment Committee adopts a resolution highlighting the weaknesses of the European Pollinator Initiative, which "fails to protect bees and other pollinators from some of the many causes of their decline".[8]

Within the framework of the Green Deal presented by the European Commission, Canfin works in favour of

carbon neutrality by 2050, a 50-55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and a just transition
.

In January 2020, Politico Europe chose Canfin as number 1 on the "Top 20 MEPs to watch in 2020" list.[9]

Books

  • Consommer responsable [Responsible Consuming]. 2008.
  • L’Économie verte expliquée à ceux qui n’y croient pas [Green Economy Explained to Those Who Do Not Believe in It]. Petits Matins, 2007.
  • Le Contrat écologique pour l’Europe [The Ecological Contract for Europe]. Petits Matins, 2009.
  • Ce que les banques vous disent et pourquoi il ne faut presque jamais les croire [What Banks Tell You and Why You Should Almost Never Believe Them]. Petits Matins, 2012.
  • 30 questions for understanding the Paris climate change Conference. Petits Matins, 2015.[10]

References

  1. ^ Canfin-Grandjean Commission (June 2015). Mobilizing Climate Finance, a Road-Map to Finance a Low-Carbon Economy (PDF).
  2. ^ "Pascal Canfin, ministre délégué au développement". Le Monde.fr. 16 May 2012 – via Le Monde.
  3. ^ a b Cantaloube, Lénaïg Bredoux et Thomas (16 July 2012). "Pascal Canfin : "Nous avons normalisé les relations entre la France et l'Afrique"". Mediapart.
  4. ^ a b "Mes Réalisations | Pascal Canfin - Ministre du Développement". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Fusionner les notions de développement économique et de développement durable (Le Monde) | Pascal Canfin - Ministre du Développement". Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Pascal Canfin : utilisation des OGM dans les projets de l'AFD, c'est fini !". EELV | Europe Écologie – les Verts (in French). 30 April 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  7. ^ fr:Pascal Canfin#cite note-real-22
  8. ^ "Bees: MEPs call for reduction in use of pesticides to save Europe's bees". European Parliament. 18 December 2019.
  9. ^ Baume, Maïa de La (13 January 2020). "20 MEPs to watch in 2020". POLITICO. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  10. ^ Canfin, Pascal; Staime, Peter; Snelgrove, Paul (18 November 2015). 30 questions for understanding the Paris climate change conference. Les Petits Matins.

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