Stéphanie Yon-Courtin

Stéphanie Yon-Courtin (born 28 March 1974) is a French lawyer and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[3]

Stéphanie Yon-Courtin

Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Member of the Departmental council of Calvados
Assumed office
2 April 2015
PresidentJean-Léonce Dupont
Mayor of Saint-Contest
In office
4 April 2014  28 June 2019
Preceded byDenis Desynder
Succeeded byJean-Marc Philippe
Personal details
Born (1974-03-28) 28 March 1974
Coutances, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche! (LREM)
Alma materUniversity of Caen Normandy
University of Bristol
ProfessionLawyer

Early career

After having previously been employed by law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy, Yon-Courtin worked as advisor to France's Competition Authority from 2007 until 2010.[4]

Political career

Ahead of the 2017 French legislative election, Yon-Courtin ran for the Republicans' nomination in Calvados.[5]

Since entering the European Parliament, Yon-Courtin has been serving on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. In this capacity, she is the parliament's rapporteur on competition law.[6][7][8]

In addition to her committee assignments, Yon-Courtin chairs the Parliament's delegation for relations with Canada[9][10] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.[11]

References

  1. "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. CAZENAVE, Fabien (27 May 2019). "Parlement européen. Qui sont les 79 eurodéputés élus en France ?". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. Elodie Dardenne (March 29, 2019), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin veut être « utile » à l’Europe et « connectée » à son territoire Ouest-France.
  5. Jean-Baptiste Marie (March 27, 2019), Élections européennes : Qui est Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, l'élue calvadosienne sur la liste LREM ? France Bleu.
  6. Derek Perrotte (December 9, 2019), Concurrence : l'ouverture de Vestager Les Échos.
  7. Céline Schoen (January 21, 2020), L’Europe s’interroge sur sa politique de concurrence La Croix.
  8. Javier Espinoza (December 15 2020), EU warns that it may break up Big Tech companies Financial Times.
  9. Stéphanie Yon-Courtin European Parliament
  10. Delegations for relations with Canada, European Parliament
  11. Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
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