Élisabeth Morin
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Élisabeth Morin-Chartier (; born 10 October 1947 in
Ceaux-en-Couhé Ceaux-en-Couhé () is a former commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Valence-en-Poitou Valence-en-Poitou () is a commune in the Vienne departme ...
, Vienne) is a French politician of
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who served as Member of the European Parliament for the West France constituency from 2009 European election until 2014. Before joining Agir in 2018, she was a member of the Union for a Popular Movement and the
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 (LR).


Career in French politics

Morin was Vice President of the
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under Regional President
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and assumed the presidency upon Raffarin's nomination as
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. Her list in the 2004 regional elections was defeated in a near-landslide by the Socialist list, led by Ségolène Royal. Morin was also a member of the French Economic and Social Council between September 2004 and May 2007.


Member of the European Parliament

In the 2004 European election, Morin was the third candidate on Roselyne Bachelot's UMP list in the West but she was not elected. However, when Bachelot entered the François Fillon cabinet in May 2007, she became a Member of the European Parliament. In the 2009 European election, she was the second candidate on the UMP list in the West region and was elected to the European Parliament. Throughout her time in office, Morin served on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. Between 2010 and 2012, she served as Vice Chairwoman of the
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. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with India. She previously served on the delegations with the United States from 2009 to 2014. Following the
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, Morin was elected as
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of the European Parliament for two and a half years. In this capacity, she was also a member of the Bureau Working Group on Buildings, Transport and Green Parliament and of the Advisory Committee dealing with Harassment Complaints between Accredited Parliamentary Assistants and Members of the European Parliament and its Prevention at the Workplace. Her role as quaestor made her part of the Parliament's leadership under President Martin Schulz. On the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Morin was one of the Parliament's rapporteurs on a proposed revision of the EU's 1996 directive on posted workers, who are sent by employers to work temporarily in another country. In 2019, she successfully sponsored an amendment saying that Members of the European Parliament "may not be elected as office-holders of Parliament or one of its bodies, be appointed as rapporteur or participate in an official delegation or interinstitutional negotiations", if they have not signed anti-harassment commitments. Morin was also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions and the European Parliament Intergroup on Wine, Spirits and Quality Foodstuffs. In 2016, Morin publicly endorsed Alain Juppé in the Republicans’ primaries for the 2017 presidential elections. In the party’s 2017 leadership election, she endorsed
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as party president.


Life after politics

Since 2022, Morin has been serving on the European Commission's three-member Independent Ethical Committee.Sarah Wheaton (21 July 2022)
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'' Politico Europe''.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morin, Elisabeth 1947 births Living people People from Vienne The Social Right Union for a Popular Movement MEPs The Republicans (France) MEPs MEPs for West France 2004–2009 MEPs for West France 2009–2014 MEPs for West France 2014–2019 21st-century women MEPs for France Agir (France) MEPs