Gilles Pargneaux (born 24 March 1957 in Harcigny) is a French politician of

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(LREM) who served as a

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(MEP) for the

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constituency from 2009 until 2019. He is also the leader of the PS federation in

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Political career

In 2009, the PS selected Pargneaux to lead the PS list in the

constituency ahead of the

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. His list won 18.09% and two seats, so he was elected to the

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. Throughout his time in the European Parliament, Pargneaux served as member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In this capacity, he led the parliament’s negotiations with the Council on more coordinated responses to cross-border health threats in 2013. From 2014, he was the committee’s vice-chairman. In this capacity, he represented the Parliament at the

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. Pargneaux also served on the

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and the

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from 2014 until 2019. In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the

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and headed the ‘Friends of Morocco’ group in the European Parliament. In 2014, he advocated for a renewed

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. In December 2017, Pargneaux launched an informal group inside the European Parliament in support of

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