Yannick Jadot (; born 27 July 1967) is a French

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and politician who ran for

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, placing sixth with 4.6% of the vote. A member of The Ecologists (LÉ), he was elected to represent

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in the

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. A member of the Greens from 1999, Jadot was a campaign director for Greenpeace France from 2002 to 2008. He headed his party's list for the West France constituency in the

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, in which he was elected to the

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, where he held a seat until 2023. Following his party's primary, he was nominated as the

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(EELV) candidate in the

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, before withdrawing and endorsing

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candidate Benoît Hamon. The EELV national list he headed in the 2019 European election came third with 13.5% of the vote. In the 2021 Greens primary, Jadot was elected as the candidate of the Ecologist Pole alliance for the 2022 presidential election, in which he received 4.6% of the first-round vote. He was elected a Senator for Paris in the 2023 Senate election; he was sworn in on 2 October 2023, ending his term in the European Parliament, where he was succeeded by Lydie Massard.

Early career

As an environmentalist and

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, Jadot coordinated

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actions in

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between 2002 and 2008, also heading the ''Alliance pour la planète'' and serving as a key player in the 2008 '' Grenelle Environnement'' talks.

Political career

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–present

In 2009, Jadot announced that he was leaving Greenpeace to lead the Europe Ecology list in the West France constituency in the 2009 European elections. His list won 16.65% of the vote and he was elected to the

, along with Nicole Kiil-Nielsen. He was reelected to the same constituency during the 2014 European elections. In parliament, Jadot first served on the

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on CO2 standards for new trucks in the European market. In addition to his committee assignments, Jadot was part of the Parliament's delegations to the countries of

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and the

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(2014–2019), and to the ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009–2011). He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals and the

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. In 2016, Jadot was selected by

(EELV) to stand as their candidate in the

, after defeating fellow MEP Michèle Rivasi in the second round of primary voting. Though Jadot secured 496 sponsorships just before the opening of the signature collection period, he announced that he would withdraw his candidacy and endorsed Socialist nominee Benoît Hamon, the pair having agreed on a common platform. Their alliance was consummated when EELV primary voters approved the agreement on 26 February 2017. Jadot ran for and was elected to the Senate in the

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to represent the Paris constituency. He was replaced in the

by Lydie Massard.

Role in national politics

On 30 January 2021, Jadot announced that he would be running as a candidate in the

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. In the primaries, he won 51.03% of the party's votes, beating Sandrine Rousseau. In the first round of the election on 10 April 2022, he was eliminated after he received 4.6% of the overall votes, coming in 6th place behind Valérie Pecresse

Political positions

Jadot said in April 2022 that he wanted to put a "bonus/malus" system on "all taxation", from

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(ISF) which he intends to "restore" and "to strengthen".

Publications

Jadot's 2014 book, ''Climat, la guerre de l'ombre'', was illustrated by comic artist and author

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jadot, Yannick 1967 births Living people Paris Dauphine University alumni Europe Ecology – The Greens MEPs French people of Belgian descent MEPs for West France 2014–2019 MEPs for France 2019–2024 People associated with Greenpeace People from Aisne Politicians from Hauts-de-France Candidates in the 2022 French presidential election