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
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Member of the Regional Council of Normandy
Assumed office
2 July 2021
PresidentHervé Morin
Member of the Departmental council of Calvados
In office
2 April 2015 – 1 July 2021
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
Political partyLa République En Marche! (LREM)
Alma materUniversity of Caen Normandy
University of Bristol
ProfessionLawyer

Early career

In the late 1990s, Yon-Courtin spent nearly two years working at the European Commission.[4] before moving to law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy. She later worked as advisor to France's Competition Authority from 2007 until 2010.[5]

Political career

Ahead of the 2017 French legislative election, Yon-Courtin ran for the Republicans' nomination in Calvados.[6]

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[7][8][9] and the 2021 Digital Markets Act.[10]

In addition to her committee assignments, Yon-Courtin chairs the Parliament's delegation for relations with Canada.[11][12] She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas[13] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[14]

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. Rym Momtaz, Maïa de La Baume, Laura Kayali, Sarah Anne Aarup, Louise Guillot, Paola Tamma, Simon Van Dorpe and Hans von der Burchard (31 December 2021), The French people Europe needs to know Politico Europe.
  5. Elodie Dardenne (March 29, 2019), Stéphanie Yon-Courtin veut être « utile » à l’Europe et « connectée » à son territoire Ouest-France.
  6. Jean-Baptiste Marie (March 27, 2019), Élections européennes : Qui est Stéphanie Yon-Courtin, l'élue calvadosienne sur la liste LREM ? France Bleu.
  7. Derek Perrotte (December 9, 2019), Concurrence : l'ouverture de Vestager Les Échos.
  8. Céline Schoen (January 21, 2020), L’Europe s’interroge sur sa politique de concurrence La Croix.
  9. Javier Espinoza (December 15, 2020), EU warns that it may break up Big Tech companies Financial Times.
  10. Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine, May 21, 2021.
  11. Stéphanie Yon-Courtin European Parliament
  12. Delegations for relations with Canada, European Parliament
  13. Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  14. MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.


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