Géraldine Bannier

Géraldine Bannier
Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 2nd constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byGuillaume Chevrollier
Parliamentary groupMoDem
Mayor of Courbeveille
In office
23 March 2014 – 1 September 2017
Preceded byMonique Collet
Succeeded byJean-Luc Moussu
Personal details
Born (1979-11-22) 22 November 1979 (age 44)
Laval, France
Political partyMoDem
Alma materUniversity of Rennes 2
ProfessionAssociate professor of classics

Géraldine Bannier (born 22 November 1979) is a French teacher and politician who has served as Member of the National Assembly for Mayenne's 2nd constituency since 2017. She is a member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem).[1]

Political career[edit]

Entry into politics[edit]

Géraldine Bannier joined the Democratic Movement (MoDem) in 2007 and was soon elected to the party's national council. She was Jean-Noël Martin's designated substitute in his unsuccessful campaign to represent the Canton of Saint-Berthevin in the 2011 cantonal elections, with their ticket winning 7.48% of the vote.[2] Three years later, in the 2014 French municipal elections, Bannier was elected mayor of Courbeveille as part of a nonpartisan electoral list.[3]

As a rare example of a successful MoDem politician in Mayenne, Bannier was placed sixth in a Republican-Democratic and Independent-MoDem list led by Yannick Favennec in the department for the 2015 French regional elections in Pays de la Loire. The first candidate on the list was Bruno Retailleau.[4]

During the 2017 French legislative elections, Bannier was the candidate of the electoral alliance between MoDem and La République En Marche (LREM) in Mayenne's 2nd constituency.[5] She led in the first round with 38% of the vote and won the second round with 55% of the vote against incumbent Guillaume Chevrollier of The Republicans (LR). As a result, Bannier became the first female deputy to be elected in Mayenne.[6][7]

Due to the law on the accumulation of electoral mandates, Bannier resigned from the office of mayor of Courbeveille on 1 September 2017.[8]

National Assembly[edit]

In the National Assembly, Bannier serves on the Committee on Economic Affairs and the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[9] She has notably agitated for the revaluation of pensions for farmers and their spouses and also voted for the reintroduction of neonicotinoid insecticides.[10][11][12]

In 2018, Bannier became the vice-president of the parliamentary commission investigating the Lactalis affair, where the eponymous company's baby formula was found to be contaminated with Salmonella.[13]

In 2019, Bannier broke ranks with her government and parliamentary group by voting against the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) free trade agreement.[14]

In 2020, Bannier abstained in a vote on the Global Security Law during its first reading but ultimately voted in favour of the law in April 2021.[15][16]

Bannier also served as the spokesperson for a bill aiming to impose a minimum fee for book deliveries.[17]

Bannier was re-nominated by the governing coalition, now known as Ensemble, for the 2022 French legislative elections.[18][19] She was nevertheless opposed by Christophe Langouët, the mayor of Cossé-le-Vivien, who also declared his support for the presidential majority.[20] Bannier was ultimately re-elected to the National Assembly with nearly 59% of the vote in the second round against the New Ecological and Social People's Union's Grégory Boisseau, who received 41%.[21]

Personal life[edit]

Bannier is the daughter of farmers from Astillé. She is unmarried and has no children. In her professional life, Bannier is an associate professor of classics.[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mayenne - 2e circonscription : Résultats des législatives".
  2. ^ "Cantonales : Jean-Noël Martin et Géraldine Bannier candidats du Modem à Saint-Berthevin". Ouest-France. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Géraldine Bannier succède à une autre femme maire". Ouest-France. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ Q., L. (22 October 2015). "Régionales : Bruno Retailleau dévoile sa liste en Mayenne". Le Courrier de la Mayenne. Archived from the original on 28 November 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Législatives 2017. Les couacs de La République En Marche en Mayenne". Ouest-France. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. ^ l'Intérieur, Ministère de. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017". interieur.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  7. ^ Pichard, Mikaël (18 June 2017). "Législatives en Mayenne. Géraldine Bannier (LREM) élue". Ouest-France. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Courbeveille. Jean-Luc Moussu est le nouveau maire". Ouest-France. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  9. ^ Géraldine Bannier French National Assembly.
  10. ^ "En Mayenne. Des députés demandent la revalorisation des retraites agricoles". Ouest-France. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  11. ^ Le Bloa, Alan (22 June 2020). "Retraites agricoles. Pour la députée Géraldine Bannier, les conjoints " méritent mieux "". Ouest-France. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Néonicotinoïdes : la députée mayennaise de la majorité présidentielle, Géraldine Bannier, vote pour". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 6 October 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Affaire Lactalis : les propositions de la députée Géraldine Bannier". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  14. ^ "CETA : la député mayennaise de la majorité, Géraldine Bannier annonce qu'elle votera contre". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 22 July 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Pass vaccinal, pesticides, "séparatisme"… Votre député a-t-il voté pour ou contre ces 10 lois majeures du premier quinquennat d'Emmanuel Macron ?". Franceinfo (in French). 9 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Loi sécurité globale : la députée mayennaise de la majorité Géraldine Bannier choisit l'abstention". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 24 November 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  17. ^ à 20h27, Par Victor Tassel Le 6 octobre 2021; À 06h34, Modifié Le 7 Octobre 2021 (6 October 2021). "Pour contrer Amazon, un "tarif minimal" de frais de livraison sur les livres". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "Législatives 2022 : la députée mayennaise Géraldine Bannier officiellement réinvestie par la majorité". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 7 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  19. ^ Pichard, Mikaël (7 May 2022). "Législatives 2022. En Mayenne, la députée sortante Géraldine Bannier se représente". Ouest-France. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Législatives 2022 : Christophe Langouët, sympathisant LREM, candidat en indépendant dans le Sud-Mayenne". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Législatives en Mayenne : Géraldine Bannier (Ensemble) réélue députée dans la 2e circonscription". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 19 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Géraldine Bannier devant Guillaume Chevrollier : " un premier changement, ma personnalité " | leglob-journal". leglob-journal.fr/ (in French). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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