Marie-Pierre Vedrenne
MinistroMinister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, in charge of Citizenship
Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem) / Renew Europe · França
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Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, born 13 December 1982 in Limoges, is a French jurist and politician affiliated with the Mouvement Démocrate (MoDem). A specialist in European Union and WTO trade law, she headed the Maison de l'Europe de Rennes before being elected to the European Parliament in 2019 on the Renaissance (La République En Marche / MoDem majority) list. She was re-elected in 2024 in third position on the Besoin d'Europe (Renaissance) list led by Valérie Hayer. In the European Parliament she sat with the Renew Europe group, served as Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA), and was a member of the Bureau of the Renew Europe group; she led the Renaissance delegation within Renew Europe from 2024. She was the European Parliament's lead negotiator (co-rapporteur) on the EU Anti-Coercion Instrument. On 12 October 2025 she joined the second Lecornu government as Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, and after the 26 February 2026 reshuffle she became Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior in charge of Citizenship (Citoyenneté). Note: she has not been a Vice-President of the European Parliament; her vice-presidency role was at committee level (INTA).
Historial eleitoral
2024 European Parliament election (France)
Member of the European Parliament2024-06-09
Re-elected (3rd position on the list)
Besoin d'Europe (Renaissance) list led by Valérie Hayer obtained about 14.6% nationally
contra Rassemblement National list (Jordan Bardella) won with about 31.4%
Vedrenne ran in third position on the Besoin d'Europe / Renaissance list (behind Valérie Hayer and Bernard Guetta) and was re-elected. France uses a single national constituency; there is no individual candidate vote share.
2019 European Parliament election (France)
Member of the European Parliament2019-05-26
Elected
France-wide LaREM/MoDem 'Renaissance' list led by Nathalie Loiseau obtained 22.42% (national list, single constituency)
contra Rassemblement National list (Jordan Bardella) topped the poll at 23.34%
Vedrenne was elected for the first time on the Renaissance (La République En Marche / MoDem majority) list. France uses a single national constituency with proportional representation; individual candidates do not have a personal vote share.
Percurso profissional
Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior, in charge of Citizenship (Citoyenneté)
26/02/2026Government of France (Lecornu government)
Following the 26 February 2026 reshuffle, named Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior in charge of Citizenship. Her attributions were fixed by Decree no. 2026-185 of 18 March 2026.
Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior
12/10/2025 – 26/02/2026Government of France (second Lecornu government)
Appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Interior (under Laurent Nuñez) in the second Lecornu government.
Member of the European Parliament (10th term); Member of the Bureau of the Renew Europe group; Vice-Chair role at committee level
16/07/2024 – 11/10/2025European Parliament (Renew Europe group)
Re-elected in 2024 in third position on the Besoin d'Europe (Renaissance) list. Member of the Bureau of the Renew Europe group and sole leader of the Renaissance MEPs within Renew Europe. Sat on the Committee on International Trade (INTA), Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), and as substitute on Industry/Research/Energy (ITRE) and the Special Committee on the Housing Crisis. Her EP mandate ended on 11 October 2025 when she joined the government.
Fonte:europarl.europa.euMember of the European Parliament (9th term); Vice-Chair of the Committee on International Trade (INTA)
2/07/2019 – 15/07/2024European Parliament (Renew Europe group)
Elected on the Renaissance list at the May 2019 European elections. Sat with Renew Europe. Vice-Chair of the INTA committee (from 10 July 2019); also served on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) and Committee on Petitions (PETI), and as Vice-Chair of the ACP-EU / Caribbean-EU delegations. Co-chaired the Renaissance European list with Valérie Hayer from October 2021.
Director (Directrice); previously Chargée de mission
2016 – 2019Maison de l'Europe de Rennes
Headed the Maison de l'Europe de Rennes, a regional association promoting European awareness and citizenship, before entering electoral politics. Earlier she had worked there as chargée de mission.
Member of the Board of Directors
Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS)
Declared in her European Parliament Declaration of Private Interests (8 July 2024) as a member of the board of directors of IRIS; unremunerated.
Fonte:europarl.europa.euMember of the Board of Directors
Breizh Lab
Declared in her European Parliament Declaration of Private Interests (8 July 2024) as a member of the board of the Breizh Lab association; unremunerated.
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Formação
Université de Rennes 1
Master 2 (Master's degree) · European Union law and World Trade Organization (WTO) law
Holds a Master 2 in EU law and WTO law from the University of Rennes 1, giving her an in-depth grounding in the European Union's trade policy. Her alma mater is listed by the European Parliament and biographical sources as the University of Rennes 1. Exact graduation year not stated in consulted sources.
Legislação relevante
Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 654/2014 concerning the exercise of the Union's rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules
EU trade policy / enforcement2020
Vedrenne was rapporteur for the European Parliament on the revision of the EU Trade Enforcement Regulation (report A9-0133/2020, adopted 6 July 2020 in INTA). The revision broadened the EU's ability to take trade countermeasures, including in services and intellectual property, and where the WTO dispute system is blocked. This work laid the groundwork for the later Anti-Coercion Instrument.
Relevância: Strengthened the EU's autonomous trade-enforcement capacity and established Vedrenne as a leading parliamentary voice on trade defence.
Report on engaging with citizens: the right to petition, the right to refer to the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens' Initiative
EU citizenship / participatory democracy2022
Vedrenne was rapporteur for this own-initiative report of the Committee on Petitions (A9-0018/2022, adopted 3 February 2022), examining how citizens engage with the EU through petitions, the European Ombudsman and the European Citizens' Initiative.
Relevância: Reflects her interest in European citizenship and participatory democracy, themes connected to her later national portfolio on Citizenship.
Anti-Coercion Instrument (Regulation (EU) 2023/2675 on the protection of the Union and its Member States from economic coercion by third countries)
EU trade policy / external economic relations2023
Vedrenne was the European Parliament's lead negotiator (co-rapporteur, with Bernd Lange) on the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI), a tool allowing the EU to respond to economic blackmail or coercion by non-EU countries through countermeasures. The INTA committee adopted its position in October 2022; Parliament and Council reached a political agreement on 6 June 2023; MEPs approved the final text on 3 October 2023.
Relevância: A landmark addition to the EU's trade-defence toolkit, giving the Union a deterrent against economic pressure from third countries. Widely cited as Vedrenne's flagship legislative achievement as an MEP.
Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) - EMPL committee opinion
Industrial policy / employment and skills2023
Vedrenne was rapporteur for the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) opinion on the Net-Zero Industry Act (EMPL_AD(2023)749069, 9 October 2023), focusing on the skills and net-zero academies dimension of the regulation.
Relevância: Shaped the employment, training and skills provisions of a major EU green-industrial-policy regulation.
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