Carole Grandjean

Carole Grandjean (born 18 May 1983) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who served as Minister Delegate for Education and Vocational Training in the Borne government from 2022 to 2024. From 2017 to 2022 and briefly in 2024, she was a member of the National Assembly, representing the first constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Political career Member of the National Assembly, 2017–2022 In parliament, Grandjean served as member of the Committee on Social Affairs and the Committee on European Affairs. On the Committee on Social Affairs, she was her parliamentary group's co-rapporteur on the government's pension reform plans since 2020, alongside Guillaume Gouffier-Cha, Jacques Maire and Corinne Vignon.

In addition to her committee assignments, Grandjean was a member of the French-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. From 2019, she was also a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.

Career in government, 2022–2024 In October 2023, Grandjean participated in the first joint cabinet retreat of the German and French governments in Hamburg, chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Emmanuel Macron.

Political positions In 2018, Grandjean joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.

In July 2019, Grandjean voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.