Yannick Jadot

French environmentalist and politician (born 1967)

Yannick Jadot (born 27 July 1967) is a French environmentalist and politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2009 European election, representing the West France constituency.[1]

Yannick Jadot
Yannick Jadot in 2014
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
14 July 2009
ConstituencyWest France
France
Personal details
Born (1967-07-27) 27 July 1967 (age 56)
Clacy-et-Thierret, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyEurope Ecology – The Greens
Domestic partnerIsabelle Saporta
Alma materParis Dauphine University

On 30 January 2021, Jadot announced that he would be running as a candidate in the 2022 French presidential election.[2] In the primaries, he won 51.03 percent of the party’s votes, beating Sandrine Rousseau.[3] He came in sixth place, winning 4.63% of the vote.

References change

  1. "Your MEPs : Yannick JADOT". European parliament. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  2. à 12h15, Par Jannick Alimi et Julien Duffé Le 3 février 2021 (2021-02-03). "Présidentielle 2022 : Yannick Jadot «avance avec détermination»". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Laura Kayali and Pierre-Paul Bermingham (28 September 2021), French Greens narrowly choose MEP Yannick Jadot as presidential candidate Politico Europe.