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When Macron became president in the 2017 elections, Séjourné came along as a political adviser, working alongside Alexis Kohler and Ismaël Emelien.[2] He then took a six-month-long leave of absence to lead LREM’s campaign for the 2019 European elections.[4]
In addition to his committee assignments, Séjourné is part of the Parliament's delegations for relations with Mercosur and the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Artificial Intelligence and Digital,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights,[7] the MEPs Against Cancer group[8] and the European Internet Forum.[9]
Following the resignation of Dacian Cioloş in 2021, Séjourné announced his candidacy for the leadership of the Renew Europe group in the European Parliament.[10]
In May 2022, Séjourné – together with Patrick Mignola for the Democratic Movement (MoDem) and Gilles Boyer for Horizons – negotiated the agreement leading to the creation of Ensemble, a coalition of the parties forming the presidential majority, including on the financial distribution between them.[11]
At the September 2022 convention of Renaissance, Séjourné was the only candidate in the running to succeed the party’s chair Stanislas Guerini and was elected as new leader.[12]
Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2024
Séjourné with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in February 2024
On 11 January 2024, Séjourné was appointed minister of Europe and foreign affairs in Gabriel Attal's government.[13] His first official trip abroad was to Germany for a meeting with his counterpart Annalena Baerbock.[14] Séjourné criticized South Africa's ICJ genocide case against Israel, saying "To accuse the Jewish state of genocide is to cross a moral threshold."[15]
The same year, Séjourné stood for election in Hauts-de-Seine's 9th constituency, taking a 46 percent plurality in the initial round, and was elected with 72.6 percent in the runoff.[16]
European Commission, 2024–2029
Following Thierry Breton's resignation, Séjourné was announced as the next candidate for the French post in the Von der Leyen Commission II.[17] As commissioner in charge of the bloc’s industrial policy he is opting for offensive EU strategies.[18]
In 2024, Séjourné committed not to work with the far-right in the next European Parliament and refused to align with the nationalist European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group.[22]
Personal life
Séjourné is gay and was in a civil union (PACS) with Gabriel Attal,[23][24][25] a French politician who served as the Prime Minister of France in 2024.[26] The relationship had ended by 2022.[27] He has stated that he suffers from very severe dyslexia since youth.[28]
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