Geoffroy Didier was born on 12 April 1976 and is a French lawyer and politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2017.
11 Facts About Geoffroy Didier
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Geoffroy Didier holds a degree from ESSEC Business School.
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In 2008, Geoffroy Didier worked as an advisor to Minister of Immigration, Integration, National Identity and Cooperative Development Brice Hortefeux in the government of Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
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Geoffroy Didier became the party's deputy secretary general, under the leadership of chairman Jean-Francois Cope.
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In March 2016, Geoffroy Didier announced his candidacy for the Republicans' primaries ahead of the 2017 French presidential election, but failed to secure a sufficient number of votes.
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Geoffroy Didier later endorsed Alain Juppe as the party's candidate for the office of President of France before supporting the campaign of Francois Fillon.
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Geoffroy Didier unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the 2014 European elections.
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However, when Constance Le Grip stood down as a Member of the Parliament to move to the National Assembly, Geoffroy Didier took her seat in June 2017.
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Geoffroy Didier has since been serving on the Committee on Legal Affairs, where he became the parliament's rapporteur on the 2021 Digital Services Act.
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When Wauquiez resigned from the Republicans' leadership in 2019, Geoffroy Didier was considered by news media as a potential successor but soon announced that he would not be putting himself forward for the position; instead, he endorsed Christian Jacob.
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In early 2020, Geoffroy Didier called on High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in a letter to suspend the EU-Japan Strategic Partnership Agreement and demand action against cases of so-called parental child abduction affecting Europeans living in Japan.