Jean-Charles Colas-Roy (born 2 May 1978) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Isère.http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/isere_38/isere_2ere-circonscription
Political career Colas-Roy joined the Socialist Party (PS) following right-wing candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen's qualification for the second round of the 2002 presidential election. He eventually left the PS in 2014.Législatives : qui est Jean-Charles Colas-Roy, le nouveau député (REM) de la 2e circonscription de l'Isère ? France Bleu, June 18, 2017.
In parliament, Colas-Roy served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. From 2019 until 2020, he was also a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs. In this capacity, he was in charge of environmental issues within LREM.Elisa Braun (October 9, 2020), Former Macron allies ramp up pressure on green, social agenda Politico Europe. In addition to his committee assignments, he was part of the French-Spanish Parliamentary Friendship Group.Jean-Charles Colas-Roy French National Assembly.
In September 2018, following the appointment of François de Rugy to the government, Colas-Roy supported the candidacy of Barbara Pompili as president of the National Assembly.Présidence des députés LREM : 10 candidats sont en lice pour remplacer Ferrand Le Parisien, September 13, 2018. When Richard Ferrand was elected instead, he stood as a candidate to succeed him as chairman of the LREM parliamentary group. His candidacy was endorsed by Pompili, among others.Mathilde Siraud and Loris Boichot (September 18, 2018), Gilles Le Gendre succède à Richard Ferrand à la tête des députés LaREM Le Figaro. In an internal vote, however, he came in sixth out of seven; the position went to Gilles Le Gendre instead.Alexandre Lemarié (September 18, 2018), Assemblée nationale : Gilles Le Gendre élu à la tête du groupe LRM Le Monde.
He lost his seat to Cyrielle Chatelain of EELV in the second round of the 2022 election.
Political positions In October 2020, Colas-Roy publicly opposed the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex when he called for fellow MPs to vote against the reintroduction of neonicotinoid pesticides to fight a disease affecting beetroots.Matthieu Deprieck (October 4, 2020), Jean-Charles Colas-Roy (LREM): « Je ne voterai pas le projet de loi qui autorise les néonicotinoïdes » L'Opinion.Elisa Braun (October 9, 2020), Former Macron allies ramp up pressure on green, social agenda Politico Europe.
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