Stéphane Travert

Stéphane Travert (born 12 October 1969) is a French politician who has served as member of the National Assembly for Manche's 3rd constituency since 2018 and previously from 2012 to 2017.

Stéphane Travert was born in Carentan, France on 12 October 1969 and grew up in La Haye-du-Puits, where his father worked in a printing house and was a labour union activist in Workers' Force.

[6] Travert also opposed several pieces of economic and budgetary legislation, such as those surrounding job security or the European Fiscal Compact.

[4] In late 2014, Travert was named rapporteur for the Macron Law against the wishes of Bruno Le Roux, the president of the Socialist group.

[15] Less than a week after his nomination, Travert announced that he would revisit legislation banning neonicotinoid insecticides without exemptions from September 2018 onwards but was then contradicted by Hulot and Philippe.

[16] In November 2017, he deplored the failure of 28 European Union member states to agree on the future of glyphosate herbicide as "a defeat for Europe," while France had in fact vetoed proposals surrounding it—an action that Hulot said he was "proud" of.

Travert then stated he was "happy" with a subsequent EU agreement renewing the legal status of glyphosate for five years, but was again contradicted by Macron and Philippe that same day.

[17] In September 2017, ten LREM deputies led by Jean-Baptiste Moreau wrote to Macron, expressing their dissatisfaction with Travert for not involving them enough in the Estates-General of Food.

[21] L'Usine nouvelle commented that "his closeness to lobbies, his hesitations on glyphosate and the resignation of Nicolas Hulot were fatal" to his ministry.

[22] He was frequently included among potential general secretaries or successors to Christophe Castaner as the delegate-general of La République En Marche, with his knowledge of political systems and local elected officials being considered assets to the party.