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Damien CARÊME

France France GUE/NGL – The Left in the European Parliament La France Insoumise

Damien CARÊME is a Member of the European Parliament from France, representing La France Insoumise in the The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) group. In the 10th parliamentary term (2024–2029), Damien has submitted 591 amendments, delivered 5 speeches, authored 0 reports as rapporteur and 6 as shadow rapporteur, asked 105 questions, and filed 9 motions. Vote participation stands at 83.9% (4974 out of 5928 recorded roll-call votes within the Member's mandate period). All counts shown are raw figures from official European Parliament records, not adjusted for mandate length.

Parliamentary Activity

Activity Count EP Avg vs Avg EP Rank Country Group
Amendments 591 811.1 -220 420th/743 62nd/84 28th/46
Speeches 5 44.4 -39 699th/743 80th/84 46th/46
Reports (Rapporteur) 0 0.8 -1 263rd/743 24th/84 9th/46
Reports (Shadow) 6 3.8 +2 134th/743 20th/84 26th/46
Questions 105 39.7 +65 50th/743 11th/84 18th/46
Motions 9 19.6 -11 234th/743 21st/84 16th/46
Opinions (Rapporteur) 0 0.6 -1 223rd/743 17th/84 12th/46
Opinions (Shadow) 2 2.7 -1 273rd/743 35th/84 32nd/46
Explanations of Vote 81 43.0 +38 99th/743 30th/84 10th/46
Vote Participation 83.9% 86.3% – 533rd/745 66th/84 30th/47

Each row orders Members by a single recorded metric; tied values share the same rank. Counts are raw and are not adjusted for mandate length; vote participation is the share of roll-call votes cast within each Member's mandate period. EP Avg = mean across all 745 tracked Members of the 10th term, including former Members. Data: European Parliament term 10 (2024–2029).

Roles and Memberships

Committees

Member PETI – Committee on Petitions
Member LIBE – Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Substitute DEVE – Committee on Development
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Committees and delegations

Damien CARÊME holds the committee and delegation roles listed below in the 10th term (2024–2029).

Committees

  • Committee on Development (DEVE): Substitute, since 2024-07-19. Attended 12 of 30 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 13 of 36 committee meetings held during the membership
  • Committee on Petitions (PETI): Member, since 2024-07-19. Attended 14 of 24 committee meetings held during the membership

Reports and opinions

Reports as shadow rapporteur

Most recent 5 of 6.

  • 2026-06-29 A10-0187/2026 REPORT on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum (DEVE, ENVI)
  • 2026-05-18 A10-0147/2026 REPORT on reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries (DEVE)
  • 2026-03-05 A10-0045/2026 REPORT on Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation (AFET, DEVE)
  • 2025-12-10 A10-0258/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an application for the electronic submission of travel data (“EU Digital Travel application”) and amending Regulations (EU) 2016/399 and (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 2252/2004, as regards the use of digital travel credentials (LIBE)
  • 2025-12-10 A10-0259/2025 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level (LIBE)

Opinions as shadow rapporteur

All 2, most recent first.

  • 2026-07-23 DEVE_AD(2026)782280 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Establishing the Union support for asylum, migration and integration for the period from 2028 to 2034 (DEVE)
  • 2025-04-09 DEVE_AD(2025)768043 OPINION on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (DEVE)

Amendments by procedure

Procedures with the most amendments Damien CARÊME has tabled as author or co-author in the 10th term. Amendments are counted per procedure reference.

  • 2025/2070(INI): 144 amendments, latest 2025-10-22 (HOUS)
    EP document title: REPORT on the housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing
  • 2023/0439(COD): 107 amendments, latest 2025-04-30 (LIBE)
  • 2025/2248(INI): 67 amendments, latest 2026-03-25 (DEVE)
    EP document title: REPORT on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum
  • 2025/2073(INI): 51 amendments, latest 2025-12-01 (AFET, DEVE)
    EP document title: REPORT on Global Gateway -– past impacts and future orientation
  • 2025/2111(INI): 45 amendments, latest 2025-11-17 (DEVE)
    EP document title: REPORT on reinforcing development cooperation to address irregular population movements and their root causes in partner countries

Questions, motions and explanations of vote

Records as published on the European Parliament website, including co-signed texts. Each list says how far its records reach.

Written questions

Most recent 20 of 96. Records up to 2026-09-09.

  • 2026-09-07 Extraterritorial impact of the US designation of Autistici/Inventati as a terrorist entity (P-10-2026-003526)
  • 2026-09-01 Serious statements by Markus Lammert regarding the expulsion of unaccompanied children and persons in need of international protection in Ceuta (E-10-2026-003413)
  • 2026-07-22 Cutro shipwreck, tragedies at sea and the right of vicitms’ families (E-10-2026-003097)
  • 2026-07-07 Transparency regarding EU-funded infrastructure destroyed in Gaza (E-10-2026-002805)
  • 2026-06-30 Follow-up to question for written answer E-001083/2025 on menstrual products: transparency and health risks (E-10-2026-002698)
  • 2026-06-12 Misuse of EU funds in Athens’ Prosfygika district: partnership principle violations and fundamental rights concerns (E-10-2026-002432)
  • 2026-06-02 Application of the Early Detection and Exclusion System to companies active in the cyber-surveillance sector, including those involved in spyware (E-10-2026-002239)
  • 2026-06-02 Participation of EU officials in ISS World Europe security fair (E-10-2026-002240)
  • 2026-06-01 Action by EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič regarding trade restrictions on goods from illegal Israeli settlements (E-10-2026-002215)
  • 2026-05-13 Another shooting attack by Libyan militias on the humanitarian vessel Sea-Watch 5 (E-10-2026-002019)
  • 2026-05-13 The sinking of a migrant boat following dangerous circling manoeuvres by the Greek coastguard, resulting in eight deaths (P-10-2026-002006)
  • 2026-05-08 Infringement complaint against France over the A69 motorway (E-10-2026-001914)
  • 2026-05-05 Commission meeting with Taliban on deportations of Afghans (E-10-2026-001828)
  • 2026-04-21 Customs practices related to products imported from illegal Israeli settlements in the OPTs (E-10-2026-001633)
  • 2026-04-21 Immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Trade Agreement following the adoption of a death penalty law by the Israeli Parliament (E-10-2026-001634)
  • 2026-04-16 The use of Afghan paramilitaries by the Greek authorities for pushbacks (E-10-2026-001563)
  • 2026-04-16 Claude Mythos and the cybersecurity risks facing the EU (E-10-2026-001575)
  • 2026-04-13 Executive order by the Trump administration against Cuba and human rights (E-10-2026-001489)
  • 2026-04-01 Guaranteeing affordable energy prices in view of the conflict in Iran and the limitations of the European electricity market (E-10-2026-001360)
  • 2026-03-31 Israeli death penalty bill targeting Palestinians (E-10-2026-001323)

Questions for oral answer

All 9, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-07.

  • 2026-09-07 Climate change, public health and the world of work: for a directive on maximum working temperatures (O-10-2026-000035)
  • 2026-06-25 The recent coercive measures imposed by the United States against Cuba, their extraterritorial nature and the measures to be adopted to defend the interests of individuals and companies from EU countries (O-10-2026-000029)
  • 2026-06-24 ECB’s decision to raise interest rates and its impact on the rising cost of living (O-10-2026-000028)
  • 2026-04-17 Taxation of windfall profits in the energy sector (O-10-2026-000019)
  • 2026-03-20 Transfer of European citizens’ biometric data to the Trump administration (O-10-2026-000015)
  • 2026-03-09 Public procurement and deaths at work: choosing the best bidder in social terms and making social rights and safety at work a condition for access to contracts (O-10-2026-000011)
  • 2026-01-28 Addressing the gender health gap in the new research and innovation programme (FP10) (O-10-2026-000004)
  • 2025-05-28 EU-Israel Association Agreement (O-10-2025-000019)
  • 2024-11-26 ICC arrest warrants issued on 21 November 2024 (O-10-2024-000016)

Motions for resolutions

All 9, most recent first. Records up to 2026-09-11.

  • 2026-07-01 PROPOSAL FOR A DECISION requesting the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations to verify whether Europe of Sovereign Nations Party complies with the conditions laid down in Article 3(1), points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2025/2445 (B-10-2026-0338)
  • 2026-06-12 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (B-10-2026-0289)
  • 2026-06-10 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recruitment of children by organised crime (B-10-2026-0275)
  • 2026-02-09 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on World Cancer Day (B-10-2026-0126)
  • 2026-01-14 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Common Market of the South, the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, of the other part, and the proposed Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union, of the one part, and the Common Market (B-10-2026-0060)
  • 2025-11-05 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION seeking an opinion from the Court of Justice on the compatibility with the Treaties of the proposed Agreement on Digital Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore (B-10-2025-0479)
  • 2025-09-15 MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION (B-10-2025-0402)
  • 2025-07-02 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 10 June 2025 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 to add Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, Namibia, Nepal and Venezuela to the list of high-risk third countries which have provided a written high-level political commitment to address the identified deficiencies and have developed an action plan with the FATF, and to remove Barbados, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Panama, the Philippines, Senegal, Uganda an (B-10-2025-0316)
  • 2025-02-11 JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Individual motions for resolutions

All 2, most recent first. Records up to 2026-06-11.

  • 2026-05-19 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on holding Israel to account for breaches of human rights and international law (B-10-2026-0267)
  • 2026-05-04 MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the universalisation of company law: ‘towards a new El Dorado for businesses’ (B-10-2026-0237)

Written explanations of vote

20 of 81, in alphabetical order. The EP lists explanations of vote without dates.

  • 2025 Commission report on Albania
  • 2025 Commission report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 2025 Commission report on Georgia
  • 2025 Commission report on Kosovo
  • 2025 Commission report on Moldova
  • 2025 Commission report on Montenegro
  • 2025 Commission report on North Macedonia
  • 2025 Commission report on Serbia
  • 2025 Commission report on Türkiye
  • 2025 Commission report on Ukraine
  • Air passenger rights
  • Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties
  • Amending the Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes
  • Application of the ‘safe third country’ concept
  • Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania
  • Bilateral safeguard clause of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement and the EU-Mercosur Interim Trade Agreement for agricultural products
  • Brexit Adjustment Reserve
  • Choice of performance indicators for audit and budgetary control in the context of financing measures to support the implementation of future European competitiveness
  • Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles
  • Combating corruption

Comparison with group and country means

Counts of Damien CARÊME set against the mean of all Members of the EP, of the The Left in the European Parliament group and of the Members from France. The word in brackets says whether the count is higher than, lower than or equal to that mean.

ActivityCountEP meanGUE/NGL meanFrance mean
Amendments591811.1 (lower)769.3 (lower)1111.3 (lower)
Speeches544.4 (lower)52.8 (lower)34.2 (lower)
Reports (Rapporteur)00.8 (lower)0.5 (lower)0.7 (lower)
Reports (Shadow)63.8 (higher)8.3 (lower)4.4 (higher)
Questions10539.7 (higher)89.4 (higher)55.3 (higher)
Motions919.6 (lower)11.2 (lower)10.5 (lower)
Opinions (Rapporteur)00.6 (lower)0.3 (lower)0.3 (lower)
Opinions (Shadow)22.7 (lower)5.2 (lower)3.1 (lower)
Explanations of Vote8143.0 (higher)93.4 (lower)139.3 (lower)
Vote Participation83.9%86.3% (lower)83.0% (higher)86.4% (lower)

Means are taken over all tracked Members of the 10th term, former Members included. Counts are raw and not adjusted for mandate length.