Education
University of Nantes.
University of Nantes.
He has been Minister of Agriculture in the Ayrault Cabinet since 16 May 2012. Born in Le Mans, he was elected to the European Parliament for the Socialist Party, part of Party of European Socialists, in 2004 and served to 2012. As Minister of Agriculture he is in charge of reforming the Common Agricultural Policy.
He also put an accent on "resocializing rural territories in France".