Mélanie Vogel
Mélanie Vogel | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Vogel in 2022 | |
| Co-chair of the European Green Party | |
| In office 5 June 2022 – 7 December 2024 Serving with Thomas Waitz | |
| Preceded by | Evelyne Huytebroeck |
| Succeeded by | Vula Tsetsi |
| Member of the French Senate for French citizens living abroad | |
| Assumed office 1 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 May 1985 |
| Party | Europe Ecology – The Greens |
Mélanie Vogel, (French pronunciation: [melani vɔʒɛl]; born 22 May 1985) is a French academic and politician of Europe Ecology – The Greens (EELV) who has been serving as a member of the French Senate since 2021, representing the constituency of French citizens living abroad.[1]
Early career
Vogel led the EÉLV campaign in the 2014 European Parliament election and later worked as an advisor for the Greens–European Free Alliance group on constitutional affairs.[2]
Political career
In the Senate, Vogel serves on the Law Committee.[3]
Vogel served as the co-chair of the European Green Party together with Thomas Waitz from 5 June 2022 until December 2024.[4]
In 2022, she advocated for enshrining the right to abortion in the French Constitution and introduced a proposal for a constitutional law. However, her bill was rejected by the Senate.[5] In 2023, the government took over the initiative, and in 2024, the Congress of the French Parliament adopted the reform, enshrining in the Constitution "the guaranteed freedom of women to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy."[6]
She then called for this right to be extended at the European level by enshrining it in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.[7]
Personal life
Vogel was in a relationship with Terry Reintke.[8] They lived in Brussels.[9]
References
- ^ Taburet, Marceau. "Mélanie Vogel, la nouvelle élue écologiste qui espère bousculer le Sénat". Libération (in French).
- ^ Mael Thierry (28 January 2019), Les eurodéputés accepteront-ils de dévoiler leurs rencontres avec des lobbyistes ? L'Obs.
- ^ Mélanie Vogel Senate of France.
- ^ "Kogler/Stoytchev: Gratulation an Thomas Waitz zur Wiederwahl als Ko-Vorsitzender der Europäischen Grünen". www.ots.at. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Premier revers pour l'inscription du droit à l'IVG dans la Constitution". 20 Minutes (in French). 12 October 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "France, first to protect abortion in Constitution, sends message to 'women of the world'". 5 March 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "IVG dans la Constitution : LFI fait de Mathilde Panot l'héritière de Simone Veil". Le Point (in French). 5 March 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
- ^ Marceau Taburet (27 September 2021), Révolution? Mélanie Vogel, la nouvelle élue écologiste qui espère bousculer le Sénat Libération.
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