Chloé Ridel Explained

Chloé Ridel
Honorific-Suffix:	MEP
Office:	Member of the European Parliament for France
Termstart:	16 July 2024
Birth Place:	Clamart, France
Party:	Socialist Party (since 2023)
Otherparty:	Party of European Socialists

Chloé Ridel (born 25 November 1991) is a French politician of the Socialist Party (PS). She was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.^[1] She has been serving as a spokesperson for PS since March 2023.^[2]

Early life and career

Ridel is the co-founder of Mieux Voter, which advocates for majority judgement as a replacement for uninominal voting.^[3] In 2020, she co-founded the left-wing think tank Institut Rousseau.^[2] For the 2022 legislative election, she was approached by the Radical Party of the Left to be a candidate for Gard's 6th constituency, but declined to run.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Élections européennes 2024 : qui est la Gardoise Chloé Ridel, nouvelle eurodéputée, élue sur la liste PS-Place publique ?. France Info. June 10, 2024.
2. Web site: Chloé Ridel, (re)bâtisseuse socialiste. Émile Magazine. June 2023.
3. Web site: «Une note n’est pas un vote» : pourtant décrié, le jugement majoritaire présente de nombreux atouts. Le Parisien. February 2, 2022.
4. Web site: EXPRESSO Législatives : Chloé Ridel candidate sur la 6e circonscription ?. Objectif Gard. March 14, 2022.