| Party: | La France Insoumise (2024–present) |
| Constituency Mp: | France |
| Term Start: | 2 July 2019 |
| Parliament: | European |
| Birth Date: | 16 November 1960 |
| Birth Place: | Joeuf, France |
| Otherparty: | Socialist Party (until 2015) Europe Ecology – The Greens (2015–2023) |
Damien Carême (born 16 November 1960) is a French politician of La France Insoumise. He has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019[1] and was re-elected in 2024.[2]
A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), Carême served as mayor of Grande-Synthe from 2001 until 2019. During his time in office, he worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on constructing the first purpose-built camp in France to provide proper, humanitarian-standard shelter to about 2,500 refugees in response to the French government's closure of the port of Calais during the European migrant crisis in 2016.[3] [4] He endorsed Benoît Hamon ahead of the 2017 French presidential election.[5]
In the European Parliament, Carême serves on the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He was his parliamentary group's shadow rapporteur on a non-binding 2021 motion in support of using “low-carbon hydrogen” made from fossil gas as a bridge towards 100% renewable production.[6]
In addition to his committee assignments, Carême is part of the parliament's delegation for relations with South Africa.[7]
Carême is divorced and has two children;[8] one of them is Baptiste Carême.