Political career
Charles Fournier became politically involved during his studies in Tours,with an association for the defence of the unemployed. [1]
He had his first electoral experience at the age of 30,running in the 1998 French regional elections on the “Social Emergency”list,from the unemployed workers' movement,in the regional elections in Tours. [3] The list brings together less than 2% of the votes. [1]
In the 2001 French municipal elections,he was a candidate for municipal elections in Tours. Shortly after,he joined the Greens for the presidential campaign of Noël Mamère in 2002. [2] [3] In 2010,he became EELV regional advisor then was re-elected in 2015 and 2021. During these last two elections,he was the “list leader”of the so-called environmentalist group. [4] [5] [6] From July 2015 to December 2022,he is one of the vice-presidents of the Centre-Val de Loire region alongside the majority of François Bonneau (PS). [3] [2] [7] At the regional council,he was mainly involved in the social and solidarity economy,community life,and democratic participation,climate and ecological transition. [3] [2] He campaigns to link ecology and social issues,believing that “the absence of ecology is a collective punishment and always first for the most vulnerable". In December 2022,Charles Fournier resigned from his mandate as regional elected official. [6]
Fournier lived the majority of his life in Tours before settling in Blois from 2008. [8] He returns to Tours at the beginning of 2022 for personal reasons and is a candidate for the nomination of EELV for the legislative elections. [9] [3]
Fournier becomes the candidate designated by the New Ecological and Social People's Union in Indre-et-Loire's 1st constituency for the 2022 French legislative election,he topped the poll in the first round,with 39.6% of the votes cast,ahead of the incumbent MP Philippe Chalumeau who was running for the Ensemble group. In the second round,he won the seat with 53.51% of the votes casts. [3] [2] He resigned six months later from the regional council,Jérémie Godet [ Wikidata ] replaced him as vice-president. [10]
