Sarah Knafo | |
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Member of the European Parliament for France | |
Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
Parliamentary group | ESN |
Member of the Cour des Comptes | |
In office 9 January 2020 –15 July 2024 | |
President | Pierre Moscovici |
Personal details | |
Born | Les Pavillons-sous-Bois,France | 24 April 1993
Political party | REC (2021–present) |
Other political affiliations | UMP (2011–2015) LR (2015–2021) |
Domestic partner | Éric Zemmour (2021–present) |
Alma mater | Panthéon-Sorbonne University Sciences Po ENA |
Occupation | Magistrate •Civil servant |
Sarah Knafo (born 24 April 1993) is a French magistrate,member of the Cour des Comptes,civil servant,author and politician. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2024.
Knafo was born in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois to a family of Maghrebi Jewish ancestry who had roots in Algeria and Morocco. [1] [2] [3] Her grandparents moved to France in the wake of the Six Day War in response to the rise of Arab nationalism in North Africa. [4] Her mother works as a hypnotherapist and her father is a businessman. Knafo moved to Paris as a teenager. [1]
Knafo graduated with a degree in public administration at Sciences Po after a Baccalauréat in 2011 and then economics and political science at the Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2014. [5] During her studies,she worked as an intern at the French embassy in Libya (at the time relocated to Tunisia). [6] During that time,she also conducted research into illegal immigration routes from Africa into Europe. [7] In 2020,she began working as a civil servant in Seine-Saint-Denis and became a magistrate. [8]
In 2021, L'Express reported that she has been advising Éric Zemmour,a friend of her family,in the event of putting his name for the candidacy for the 2022 French presidential election. [7] [9] L'Obs magazine also claimed she had facilitated meetings between Zemmour and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan,as well as Laurent Wauquiez and Marion Maréchal. [10] In October 2021,she was named as one of Zemmour's campaign directors for his presidential campaign bid and Reconquête party. [11] On October 3,2024,the Paris prosecutor's office closed the complaint for "spreading false news" filed by the Algerian state after,Sarah Knafo claimed,Algeria received 800 million euros in development aid per year from France. [12]
Knafo previously had a relationship with Louis Sarkozy,the son of former President Nicolas Sarkozy. [1] In January 2022,Éric Zemmour informed the public that Knafo is his romantic partner. [13] Regarding her beliefs,Knafo has described herself as Jewish but influenced by Christian culture. [7]
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