Biography and interventions
Christophe Rouillon is the mayor of Coulaines, Second Vice-President of Le Mans Métropole with responsibility for budget and European funds and Vice-President of the Association of French Mayors with responsibility for Europe. He has been a member of the European Committee of the Regions since 2005.
He has served President of the Party of European Socialists Group in the European Committee of the Regions since October 2019. Rouillon studied Public Law and Political Science at the Sorbonne and Paris 2-Assas universities and holds a degree in Public Law from the University of Maine Le Mans. He also completed the Aspen programme for young politicians and postgraduate studies in European studies at the National School of Administration (École Nationale d'Administration, ENA). In 2001, at the age of 34, he was elected mayor of Coulaines, and has been reconfirmed in his position in the 2004, 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2020 local elections.
As member of the Committee, Christophe Rouillon has been rapporteur on several key dossiers, including “Reconnecting Europe with its citizens: more and better communication at local level”, “Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union”, “Towards a more efficient and democratic decision making in EU tax policy” and “Recovery plan for Europe in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Recovery and Resilience Facility and Technical Support Instrument” .
Speeches:
- Opening of the #ProgressiveLocalLab at Urban Thinkers Summit (German)
Mannheim, 25 October 2019 - Reply to Mrs Tuppurainen, Finnish Minister for European Affairs, on the Programme of the EU Council Presidency (French)
Brussels, 9 October 2019 - Speech on the “State of the European Union: the View of Regions and Cities”, 4 December 2019
- Speech for Karl-Heinz Lambertz, former President of the European Committee of the Regions, 11 February 2020
- Speech on the opinion on the rule of law, 12 February 2020
- Reply to Thierry Breton, European Commissioner in charge of the Internal Market, 2 July 2020
- Speech at the ENVE Commission of the Committee of the Regions during a debate with European Commissioner Kadri Simson, 9 September 2020 (in French)
- Reply to Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, 13 October 2020
- Speech at ECON Hearing “Local and regional authorities and the Recovery and Resilience Plans”, 22 January 2021 (in French)
- Speech at the Progressive Housing Week, 25 January 2021 (in French)
- Speech at the PES Financial and Economic Network meeting, 27 January 2021
- Speech on the European Citizens Initiative at the plenary of the European Committee of the Regions, 4 February 2021 (in French)
- Speech at the CIVEX Commission on the new Pact on Migration and Asylum, 16 February 2021 (in French)
- Speech at the CIVEX Commission on the Conference on the Future of Europe, 16 February 2021 (in French)
- Speech at the PES Progressive and Sustainable Cities debate, 16 March 2021 (in French)
- Reply to Charles Michel, President of the European Council, 17 March 2021 (in French)
- Speech during the debate with Prime Minister Antonio Costa at the European Committee of the Regions Plenary Session, 5 May 2021 (in French)
- Speech for the launch of the Conference on the Future of Europe event in Strasbourg of the European Committee of the Regions, 9 May 2021 (in French)
- Speech at the Summer University of the French Socialist Party, 27 August 2021 (in French)
- Speech at Bled Strategic Forum, Slovenia, 1 September 2021
- Speech in response to Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa at the European Committee of the Regions Plenary Session, 13 October 2021 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe, 23 October 2021 (in French)
- Speech at the PES Group event "Just a Green Deal or a Just Green Deal: the perspective of progressive cities and regions" in Seville, 26 November 2021 (in French)
- Speech in reply to Emmanuel Macron at the plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, 1 December 2021 (in French)
- Speech to mark the New Year in Coulaines, 14 January 2022 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe, 22 January 2022 (in French)
- Speech for the Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award – Ceremony Award at the plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions, 27 January 2022 (in French)
- Speech at the Committee of the Regions Plenary session debate with the members of the COFE Working Group on European Democracy, 27 January 2022 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe, 12 March 2022 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe, 8 April 2022 (in French)
- Speech at the Committee of the Regions Plenary session on Ukraine, 27 April 2022 (in French)
- Speech at "Rencontres franco-allemands d'Angers", 3 May 2022 (in French)
- Speech for the 50th Anniversary of the city twinning program between Coulaines (France) and Weyhe (Germany), 25 May 2022 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary Session during the debate on the Conference on the future of Europe, 12 October 2022 (in French)
- Closing speech at the extraordinary PES Group meeting on "Youth for Europe, Europe for Youth" in Florence, 4 November 2022 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary Session during the debate on the European Charter on Youth and Democracy, 1 December 2022 (in French)
- Speech at the PES Group event "It's women's time! Ending gender inequality and violence in every place", 3 March 2023 (in French)
- Speech at the annual conference of the European Confederation of Local Intermediate Authorities, 7 March 2023 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary Session during the debate on the Swedish Presidency, 15 March 2023 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary Session during the Local matters debate on water scarcity, 25 May 2023 (in French)
- Speech at the Parti Socialiste meeting in Lyon, 1 July 2023 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary Session during the debate on the Defence of Democracy, 5 July 2023 (in French)
- Speech at the CoR Networking event for EU Councillors and YEPs, 11 October 2023 (in French)
- Speech at the PES Congress in Rome, 1 March 2024 (in French)
- Speech at the 10th European Summit of Regions and Cities, 18 March 2024 (in French)
- Speech at the the extraordinary PES Group meeting on #HousingForAll in Portimão, 5 April 2024 (in French)
- Speech at the opening of the European Week of Regions and Cities RC, 7 October 2024 (in French)
- Speech at the Plenary Debate on the priorities of the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the EU, 8 October 2024 (in French)
