Juliette Méadel

Juliette Méadel
Méadel in 2019
Minister Delegate for Urban Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 December 2024
PresidentEmmanuel Macron
Prime MinisterFrançois Bayrou
Preceded byValérie Létard (as minister of urban renovation)
Personal details
Born (1974-04-17) 17 April 1974
Political partyFédération Progressiste (since 2022)
Socialist Party (2005–2018)
RelativesCécile Méadel (sister)

Juliette Laure Jeanne Méadel (born 17 April 1974) is a French politician serving as minister delegate for urban affairs since 2024.[1]

Early life and career

Méadel was born in Paris in 1974, as the daughter of Lucien Méadel, who served as chief of staff to minister of agriculture Édith Cresson from 1981 to 1982, and a mother who worked as a teacher.[2] She is the sister of sociologist Cécile Méadel.[2] She grew up in a housing estate on the Rue du Commandant-René-Mouchotte in the 14th arrondissement.[3] At the age of 7 in 1981, she celebrated the election victory of François Mitterrand alongside her parents at the Rue Soufflot.[4]

Méadel began working as a lawyer at Cozen O'Connor in 1998, and joined Linklaters & Alliance in 2000.[5] She began campaigning for the Socialist Party in 2000.[6] In the 2004 Île-de-France regional election, she was a candidate for the Regional Council of Île-de-France.[2] From 2004 to 2009, she served as advisor to Jean-Pierre Bel.[7] In 2005, she became a member of the national secretariat of the Socialist Party.[8] During the 2005 European Constitution referendum, she campaigned for ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.[9] During the 2007 presidential election, she served as advisor to Ségolène Royal.[10]

From 2008 to 2014, Méadel was a member of the municipal arrondissement council of the 14th arrondissement.[7] From 2009 to 2011, she studied at the École nationale d'administration.[7] In 2011, she began working at the macroeconomic policy department of the Direction générale du Trésor.[2] In 2012, she founded the association L'avenir n'attend pas, which she describes as a "do tank" in contrast to a think tank.[11] During the 2012 presidential election, she was a member of François Hollande's campaign team, as the leader of an anti-discrimination policy working group.[12]

Méadel was the leader of the Question de principes motion at the Socialist Party's Toulouse Congress in 2012, and was elected member of the party's national council,[9] serving as its national secretary of industry until 2014.[13] From January to November 2013, she was the head of the think tank Terra Nova.[14] From 2014 to 2016, she served as spokesperson of the Socialist Party.[15] At the Poitiers Congress in 2015, she supported the motion of Jean-Christophe Cambadélis and Manuel Valls.[15]

Méadel was appointed secretary of state for victims in 2016, when the post was reestablished as a result of the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the November 2015 Paris attacks.[15][16] She sought to establish a single point of contact between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health.[17] The first major event during her tenure was the crash of EgyptAir Flight 804.[18] She also oversaw the 2016 Nice truck attack.[19] She left office in 2017, when the position was abolished.[20]

Méadel supported Manuel Valls in the 2017 Socialist Party presidential primary, and endorsed Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election following Valls's loss to Benoît Hamon.[2] She believed that Hamon would be unable to qualify for the second round of the election, and sought to prevent a runoff between Marine Le Pen and François Fillon.[21] In the 2017 legislative election, she was a candidate for the National Assembly in Seine-et-Marne's 10th constituency.[22] In February 2018, she was appointed member of the working group on the Service national universel.[23] She was expelled from the Socialist Party ahead of the 2018 Aubervilliers Congress, due to her support for Macron.[24] In October 2018, she was considered for the position of secretary of state for the Service national universel.[25]

In the 2020 municipal elections, Méadel was elected municipal councillor of Montrouge.[1] In 2022, she co-founded the political party Fédération Progressiste.[26] In the 2024 European Parliament election, she was a candidate for member of the European Parliament, in fourth position on the list of the Radical Party of the Left.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Du conseil municipal de Montrouge au ministère de la ville, le retour en grâce de Juliette Méadel". Le Parisien (in French). 23 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "La Fiche De Juliette Méadel". Grazia (in French).
  3. ^ a b "Juliette Méadel, à la recherche de la gauche perdue". Le Point (in French). 1 June 2024.
  4. ^ ""Les ministres mettent leur vie privée complètement de côté"". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 30 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Méadel, Juliette (1974-....)" (in French). Archives Nationales.
  6. ^ "le Mouvement". L'Avenir n'attend pas (in French).
  7. ^ a b c "Une ancienne secrétaire d'État nommée à la Cour des comptes". Acteurs Publics (in French). 4 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Remaniement : Juliette Méadel, des arcanes du PS au gouvernement". Le Point (in French). 11 February 2016.
  9. ^ a b "PS : Juliette Méadel, une parole déjà très maîtrisée". Le Figaro (in French). 24 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Rencontre avec Juliette Méadel, la nouvelle secrétaire d'état chargée de l'aide aux victimes". Grazia (in French). 25 March 2016.
  11. ^ "L'ex-ministre PS Méadel, candidate à Montrouge, sans étiquette". Public Sénat (in French). 4 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Juliette Méadel, dans l'ombre de François Hollande". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 4 April 2012.
  13. ^ "Juliette Méadel nommée porte-parole du PS". Le Figaro (in French). 29 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Juliette Méadel quitte le groupe Terra Nova". Toute La Culture (in French). 2 November 2013.
  15. ^ a b c "Juliette Méadel chargée de l'aide aux victimes". Le Monde (in French). 11 February 2016.
  16. ^ "Le secrétariat d'État à l'aide aux victimes refait son apparition". Les Echos (in French). 11 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Attentats : Juliette Méadel veut «un référent unique pour les victimes»". Le Parisien (in French). 23 February 2016.
  18. ^ "Aide aux victimes : Juliette Méadel, la femme derrière la machine administrative". Le Nouvel Obs (in French). 7 January 2017.
  19. ^ "Juliette Méadel: "Répondre dans les huit jours à toute victime"". L'Express (in French). 27 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Attentats : la suppression du secrétariat d'État à l'Aide aux victimes fait polémique". Le Figaro (in French). 13 July 2017.
  21. ^ "La secrétaire d'Etat Juliette Méadel vote Macron". Le Figaro (in French). 20 April 2017.
  22. ^ "Législatives: l'ancienne secrétaire d'Etat Juliette Méadel éliminée en Seine-et-Marne" (in French). BFM TV. 11 June 2017.
  23. ^ "Le général Ménaouine présidera le groupe de travail sur le service national". Ouest-France (in French). 16 February 2018.
  24. ^ ""Je suis socialiste mais j'ai été radiée du PS", annonce Juliette Méadel". Radio France (in French). 11 April 2018.
  25. ^ "Remaniement : Macron et Philippe envisagent de nommer l'ex-socialiste Juliette Méadel". Le Figaro (in French). 10 October 2018.
  26. ^ "Juliette Méadel : "Je viens de la gauche mais pour la majorité des Français ça ne veut plus rien dire"". Marianne (in French). 5 April 2022.
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