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Aymeric Caron | |
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 Caron in 2013 | |
| Member of theNational Assembly forParis's18th constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Yves Bournazel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1971-12-04)4 December 1971 (age 54) |
| Party | Ecological Revolution for the Living (2018–present) |
| Alma mater | ESJ Lille University of Lille |
| Profession | Journalist •Politician |
Aymeric Caron (French pronunciation:[ɛmʁikkaʁɔ̃]; born 4 December 1971) is a French politician and formerradio andtelevision journalist who has represented the18th constituency ofParis in theNational Assembly since2022.[1] He was elected as a member of theEcological Revolution for the Living (REV) within theNew Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) alliance. As the party's soleMember of Parliament, Caron sits with theLa France Insoumise group.
Caron is the son of a teacher and primary school director and a nurse mother.[2] He first thought about becoming acartoonist, but after having seen awar reporter, he found his vocation of journalist.[3] He studied aClasse préparatoire lettres et sciences sociales (literature and social science) at theLycée Faidherbe inLille and then graduated at theÉcole supérieure de journalisme de Lille in May 1995. He then left France to work inShanghai in a studio of radiophonic production of the French consulate. He came back in France working for the channelsTF1,LCI andFrance 3.
In 1998, he joinedCanal+ working as a journalist. He is in charge by the redaction of the channel, to cover different conflicts like those fromKosovo,Afghanistan,Ivory Coast,Congo andIraq. With several journalists, he joined the team of the news information during the fusion of the redaction from the channels Canal+ andI-Télé in June 2001. He also replaced some presenters during their vacation period.
From March 2006 to June 2008, Aymeric Caron hosts from Friday to Sunday the morning news of the weekend on I-Télé. He presents at the same timeMatin infos, a morning program common toCanal+ and I-Télé, during summer 2006 and 2007.Matin Week-end is a news segment alternating reportages, chronicles and interviews. In October 2007, one of his interviews strongly opposed him toNadine Morano, who was the official spokesperson of the FrenchUMP, close ofPresidentNicolas Sarkozy. He then left the channel at the end of the season in 2008.
In September 2012, he joined the programOn n'est pas couché presented byLaurent Ruquier broadcast every Saturday at the second part of the evening onFrance 2. He replacesAudrey Pulvar as acolumnist withNatacha Polony. He often has violent confrontations with his guests includingTristane Banon andVéronique Genest. In May 2014, during a confrontation withAlexandre Arcady, cut at the montage by the production of the program, about his last film24 Days, there were multiple critics and Aymeric Caron was even accused ofantisemitism.
In September 2014, after a confrontation withBernard-Henri Lévy about the2014 Israel-Gaza conflict on the same program, Aymeric Caron apparently received threats that were serious enough for theParis Police Prefecture to reinforce the patrol around his home. In September 2015, he was replaced byYann Moix who is now a polemicist on the program.
During summer 2009, he presented the morning section ofEurope 1 from Monday to Friday, replacingMarc-Olivier Fogiel. In September 2009, the direction of the station put him in charge of the presentation of the morning section on weekends. He was then replaced in September 2010 for the morning section to present on Sunday evening. He was also the substitute presenter ofJean-Marc Morandini onLe Grand Direct andLe Grand Direct des Médias from Monday to Friday. In February 2001, she presented again the morning section on weekends, and left the station in July 2011.
A fervent defender ofanimal rights,[4] Aymeric Caron has been avegetarian since the 1990s.[5][6] In 2013, he published a book about this engagement titledNo Steak, with sales of more than 30,000 copies. In late 2014, he announced that he had becomevegan.[citation needed]
In July 2015, he participated atFort Boyard onFrance 2 with Damien Thévenot,Gérard Vivès, Carinne Teyssandier, Laurent Maistret etHélène Gateau. They earned 12,690 euros for the associationL214.
He has participated in press conferences about animal causes withPeter Singer,Matthieu Ricard andFranz-Olivier Giesbert. During a press conference at theNational Assembly in October 2015, he supported the proposition for a law of deputyYves Jégo from theUnion of Democrats and Independents, among others,Cécile Duflot andChantal Jouanno, also favorable for a vegetarian alternative in school canteens.
