Member
Damien CARÊME
The Left · France
Record
The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.
Roll-call participation ⓘ
81.3 %
504 of 620 final votes while in office
The Left median: 86.9 % (−5.6 pts)
Chamber median: 90.6 %
With majority line ⓘ
91.6 %
457 of 499 votes where their group had a line
The Left median: 86.6 % (+5.0 pts)
7 opposite (for ↔ against), 2 abstained against the line, 1 voted for or against when the line was to abstain
Data as a table
| Figure | Participation |
|---|---|
| Damien CARÊME | 81.3 % |
| The Left median | 86.9 % |
| Lowest in the group | 37.7 % |
| Highest in the group | 99.4 % |
| Members | 47 |
Data as a table
| Figure | With majority line |
|---|---|
| Damien CARÊME | 91.6 % |
| The Left median | 86.6 % |
| Lowest in the group | 64.5 % |
| Highest in the group | 91.8 % |
| Members | 47 |
- Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other members of The Left; no ranks.
- “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
- A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.
Roll-call participation
One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.
"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
Data as a table
Voting neighbours
Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.
Work
Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.
Seats
| Body | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on DevelopmentDEVE Committee | Substitute | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home AffairsLIBE Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Committee on PetitionsPETI Committee | Member | 19 Jul 2024 | now |
| Intergroup on Anti-Racism and DiversityIG10-02 Intergroup / working group | Chair co | 14 Feb 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Children’s RightsIG10-06 Intergroup / working group | Member | 19 Feb 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Fighting against PovertyIG10-12 Intergroup / working group | Member | 24 Jan 2025 | now |
| Intergroup on Trade UnionsIG10-24 Intergroup / working group | Member | 31 Jan 2025 | now |
Dossiers
Topics they work on (model-assigned)
- Foreign affairs 64
- Justice, rule of law & rights 42
- Migration & asylum 31
- Economy & single market 17
- Defence & security 15
- EU budget & funds 14
- Jobs, social affairs & equality 14
- Digital, AI & data 13
- Health 7
- Trade & customs 7
- Climate & environment 6
- Energy 4
- Transport & tourism 3
- Agriculture, food & fisheries 2
- EU institutions & Parliament 1
Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.
In the chamber
Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.
5 contributions recorded; 3 on behalf of their group; 7 minutes of speaking time.
| Date | Debate | Kind | Verbatim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2026 | Order of business | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 10 Feb 2026 | Voting time on behalf of The Left | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 2 min | Read |
| 11 Mar 2025 | Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate) | Speech · 1 min | Read |
| 9 Oct 2024 | Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support (debate) on behalf of The Left | Speech · 1 min | Read |
Questions and motions, 117
Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.
Amendments tabled in committee, 26
Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.
Connections
Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.
Political group
- Group The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL) The Left · Left · democratic socialism, communism
National delegation
- Delegation France National delegation
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Data version
- data version e994c83b5003 (27 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
- Retrieved
- 27 September 2026
Cite as
EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Damien CARÊME”. Member record. memberId 197574. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197574?page=112&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 27 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197574. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/197574?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-197574,
author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
title = {{Damien CARÊME}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197574?page=112&scope=final&vscope=all}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/197574?page=112&scope=final&vscope=all},
urldate = {2026-09-27},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Member record. memberId 197574. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197574. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version e994c83b5003 (27 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}