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Charles Goerens

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Charles Goerens
MEP
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the European Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 July 2009
ConstituencyLuxembourg
In office
25 October 1994 – 6 August 1999
ConstituencyLuxembourg
In office
15 February 1982 – 23 July 1984
Preceded byJean Hamilius
ConstituencyLuxembourg
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
3 August 2004 – 8 July 2009
Succeeded byAndré Bauler
ConstituencyNorth
In office
6 July 1979 – 25 October 1994
Succeeded byAgnès Durdu
ConstituencyNorth
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
20 July 2004 – 31 July 2004
Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker
GovernmentJuncker–Polfer
Preceded byLydie Polfer
Succeeded byJean Asselborn
Minister for Cooperation, Humanitarian Action and Defence
In office
7 August 1999 – 31 July 2004
Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker
GovernmentJuncker–Polfer
Preceded byJacques Poos (Cooperation)
Alex Bodry (Public Force)
Succeeded byJean-Louis Schiltz (Cooperation and Humanitarian Action)
Luc Frieden (Defence)
Minister for the Environment
In office
7 August 1999 – 31 July 2004
Prime MinisterJean-Claude Juncker
GovernmentJuncker–Polfer
Preceded byAlex Bodry
Succeeded byLucien Lux
Personal details
BornCharles Nicolas Goerens
(1952-02-06) 6 February 1952 (age 74)
Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
Party Luxembourgish
Democratic Party
EU
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Renew Europe

Charles Nicolas Goerens (born 6 February 1952)[1] is a Luxembourgish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. He is a member of the Democratic Party (DP), part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[2] He was the lead candidate and only elected MEP for the DP in the 2024 European Elections.[3][4]

Early career

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He studied agricultural science before he was first elected to the northern district constituency as a member of the Democratic Party in 1979. From 1989 until 1994 he was its chairman.[5]

Political career

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Goerens was a member of the European Parliament from 1982 to 1984, from 1994 to 1999, and again from 2009 to present.[6]

He served as Minister for Cooperation, Humanitarian Action, and Defence in the government of Jean-Claude Juncker from 7 August 1999 until 31 July 2004.[5] He also briefly served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 20 July 2004 until 31 July 2004. He lost these posts when Juncker had to form a new coalition government after the 2004 parliamentary elections.

Since 2009, Goerens has been serving as a member of the Committee on Development and of the Subcommittee on Human Rights.

During the Brexit negotiations, Goerens had advocated for associate membership of the United Kingdom to the European Union.[7]

Following the 2019 European Parliament election, he also became a vice-chair of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs.

In addition to his committee assignments, Goerens is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights,[8] the MEPs Against Cancer group (since 2019).[9] and the Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.[10] He also co-chairs the cross-party Working Group on Fair Trade (sponsored by Fair Trade Advocacy).[11]

Other activities

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  • Friends of the Global Fund, Vice-Chair of the Board
  • Fondation pour la construction de l'avenir du Luxembourg (FOCAL), Member of the Board

Since 1997 Charles Goerens has been organising educational trips to Auschwitz, as part of his efforts to fight against racism, xenophobia, and antisemitism.[12]

References

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  1. ↑ "Aus dem Zivilstand". Tageblatt. 15 March 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Charles Goerens". ALDE. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Interview with MEP Charel Goerens: "2024 is the year of risks"". today.rtl.lu. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  4. ↑ "Resultat vun den Europawalen zu Lëtzebuerg: Déi Gréng hale sech mat engem Sëtz, ADR packt de Sprong an d'Parlament". www.rtl.lu (in Luxembourgish). Retrieved 2024-06-11.
  5. 1 2 "Charles Goerens" (in French). Government of Luxembourg. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Your MEPs : Charles GOERENS". Europa. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  7. ↑ "Charles Goerens Shows Solidarity with UK and EU Citizens at Stop Brexit March". Chronicle.lu. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  8. ↑ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights.
  9. ↑ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature Archived 2020-02-02 at the Wayback Machine MEPs Against Cancer.
  10. ↑ Members Responsible Business Conduct Working Group.
  11. ↑ Fair Trade housewarming at the European Parliament Archived 2018-01-10 at the Wayback Machine Fair Trade Advocacy, press release of 8 October 2014.
  12. ↑ Quotidien, Le. "Un voyage à Auschwitz pour ne jamais oublier" (in French). Retrieved 2024-02-02.
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