Claire Fita

Fita was born in Toulouse in 1976.^[2] Her grandparents had been Spanish republican refugees.^[1] She graduated from the Institute of Political Studies of Toulouse in 1997 and also studied at the Regional Institute of Administration (IRA) of Nantes, graduating in 2000. She then went on to work in the education sector.^[3][4]

As a member of PS, Fita served as deputy mayor of Graulhet in the Tarn department between 2008 and 2014, later being a city councillor. In 2015 she was elected as a councillor of the newly created Occitania region, where she served on the Committee on Agriculture, Agri-food and Viticulture and the Committee on Culture, Heritage and Regional Languages. In 2021, she joined the region's executive team as vice-president for culture, heritage and regional languages.In the 2017 French legislative election she was a candidate for Tarn's 2nd constituency.^[1][5][6]

In 2024, as a representative of the PS and Place Publique coalition, she was elected as a member of the European Parliament for 2024–2029. In common with other members of the coalition she became a member of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the parliament. She became a member of the parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.^[1][2]