Irène Tolleret

After the municipal elections of 2014, Tolleret was elected Mayor of Fontanès, in the Hérault. Representative of her commune in the community council of the community of communes of Grand Pic Saint-Loup, she is vice-president in charge of relations and European affairs.

In 2015, after the departmental elections, Tolleret became the substitute of Marie-Christine Bousquet, mayor of Lodève. Following Bousquet's death, Tolleret replaced her in the departmental council of Hérault.^[5]

During the 2019 European Parliament election, Tolleret was in ninth place on the La République En Marche!'s list of candidates.^[6]

In parliament, Tolleret served on the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the Parliament's delegation with Japan, the European Parliament Intergroup on Children's Rights,^[7] the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Developmentm,^[8] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights^[9] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.^[10]

In December 2020, Tolleret received the Food Safety award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.^[11]