Vincent Chauvet

In 2010, he sued Prime Minister François Fillon for failing to enact anonymous CV legislation and brought the case before the Constitutional Council under the newly established ex post judicial review,^[6] arguing that the doctrine of standing in French administrative law was unconstitutional and pleading in favour of the introduction of public-interest litigation.^[7] On 9 July 2014,^[8] the Conseil d'État gave reason to Chauvet's claim^[9] that the government had a constitutional obligation to execute the legislation.^[10]

In 2011, Vincent Chauvet headed the student protest movement^[11] against a new policy enforced by Interior Minister Claude Guéant to massively reject work visa applications for foreign students forcing them to leave France after graduation.^[12] This movement led to a softening of work-visa restrictions measures in 2012.^[13]

In April 2012, Vincent Chauvet founded the first ever submitted but only second registered European Citizens' Initiative^[14] One Single Tariff. The initiative supported the immediate end off all roaming fees and the creation of a unified digital market in the European Union.^[15] The signature gathering campaign^[16] led the European Parliament to back the proposal ahead of the European 2014 elections.^[17]

As youth branch leader of the Union for French Democracy Vincent Chauvet stood on the centrist ballot for the 2010 regional election in Burgundy.^[18] For the presidential election of 2012, he was part of the team of economic advisors to Democratic Movement candidate François Bayrou.^[19] In the runoff he took sides against Nicolas Sarkozy.^[20]

In late 2012, he was picked by the business magazine L'Expansion as the most promising centrist politician in Burgundy.^[21] He teamed up with the incumbent independent candidate for the 2014 mayoral race in Autun^[22] and won with 51.93%.^[23] He became in 2014 Municipal councillor of Autun and Councillor of Greater Autun - Morvan Communauté de communes.

He stood as a candidate at the parliamentary elections in June 2017 in the 2nd constituency of Saône-et-Loire where he lost with 48.96% second round against the conservative candidate Josiane Corneloup.

On July 5, 2017, he was elected Mayor of Autun and First Vice-President of Greater Autun - Morvan Communauté de communes.

In 2020, Vincent Chauvet has been appointed at the European Committee of the Regions. He seats in the Renew Europe in the European Committee of the Regions and has been elected as Vice-President of the French Delegation and coordinator of the Environment Commission.^[24]

In the French municipal elections of 2020, Vincent Chauvet won the race for the city of Autun with 52,96% in the second round.