Editing Claude Turmes (section)

==Political career==
===Member of the European Parliament, 1999–2018===
Turmes was elected as a member of the [[European Parliament]] in the [[1999 European Parliament election in Luxembourg|1999 European elections]]. In parliament, he first served on the [[Committee on Budgetary Control]] before joining the [[Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]] in 2002. In this capacity, he served as [[rapporteur]] on the 2008 draft of the [[EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC]]<ref>Jennifer Rankin (30 January 2008), [http://www.politico.eu/article/turmes-to-draft-the-parliaments-renewables-position/ Turmes to draft the Parliament’s renewables position] ''[[European Voice]]''.</ref> and on the [[EU Energy Efficiency Directive 2012]].<ref>[http://www.politico.eu/article/green-jobs-initiative/ Green jobs initiative] ''[[European Voice]]'', 13 July 2011.</ref> Between 2007 and 2008, he was a member of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change. He also represented the Parliament at the [[2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Poznań]],<ref>Jennifer Rankin (26 November 2008), [http://www.politico.eu/article/meps-flock-to-poznan-meeting/ MEPs flock to Poznań meeting] ''[[European Voice]]''.</ref> and the [[2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Marrakesh]].<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20161111IPR50906/meps-to-participate-in-cop22-climate-change-conference-in-marrakesh MEPs to participate in COP22 climate change conference in Marrakesh] [[European Parliament]], press release of 11 November 2016.</ref>

In 2011, Turmes was part of a cross-party working group headed by [[Jerzy Buzek]], the [[President of the European Parliament]], to draft reforms on lobbying and MEPs’ rules of conduct.<ref>Constant Brand (13 April 2011), [http://www.politico.eu/article/cross-party-group-to-draft-reforms-for-lobbying-rules/ Cross-party group to draft reforms for lobbying rules] ''[[European Voice]]''.</ref> In addition to his committee assignments, Turmes was a member of the [[European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights]]<ref>[http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/about/members/ Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327004733/http://www.lgbt-ep.eu/about/members/ |date=27 March 2019 }} European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.</ref> and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.<ref>[http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831215301/http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ |date=31 August 2019 }} European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.</ref>

===Career in national politics===
Turmes became Secretary of State for Sustainable Development and Infrastructures for the Luxembourg government in June 2018, and served as Minister for Energy and Minister for Spatial Planning from 5 December 2018 until 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography: Claude Turmes |url=https://gouvernement.lu/en/gouvernement/turmes_claude/CV.html |website=gouvernement.lu |accessdate=24 January 2020 |language=en |date=12 June 2012}}</ref>