Who is Vincent Caure, assigned to head the parliamentary inquiry into the October 17 rioting?

Vincent Caure, a 33-year-old MP from President Emmanuel Macron’s Renaissance party, has been thrust into a prominent role as chair of a parliamentary inquiry into violence surrounding nationwide protests on 17 October. The inquiry is politically sensitive, with the unrest challenging the government and reopening scrutiny of events from Macron’s first term.

Caure was elected in 2024 to represent French citizens in Northern Europe and became the National Assembly’s youngest-ever chair of its law commission in 2026. A long-time Macron supporter, he previously worked at the Élysée and was the first to spot footage of presidential aide Alexandre Benalla assaulting a protester in 2018. The inquiry has faced political disputes, including a boycott by the far-right National Rally and the resignation of a centrist co-rapporteur; Caure says he wants its findings to avoid reflexive anti-police rhetoric.