Thiébaut Weber is confederal secretary of ETUC-European Trade Union Confederation. He is a trade unionist and former student activist in his native France. He is a member of the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail, and in 2007 started work with the CFDT as a youth delegate, then in 2014 as political advisor on issues including international and European affairs. Between 2011 and 2013 he was President of the ETUC Youth Committee. In 2014, he completed a Master’s degree in Anticipation and Management of Employment and Skills at the University of Paris 1.