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Paula Forteza (born 8 August 1986) is a French politician who was elected to the National Assembly of France in the
2017 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won b ...
as a member of La République En Marche!. She represents the Second constituency for French residents overseas (Latin America and the Caribbean). Head of
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list in the
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of Paris for the 2020 French municipal elections, she left LREM during the campaign. On 16 March 2022, she announced she would not be seeking re-election at the
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.


Early life and education

Forteza was born in Paris to Argentine parents, where she lived for seven years before moving to Argentina, where she studied at the Lycée Franco-Argentin Jean Mermoz. Forteza studied political science at
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before working on a social protection program for the government of
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. In 2014 she returned to France to study at Sciences Po. She graduated with a Master of Public Administration in 2016 and began working for Etalab, a Prime minister service in charge of the open-data and open-government policy.


Political career

Forteza was chosen as a candidate for La République En Marche! in May 2017 for the second constituency for French residents overseas. On 17 June she was elected with 60.92% of the vote, defeating Sergio Coronado of
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. The abstention rate was 87.53%, compared to 84.45% in the
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. In parliament, Forteza serves as member of the Committee on Economical Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the parliamentary friendship groups with
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and
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Legislative activity

In August 2017, Forteza was given responsibility for all bills aiming to restore trust in political life. In 2018, she created, with French deputy
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, a website allowing citizens to ask questions, some of which later were sent to the French Government. The same year, she was nominated rapporteur of the Personal Data Protection Bill which integrates into French law the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On this occasion, she publicly denounced the "commercialization of personal data". During 2019 spring, she was in the running for the position of Minister of State for the Digital Economy, finally vested in
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: according to ''Le Figaro'', she would have been "more centred on revitalizing democracy with digital tools, or protecting personal data". In October 2019, she was nominated co-rapporteur of a parliamentary mission on "digital identity". In January 2020, she remitted to the Government a parliamentary report of the French strategy for quantum technologies, containing 37 public recommendations out of 50.


Critics and departure from LREM

On January 28, 2020, she announced her departure from
La République en marche Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a ...
on French national radio: having explained the lack of consideration for left and ecological issues, she expressed deep disagreement with the political methods used by the party, which "rewards friendships more than competencies". She became a non-attached member at the French National Assembly and called for the creation of a new "ecologist and progressist" political group. From May until October 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members of the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group.Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (16 October 2020)
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Since October 2020, she has sat as a Non-Attached Member.


2020 municipal elections in Paris

She supports the dissenting candidacy of
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for the 2020 municipal elections in Paris, and campaigns in the
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. She obtained 5,82% of the vote during the first ballot.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forteza, Paula 1986 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic La République En Marche! politicians Ecology Democracy Solidarity politicians 21st-century French women politicians Politicians from Paris Sciences Po alumni French people of Argentine descent Women members of the National Assembly (France) Members of Parliament for French people living outside France