Élisabeth Toutut-Picard (; born 17 December 1954) is a French politician of

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 l ...

(LREM) who was elected as a member of the

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in the

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, representing the 7th constituency of the

Haute-Garonne Haute-Garonne (; oc, Nauta Garona, ; en, Upper Garonne) is a department in the Occitanie region of Southwestern France. Named after the river Garonne, which flows through the department. Its prefecture and main city is Toulouse, the country's ...

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. She served until 2022. Picard contracted

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on 7 March 2020 during the

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Political career

In parliament, Toutut-Picard served as member of the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to the committee assignment, she was part of the parliamentary friendship group with

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and

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. In 2020, Toutut-Picard joined ''En commun'' (EC), a group within LREM led by

Barbara Pompili Barbara Pompili (born 13 June 1975) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Ecological Transition under Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022. Pompili has previously served as member of the National Assembly for the 2nd cons ...

. In 2022, Toutut-Picard was narrowly defeated in the second round National Assembly elections by

Christophe Bex Christophe Bex (born 14 November 1961) is a French politician from La France Insoumise (NUPES). He has been member of the National Assembly for Haute-Garonne's 7th constituency since 2022. References See also * List of deputies of the 1 ...

of LFI.

Political positions

In July 2019, Toutut-Picard decided not to align with her parliamentary group's majority and became one of 52 LREM members who abstained from a vote on the French ratification of the

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’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
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References

1954 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians 21st-century French women politicians Place of birth missing (living people) Women members of the National Assembly (France) Members of Parliament for Haute-Garonne {{France-politician-LREM-stub