Éric Bothorel (born 20 October 1966) 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 ...
(LREM) who has been serving as a member of the
French National Assembly since the
2017 elections
The following elections occurred in 2017.
Africa
*2017 Somali presidential election 8 February 2017
*2017 Gambian parliamentary election 6 April 2017
* 2017 Algerian legislative election 4 May 2017
*2017 Lesotho general election 3 June 2017
*20 ...
, representing the
department
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Government and military
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of
Côtes-d'Armor
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Political career
In parliament, Bothorel serves as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Education and the Committee on European Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliamentary friendship groups with Iraq and Somalia.
In November 2018, Bothorel co-authored (with
Marietta Karamanli
Marietta Karamanli ( Greek: Μαριέττα Καραμανλή, born 18 December 1964 in Athens) is a French politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of France since 2007, representing the Sarthe department. Excluded from the ...
) a parliamentary report on digital taxation. Later that year, he co-chaired (with
Marie Guévenoux) a group of some twenty parliamentarians involved in organizing a nation-wide consultation process in response to the
Yellow vests movement
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.
Political positions
Foreign policy
In April 2018, Bothorel joined other co-signatories around
Sébastien Nadot
Sébastien Nadot (born 8 July 1972 in Fleurance (Gers)), is a French historian, writer and politician. In the 2017 elections, he was elected as a member of La République En Marche! to the French National Assembly, representing the department o ...
in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the
Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of
Saudi Crown Prince
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Mohammed bin Salman
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to Paris.
In July 2019, Bothorel voted in favor of the French ratification of the
European Union
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’s
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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(CETA) with
Canada
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.
Domestic policy
In May 2018, Bothorel co-sponsored an initiative in favour of a bioethics law extending to homosexual and single women free access to
fertility treatments such as
in vitro fertilisation
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(IVF) under France's national health insurance; it was one of the campaign promises of
President
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Emmanuel Macron
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and marked the first major social reform of his five-year term.
Along with four other LREM members –
Cécile Rilhac
Cécile Rilhac (born 21 April 1974) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the department of Val-d'Oise.
Political career
In pa ...
,
Jean-Michel Mis
Jean-Michel Mis (born 28 July 1967) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing Loire's 2nd constituency.
Political career
In parliament, Mi ...
,
Stéphane Trompille
Stéphane Trompille (born 1 December 1982) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Ain.
Political career
Having previo ...
, and
Coralie Dubost
Coralie Dubost (born 4 March 1983) is a French jurist and politician serving as the member of National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of Hérault between 2017 and 2022. She is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM). Accused of misman ...
–, Bothorel disassociated himself from their colleague
Aurore Bergé
Aurore Bergé (born 13 November 1986) is a French politician who has represented the 10th constituency of the Yvelines Departments of France, department in the National Assembly (France), National Assembly since 2017 French legislative election ...
when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for a
Republican
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draft law banning the wearing of the
hijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings.
Amid efforts to contain the
COVID-19 pandemic in France
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The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. ...
, Bothorel was one of the early supporters of the government's proposal for a state-supported
“StopCovid” contact-tracing app project.
In 2020, Bothorel was one of ten LREM members who voted against his parliamentary group's majority and opposed a much discussed security bill drafted by his colleagues
Alice Thourot
Alice Thourot (born 12 October 1985 in Bar-le-Duc) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022 elections, representing Drôme's 2nd constituency.
Political ...
and
Jean-Michel Fauvergue
Jean-Michel Fauvergue (born 31 January 1957) is a French police commander and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Seine-et-Marne.
Early ...
that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.
[Elisa Braun (24 November 2020)]
Controversial security bill puts pressure on French interior minister
''Politico Europe
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''.
See also
*
2017 French legislative election
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References
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1966 births
Living people
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
La République En Marche! politicians
People from Paimpol
Politicians from Brittany
Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic