Antoine Savignat (born 22 July 1975) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who served as member of the

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after winning a by-election in 2018 for Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency.

Political career

In parliament, Savignat served on the

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. He was also a member of the Defence Committee from 2018 until 2019. In 2021, Savignat and

Jean-François Eliaou Jean-François Eliaou (born 13 August 1956) is a French politician who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Hérault. He is a member of Renaissance (RE). Early career Eliaou is a pedia ...

jointly wrote a parliamentary report on the situation of

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s in France's

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. He lost his seat in the first round of the

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Political positions

In July 2019, Savignat voted against the French ratification of the

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Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA; French: ''accord économique et commercial global'', AECG; German: ''Umfassendes Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommen'') is a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union and its ...

(CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés
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References

1975 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic The Republicans (France) politicians People from Cormeilles-en-Parisis Members of Parliament for Val-d'Oise {{ValOise-politician-stub