member
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of the
French National Assembly
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from
2017
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Events January
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to
2022
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Eure
Eure ( ; ; or ) is a department in the administrative region of Normandy, northwestern France, named after the river Eure. Its prefecture is Évreux. In 2021, Eure had a population of 598,934.
Political career
From 2005 until 2017, Questel was a member of the
Socialist Party
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(PS). In the party's
primaries
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 became the party's candidate, Questel left and joined LREM.
In parliament, Questel served on the Committee on Legal Affairs. In this capacity, he was the parliament's
rapporteur
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on a proposal to establish a
municipal police
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in Paris (2019) and (alongside Raphaël Schellenberger) on territorial reforms (2019). In addition to his committee assignments, Questel chaired the French-Kosovar Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In early 2018, Questel was one of several LREM member who joined an informal parliamentary working group on
Islam in France
Islam is the second-largest religion in France after Christianity. As of the most recent estimates, it is followed by approximately 9 million people, accounting for about 13% of the national population. This represents a steady increase from ...
in order to contribute to the government's bill aimed at better organizing and supervising the financing of the Muslim faith in France.
From 2018 until 2020, Questel served as one of five deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman
2022 French legislative election
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.
Political positions
In July 2019, Questel voted in favour of the French ratification of the
European Union
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Canada
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.
Personal life
In December 2018, around 40 protesters of the
yellow vests movement
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fired six shotgun rounds in front of Questel’s home and he received many threatening letters.
In January 2021, Questel revealed that he was the victim of
sexual abuse
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2017 French legislative election
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