Céline Calvez
Céline Calvez | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Hauts-de-Seine's 5th constituency | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Patrick Balkany |
Personal details | |
Born | Rennes, France | 24 July 1979
Political party | Socialist Party (until 2016) Renaissance (since 2016) |
Alma mater | University of Rennes 1 CELSA Paris |
Céline Calvez (born 24 July 1979) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has represented the 5th constituency of the Hauts-de-Seine department in the National Assembly since 2017.[1]
Political career
A former member of the Socialist Party (PS), Calvez was announced as the La République En Marche! (LREM, later Renaissance) candidate in the 5th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine in May 2017.[2] She won her seat in Parliament in the 2017 legislative election, defeating The Republicans (LR) candidate Arnaud de Courson in the second round with 62.5% of the vote.
She won reelection in
In Parliament, Calvez serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education,[3] where she has been her parliamentary group's coordinator since 2019. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]
Political positions
In July 2019, Calvez voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[4]
In 2021, Calvez proposed measures to make it easier for women who wish to conduct remote work in the last trimester of pregnancy.[5]
Other activities
- Radio France, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2017)[6]
References
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Anne-Sophie Damecour (16 May 2017), Législatives : quatre nouveaux candidats se mettent en marche dans le 92, Le Parisien (in French).
- ^ a b Céline Calvez, French National Assembly.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés, Le Monde (in French).
- ^ (in French) Les députés proposent de renforcer le télétravail en fin de grossesse, Le Figaro, 5 May 2021.
- ^ Organismes extraparlementaires, in: Journal Officiel de la République Française, 10 November 2017 Légifrance.