Sacha Houlié

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Sacha Houlié
Member of the National Assembly for Vienne's 2nd constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byCatherine Coutelle
Personal details
Born (1988-10-08) 8 October 1988 (age 35)
Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University
ProfessionLawyer

Sacha Houlié (born 8 October 1988) is a French lawyer

La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Vienne.[2]

Political career

Early beginnings

Having previously been active for the

LREM in 2015.[3] Together with three friends, including Pierre Person, he founded "Jeunes avec Macron" (Young People for Macron) in June 2015.[4]

Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present

In parliament, Houlié has been serving as member of the Committee on Legal Affairs since 2017.[5] In this capacity, he was his parliamentary group's rapporteur on 2019 legislation to strengthen the powers of elected municipal officials, particularly in small municipalities.[6] From 2017 until 2018, he was also one of the National Assembly's six vice-presidents, under the leadership of president François de Rugy.[7] Within his parliamentary group, he is considered a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.[8]

Following Pierre Person's resignation from the LREM leadership in September 2020, Houlié joined him and stepped down as well.[9]

In 2022, Houlié was elected chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs.[10]

Other activities

Political positions

Houlié is considered an advocate of an open and "inclusive"

Muslim faith in France.[13]

In May 2018, Houlié co-sponsored an initiative in favour of legalizing assisted reproductive technology (ART) for all women (singles, heterosexual couples or lesbian couples).[14]

Amid efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Houlié opposed the government's proposal for a state-supported “StopCovid” contact-tracing app project, arguing it could amount to "undemocratic state surveillance."[15] Also in 2020, he went against his parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by his colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[16][17]

Controversy

In mid-2019, French farmers vandalized Houlié's office in Poitiers, in an effort to protest against his support for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union.[18] In April 2021, the inscription "Death to pigs" was found written on the building's facade.[19] In August 2021, the office was set on fire.[20]

See also

Bibliography

"Sacha Houlié, ce député en pétard qui veut que ça roule" in Hallier tout feu tout flamme,


References

  1. ^ Julia Amalia Heyer (16 April 2018), En Marche One Year On: How Macron's Movement Is Transforming French Politics Der Spiegel.
  2. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. ^ Aurélie Delmas (24 June 2017), La galaxie Macron sur les bancs de l’Assemblée Libération, 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ Julia Amalia Heyer (16 April 2018), En Marche One Year On: How Macron's Movement Is Transforming French Politics Der Spiegel.
  5. ^ Sacha Houlié French National Assembly.
  6. ^ Laurent Thévenin (26 November 2019), L'Assemblée donne son feu vert à la loi sur les maires Les Echos.
  7. ^ Vincent Hulin (21 December 2017), Sacha Houlié va démissionner de la vice-présidence de l' Assemblée Nationale France Bleu.
  8. ^ Cédric Pietralunga and Alexandre Lemarié (20 October 2017), La République en marche: Les snipers de la Macronie Le Monde.
  9. ^ Julie Carriat (21 September 2020), « Nous ne savons plus qui nous sommes et ce que nous portons » : les cadres de LRM se déchirent Le Monde.
  10. ^ Pierre Maurer (8 August 2022), Assemblée nationale : Sacha Houlié, le macroniste rescapé de la «bande de Poitiers» Le Parisien.
  11. ^ Sacha Houlié French National Assembly.
  12. ^ Les membres du conseil d'administration de l'ENA École nationale d'administration (ENA).
  13. ^ Alexandre Lemarié (23 November 2018), Des députés La République en marche s’attellent au sujet de l’islam de France Le Monde.
  14. ^ La PMA pour toutes, un acte d’égalité Libération, 29 May 2018.
  15. ^ Mathieu Rosemain (17 April 2020), French friction over government's COVID-tracing app project Reuters.
  16. ^ Analyse du scrutin n° 3254, deuxième séance du 24/11/2020: Scrutin public sur l'ensemble de la proposition de loi relative à la sécurité globale (première lecture) National Assembly.
  17. ^ Elisa Braun (24 November 2020), Controversial security bill puts pressure on French interior minister Politico Europe.
  18. ^ Sudip Kar-Gupta (8 August 2019), French farmers damage more offices of Macron MPs over trade deals Reuters.
  19. ^ Le domicile du député LREM Sacha Houlié tagué Le Figaro, 2 April 2021.
  20. ^ Poitiers : la permanence du député LREM Sacha Houlié incendiée, une enquête ouverte Le Figaro 20 August 2021.