Éric Bothorel (born 20 October 1966) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Côtes-d'Armor.[1]
Éric Bothorel | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Côtes-d'Armor's 5th constituency | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Corinne Erhel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 October 1966 Paimpol, France |
| Political party | Renaissance |
Political career
editIn 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.[2]
In November 2018, Bothorel co-authored (with Marietta Karamanli) a parliamentary report on digital taxation.[3] 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.[4]
Political positions
editForeign policy
editIn April 2018, Bothorel joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot 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 Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.[5]
In July 2019, Bothorel voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[6]
Domestic policy
editIn 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 (IVF) under France's national health insurance; it was one of the campaign promises of President Emmanuel Macron and marked the first major social reform of his five-year term.[7][8]
Along with four other LREM members – Cécile Rilhac, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille, and Coralie Dubost –, Bothorel disassociated himself from their colleague Aurore Bergé when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for a Republican draft law banning the wearing of the hijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings.[9]
Amid efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Bothorel was one of the early supporters of the government's proposal for a state-supported “StopCovid” contact-tracing app project.[10]
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 and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[11][12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Éric Bothorel French National Assembly.
- ^ Elsa Bembaron and Elisa Braun (1 April 2019), Les cinq dossiers chauds qui attendent Cédric O au Numérique Le Figaro.
- ^ Manon Rescan (19 December 2018), Les députés LRM peu emballés par le référendum d’initiative citoyenne Le Monde.
- ^ John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
- ^ Harriet Agnew (24 September 2019), France moves to extend IVF to gay and single women Financial Times.
- ^ La PMA pour toutes, un acte d’égalité Libération, 29 May 2018.
- ^ Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.
- ^ Mathieu Rosemain (17 April 2020), French friction over government's COVID-tracing app project Reuters.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Elisa Braun (24 November 2020), Controversial security bill puts pressure on French interior minister Politico Europe.