Cécile Rilhac (born 21 April 1974) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly between 2017 and 2024, representing the department of Val-d'Oise.[2]
Cécile Rilhac | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly for Val-d'Oise's 3rd constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 9 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Noël Carpentier |
| Succeeded by | Emmanuel Maurel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1974 Paris, France |
| Political party | En Commun Renaissance Movement of Progressives[1] (2017-2019) |
| Profession | Teacher |
Political career
editIn Parliament, Rilhac serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Algerian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]
In 2020, Rilhac joined En Commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[4] In 2023, she left the Renaissance group, together with Pompili, Mireille Clapot and Stella Dupont.[5]
Political positions
editDomestic policy
editIn June 2019, Rilhac was one of four members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative to legalization, the distribution and use of cannabis.[6][7] Along with four other LREM members – Coralie Dubost, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille, and Éric Bothorel –, she disassociated herself 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.[8]
In 2020, Rilhac was one of ten LREM members who voted against her parliamentary group's majority and opposed a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[9][10]
Foreign policy
editIn 2018, Rilhac 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.[11]
In July 2019, Rilhac voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Pierre Clezac (17 June 2019). "Démission de Cécile Rilhac". Movement of Progressives. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017" (in French). Minister of the Interior. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ Cécile Rilhac French National Assembly.
- ^ Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs.
- ^ Mariama Darame and Jérémie Lamothe (11 April 2023), Assemblée nationale : Barbara Pompili et trois autres députées se détachent du groupe Renaissance Le Figaro.
- ^ Harriet Agnew (20 June 2019), French MPs push to legalise distribution and use of cannabis Financial Times.
- ^ Marylou Magal (19 June 2019), Les députés LREM Person et Taché favorables à la légalisation du cannabis Le Figaro.
- ^ Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jules Darmanin (27 November 2020), French government plan to rewrite security bill has MPs up in arms Politico Europe.
- ^ 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.