Véronique Riotton (born 2 November 1969 in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie) is a French politician of 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 Haute-Savoie.[1]
Véronique Riotton | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Haute-Savoie's 1st constituency | |
In office 21 June 2017 – 9 June 2024 | |
Preceded by | Bernard Accoyer |
Personal details | |
Born | Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, France | 2 November 1969
Political party | La République En Marche! |
Political career
editIn parliament, Riotton serves on the Sustainable Development, Spatial and Regional Planning Committee,[2] which she briefly chaired in 2020. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Nepalese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
From 2018 until 2019, Riotton was one of five deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[3]
She was re-elected in the 2022 election.
Political positions
editIn July 2019, Riotton voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Véronique Riotton French National Assembly.
- ^ Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (9 October 2018), Groupe En marche à l'Assemblée: Gilles Le Gendre a choisi ses 5 vice-présidents Le Journal du Dimanche.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.