Éric Bothorel (born 20 October 1966) is a French politician of
Renaissance
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(RE) who has been serving as a member of the
French National Assembly
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since the
2017 elections
Africa
*2017 Somali presidential election 8 February 2017
*2017 Gambian parliamentary election 6 April 2017
*2017 Algerian legislative election 4 May 2017
*2017 Lesotho general election 3 June 2017
*2017 Republic of the Congo parliamentary electi ...
Côtes-d'Armor
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Political career
In 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.
In November 2018, Bothorel co-authored (with Marietta Karamanli) a parliamentary report on digital taxation. 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
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.
Political positions
Foreign policy
In April 2018, Bothorel joined other co-signatories around
Sébastien Nadot
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Mohammed bin Salman
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to Paris.
In July 2019, Bothorel voted in favor of the French ratification of the
European Union
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’s
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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(CETA) with
Canada
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.
Domestic policy
In 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
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(IVF) under France's national health insurance; it was one of the campaign promises of
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Emmanuel Macron
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and marked the first major social reform of his five-year term.
Along with four other LREM members –
Cécile Rilhac
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Coralie Dubost
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–, Bothorel disassociated himself from their colleague
Aurore Bergé
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when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for a Republican draft law banning the wearing of the
hijab
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by women accompanying groups of students on school outings.
Amid efforts to contain the
COVID-19 pandemic in France
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, Bothorel was one of the early supporters of the government's proposal for a state-supported “StopCovid” contact-tracing app project.
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
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and
Jean-Michel Fauvergue
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Politico Europe
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''.
See also
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2017 French legislative election
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