Alexandra Louis (born 17 September 1983) is a French lawyer and politician of
La République En Marche!
Renaissance (RE), previously known as La République En Marche ! (frequently abbreviated LREM, LaREM or REM; translated as "The Republic on the Move" or "Republic Forward"), or sometimes called simply En Marche ! () as its original name, is a l ...
(LREM) who served as the member of the
National Assembly from
2017
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to
2022
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, representing the
3rd constituency of the
Bouches-du-Rhône department.
Political career
In parliament, Louis served as member of the Committee on Legal Affairs. In that capacity, she drafted 2021 legislation that would effectively criminalize
incest and strengthen the criminalization of sexual relationships between an adult and a minor under the age of 15. In addition to her committee assignments, she was part of the parliamentary friendship groups with
Madagascar and the
Comores.
In addition to her parliamentary work, Louis was a member of the French delegation to the
Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...
from 2017 to 2022. In this capacity, she served on the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights; the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by
Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee); and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights. She was also the Assembly's
rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders in the region.
In the
2022 French legislative election
Legislative elections in France were held on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 members of the 16th National Assembly of the Fifth French Republic. The elections took place following the 2022 French presidential election, which was held in A ...
Louis
lost his seat after being eliminated in the first round.
Political positions
In July 2019, Louis voted in favour of the French ratification of the
European Union’s
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with
Canada.
[Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)]
CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés
'' Le Monde''.
References
Living people
Politicians from Marseille
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
21st-century French lawyers
Renaissance (French political party) politicians
21st-century French women politicians
1983 births
Members of Parliament for Bouches-du-Rhône
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