Benoît Simian (born 27 May 1983) is a French politician of

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(LREM) who served as a member of the

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for

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from

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to 2022.

Political career

In parliament, Simian serves as member of the Finance Committee and the Committee on European Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the parliamentary friendship groups with

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and

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. At the initiative of Simian and Jean-Bernard Sempastous, some twenty LREM deputies who had been elected in rural areas established their interest group within the party's

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in September 2018. He joined the Horizons group. He lost his seat in the first round of the

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Political positions

In July 2019, Simian voted in favor of the French ratification of the

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’s

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA; French: ''accord économique et commercial global'', AECG; German: ''Umfassendes Wirtschafts- und Handelsabkommen'') is a free-trade agreement between Canada and the European Union and its ...

(CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés
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References

1983 births Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians {{France-politician-LREM-stub