Christophe Jerretie (born 31 August 1979) is a French politician of the

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 was a member of the

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from

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, representing the

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. From 2017–2020 he was a member of

(LREM).

Political career

Jerretie was mayor of Naves for three years before getting into parliament. In parliament, Jerretie served on the Finance Committee and the Committee on European Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the French-Swedish Parliamentary Friendship Group. In July 2019, Jerretie challenged incumbent chairman

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for the leadership of the LREM parliamentary group; Le Gendre was subsequently re-elected in the first round, with Jerretie coming in sixth out of seven candidates. In 2020, Jerretie left the LREM group and instead joined the

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group. Jerretie lost his seat in the first round of the

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Political positions

In 2019, Jerretie was one of nine MPs from the LREM parliamentary group who voted against the party line and opposed the

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(CETA) with

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jerretie, Christophe 1979 births Living people People from Tulle Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic La République En Marche! politicians University of Limoges alumni Members of Parliament for Corrèze 21st-century French politicians

Political career

Political positions

See also

References