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Christophe Lejeune (; born 22 March 1968) is a French 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 was elected to the
French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...
on 18 June 2017, representing the
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of
Haute-Saône Haute-Saône (; Arpitan: ''Hiôta-Sona''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.


Political career

In parliament, Lejeune serves on the Defense Committee. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-Belarusian Parliamentary Friendship Group. In November 2019, 20 members of the
yellow vests movement The Yellow Vests Protests or Yellow Jackets Protests or Yellow Vests Revolution (french: Mouvement des gilets jaunes, ) are a series of populist, grassroots weekly protests in France that began on 17 November 2018. At first the protestors advoc ...
tried to force open the door of Lejeune's house in the Haute-Saône.


Political positions

In July 2019, Lejeune decided not to align with his parliamentary group's majority and became one of 52 LREM members who abstained from a vote on the French ratification of the
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's
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(CETA) with
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. In late 2019, Lejeune was one of 17 members of the Defense Committee who co-signed a letter to
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in which they warned that the 365 million euro ($406 million) sale of aerospace firm
Groupe Latécoère The Groupe Latécoère () is an aircraft company based in Toulouse, France. Founded by the aeronautics pioneer Pierre-Georges Latécoère during 1917, the company became well known in its first few decades for its range of seaplanes, such as the s ...
to U.S. fund
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raised "questions about the preservation of know-how and France's defense industry base" and urged government intervention.Laurence Frost (9 January 2020)
Concerns over U.S. Latecoere purchase overblown: Dassault CEO
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''.


See also

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2017 French legislative election Legislative elections in France were held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 members of the 15th National Assembly of the Fifth Republic. They followed the two-round presidential election won by ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lejeune, Christophe Living people Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians Place of birth missing (living people) 1968 births