Jacques Maire (born 4 April 1962) is a French politician who served as the member of the

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for the 8th constituency of

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a Departments of France, département in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, Northern France. It covers Paris's western inner Banlieue, suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the e ...

from

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to 2022. He is a member 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).

Career

In Parliament, Maire serves as deputy chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is also a member of the Franco-Japanese Friendship Group and the Franco-Australian Friendship Group. In addition to his committee assignments, Maire has been a member of the French delegation to the

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since 2017. In this capacity, he serves on the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and as the Assembly's rapporteur on

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(2019) and the

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(2020). In September 2018, after François de Rugy's appointment to the government, Maire supported

Barbara Pompili Barbara Pompili (born 13 June 1975) is a French politician who served as Minister of the Ecological Transition under Prime Minister Jean Castex from 2020 to 2022. Pompili has previously served as member of the National Assembly for the 2nd cons ...

's candidacy for the presidency of the National Assembly. Since 2020, he has been serving as his parliamentary group's co-rapporteur on the government's pension reform plans, alongside

Guillaume Gouffier-Cha Guillaume Gouffier-Cha (born 1 February 1986) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Val-de-Marne. ...

, Carole Grandjean and

Corinne Vignon Corinne Vignon (born 10 June 1963) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the 3rd constituency of Haute-Garonne. In par ...

. He co-founded a new political party alongside Pompili;

En Commun En Commun ( ''English'': In Common) is a French environmentalist political party created in 2020 by En Marche MPs Barbara Pompili, Hugues Renson and Jacques Maire. The party is member of Ensemble Citoyens, which supports Emmanuel Macron in ...

in 2020. In April 2021, Maire was included in a list of eight public officials that were banned by Russia's

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from entering the country in retaliation for EU sanctions on Russians.

Political positions

In 2019, Maire voted in favour of the French ratification of the

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's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with

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. In 2020, Maire co-authored (along with Michèle Tabarot) a parliamentary report recommending tighter parliamentary oversight of government decisions on arms exports.Elise Vincent (17 November 2020)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maire, Jacques 1962 births Living people People from Enghien-les-Bains Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic La République En Marche! politicians Socialist Party (France) politicians Paris Dauphine University alumni Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Politicians from Île-de-France French political party founders Members of Parliament for Hauts-de-Seine

Career

Political positions

See also

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