Villers-Semeuse
Villers-Semeuse () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
Population
Notable people
This is a list of people of interest who were born or lived in Villers Semeuse:
* Jean-Pierre Brunois, entrepreneur
* Roger Marche, foo ...
,
Ardennes
The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...
) is a French politician of the Republicans who has been serving as a member of the
National Assembly of France
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 ...
, representing the
Ardennes
The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...
department.
Political career
In parliament, Warsmann has been serving on the Committee on Legal Affairs since 1995.
From 2005 until 2007, Warsmann served as vice-president of the National Assembly, under the leadership of president
Jean-Louis Debré
Jean-Louis Debré (; born 30 September 1944) is a former French judge and politician who served as President of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and President of the Constitutional Council from 2007 to 2016.2007 French legislative election, Warsmann succeeded
Philippe Houillon
Philippe Houillon (born December 15, 1951) was a member of the National Assembly of France
from 1993 to 2017. He represented the first constituency of the Val-d'Oise department. He is a member of The Republicans.
Biography
After having st ...
as chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs. In this capacity, he was the parliament's
rapporteur
A rapporteur is a person who is appointed by an organization to report on the proceedings of its meetings. The term is a French-derived word.
For example, Dick Marty was appointed ''rapporteur'' by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Eur ...
on the
French constitutional law of 23 July 2008
The Constitutional law on the Modernisation of the Institutions of the Fifth Republic (french: link=no, loi constitutionnelle de modernisation des institutions de la Ve République) was enacted into French constitutional law by the Parliament of F ...
. In 2009, Warsmann introduced a bill according to which the
Church of Scientology
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cannot be dissolved in France even if it is convicted of fraud; the change in the relevant law made the maximum penalty for fraud committed by an organisation a ban on its activities in France. Also in 2009, the committee adopted a proposal made by Warsmann which provides for financial sanctions against any deputy who is absent from committee sessions more than once a month without justification. By 2012, Warsmann was replaced by
Jean-Jacques Urvoas
Jean-Jacques Urvoas (born 19 September 1959 in Brest, France) is a French politician. He was minister of Justice from 2016 to 2017. He represented Finistère's 1st constituency in the National Assembly of France from 2007 to 2016, as a member ...
.
From 2007 until 2017, Warsmann was as one of twelve parliamentarians who served as judge on the
Cour de Justice de la République
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.
In addition to his committee assignments, Warsmann is part of the French-German Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Luxembourg Parliamentary Friendship Group.Jean-Luc Warsmann
National Assembly of France
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 ...
.
Since 2020, Warsmann has been part of the
UDI and Independents group
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