Stéphane Trompille (born 1 December 1982) 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 ...

(LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to

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, representing the department of Ain.

Political career

Having previously been an active member of the

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, Trompille joined LREM in 2017. In parliament, Trompille served as member of the Committee on National Defense and the Armed Forces. In this capacity, he co-authored (with Olivier Becht) a parliamentary report on space defence in 2019, calling on the Ministry of the Armies to upgrade its capabilities given the proliferation of competitors and potential enemies. In late 2019, he was one of 17 members of the 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

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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. In addition to his committee assignments, Trompille was part of the Assembly’s delegation to the

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. Trompille lost his seat in the first round of the

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Political positions

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

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’s

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(CETA) with

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. Along with four other LREM members –

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, Jean-Michel Mis, Coralie Dubost, and

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–, Trompille disassociated himself from their colleague Aurore Bergé when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for a Republican draft law banning the wearing of the hijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings.Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019)
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trompille, Stephane 1982 births Living people Politicians from Bourg-en-Bresse La République En Marche! politicians Territories of Progress politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies for Ain (French Fifth Republic)

Political career

Political positions

See also

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