Véronique Louwagie (born 20 March 1961) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been representing Orne's 2nd constituency in the

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since the

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Political career

In parliament, Louwagie serves on the Committee on Finance and Budgetary Affairs. In this capacity, she is the parliament's

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on the health budget. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French- Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since the

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, Louwagie has been serving as one of the eleven deputy chairpersons of the Republicans'

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, under the leadership of chairman Christian Jacob. In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Louwagie endorsed

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as the party's candidate for the office of

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. In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, she endorsed

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. In 2018, Wauquiez included her in his shadow cabinet. Following Jacob's election as LR chairman, Louwagie announced her candidacy to succeed him as leader of the party's parliamentary group. In an internal vote in November 2019, she eventually came in fifth out of six candidates; the position went to

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instead. In 2023, the Republicans' chairman

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appointed Louwagie as member of his shadow cabinet and put her in charge of the party's positions on the national budget.

Political positions

In July 2019, Louwagie voted against the French ratification of the

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(CETA) with

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Other activities

* Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale (CADES), Member of the Supervisory BoardVéronique Louwagie
French National Assembly.

References

External links

Biography at the National Assembly

Official Website
1961 births Living people People from Eure Rally for the Republic politicians Union for a Popular Movement politicians The Republicans (France) politicians Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Members of Parliament for Orne Mayors of places in Normandy Women members of the National Assembly (France) 21st-century French women politicians {{Orne-politician-stub