Lionel Causse (born 6 May 1971) 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) and Territories of Progress (TDP) who has been serving as a member of 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 ...

since the

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, representing the

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Political career

Causse holds a position in the Bureau of the National Assembly of the

15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic The 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic (french: XVe législature de la Cinquième République française) was the French Parliament that was in office from 27 June 2017 (following the legislative elections on 11 and 18 June 2017) unt ...

as a secretary, under the leadership of president Richard Ferrand. He also serves on the Committee on the Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-Burmese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Laos Parliamentary Friendship Group. In July 2019, Causse was one of nine LREM members who voted against his parliamentary group's majority and opposed the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés
'' Le Monde''.

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1971 births Living people People from Toulouse Socialist Party (France) politicians Renaissance (French political party) politicians Territories of Progress politicians Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Mayors of places in Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-politician-LREM-stub

Political career

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