Françoise Dumas (born 12 April 1960 in

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) is a French politician of

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(LREM) and of

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(TDP) who was a member of the

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from 2012 to 2022, representing Gard's 1st constituency. She was previously a member of the

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Political career

In parliament, Dumas served as member of the

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; from 2019 to 2022, she was the committee's chairwoman. She was also a member of the Committee on European Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, Dumas was part of the parliamentary friendship groups with

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and

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. In the

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, Dumas lost in the second round to Yoann Gillet of

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Political positions

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

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’s

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(CETA) with

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.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019)
CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés
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''.

References

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