Jean-François Cesarini (30 September 1970 – 29 March 2020) was a French politician who represented the 1st constituency of the

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department in the

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from 2017 until his death in 2020. He was a member of

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(LREM).

Political career

Having previously been an active member of the

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, Cesarini joined LREM in 2017. In parliament, Cesarini served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the study group on

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and of the French delegation to the

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(IPU).

Political positions

In early 2019, together with around twenty other LREM members, Cesarini proposed to re-establish a

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, which had been abolished the previous year. In July 2019, Cesarini voted in favor of the French ratification of the

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’s

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(CETA) with

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. In September 2019, together with other members of the left-wing of the LREM group, Cesarini called for migrants to be distributed in rural areas with labour shortages. In November 2019, he co-signed a position paper with ten other LREM members to oppose the government's planned measures on the provision of health services to immigrants.En durcissant le ton sur l'immigration, Macron sème le trouble au sein de La République en marche
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'', 8 September 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cesarini, Jean-Francois 1970 births 2020 deaths Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Renaissance (French political party) politicians Politicians from Avignon Politicians from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Deaths from cancer in France French people of Italian descent

Political career

Political positions

See also

References