Sandrine Mörch (born 13 November 1961) is a French journalist and politician of
La République En Marche!
Renaissance (RE) is a political party in France that is typically described as liberal and centrist or centre-right. The party was originally known as (EM) and later (, LREM, LaREM or REM), before adopting its current name in September 2022 ...
(LREM) who served as a member of the
French National Assembly
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from
2017
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Events January
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to 2022, representing the
9th constituency of the
Haute-Garonne
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department.
Political career
In parliament, Mörch served as member of the
Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. In 2019, she became a member of the French delegation to the
Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly
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Background
The French and German parliaments had p ...
.
She
lost her seat to
Christine Arrighi from
EELV (
NUPES
The New Ecological and Social People's Union (, NUPES) was a left-wing electoral alliance of political parties in France. Formed on May Day 2022, the alliance included La France Insoumise (LFI), the Socialist Party (PS), the French Communist Part ...
)in the
2022 French legislative election
Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 12 and 19 June 2022 to elect the 577 Deputy (France), members of the 16th National Assembly (France), National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic. Th ...
.
Political positions
On immigration, Mörch is considered to be part of her parliamentary group's more liberal wing. In late 2019, she was among the critics of the government's legislative proposals on immigrations and instead join 17 LREM member who recommended, in particular, greater access to the labour market for migrants, but also "specific measures for collaboration with the authorities of safe countries, such as Albania and Georgia, in order to inform candidates for departure, in their country of origin, of what the asylum application really is."
In 2020, Mörch was one of ten LREM members who voted against her parliamentary group's majority and opposed a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues
Alice Thourot and
Jean-Michel Fauvergue
Jean-Michel Fauvergue (; born 31 January 1957) is a French former police commander and politician who served in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the 8th constituency of the Seine-et-Marne department. He is a member of Rena ...
that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.
Personal life
In March 2020, Mörch tested positive for
coronavirus
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.
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See also
* 2017 French legislative election
Legislative elections in France, Legislative elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 2017 (with different dates for voters overseas) to elect the 577 Member of Parliament (France), members of the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Rep ...
References
External links
Assemblee Nationale.fr: Sandrine Mörch
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1961 births
Living people
Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Renaissance (French political party) politicians
21st-century French women politicians
Women members of the National Assembly (France)
People from Issy-les-Moulineaux
Politicians from Occitania (administrative region)
French women journalists
Members of Parliament for Haute-Garonne