Véronique Louwagie (born 20 March 1961) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been serving as Minister Delegate for Trade, Crafts, Small and Medium Enterprises, Social and Solidarity Economy in the

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since 2024. She previously represented Orne's 2nd constituency in the

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from

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to 2024.

Political career

During her time in parliament, Louwagie served on the Finance Committee . In this capacity, she was the parliament's

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on the health budget. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French- Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group. Following the 2017 elections, Louwagie served 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

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References

External links

Biography at the National Assembly

Official Website
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