Benoît Potterie
Benoît Potterie | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for the Pas-de-Calais's 8th constituency | |
| Assumed office June 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Michel Lefait |
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| Born | 23 July 1967 Calais, France |
| Political party | La République En Marche! |
| Alma mater | Henri Poincaré University |
Benoît Potterie (born 23 July 1967) is a French optician and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Pas-de-Calais.[1]
Political career[]
In parliament, Potterie served as member of the Committee on Economic Affairs (2017-2019) and the Finance Committee (2019-2020) before moving to the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[2] In addition to his committee assignments, he is part of the French-Albanian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French Parliamentary Friendship Group with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In 2019, Potterie was one of only 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.[3][4]
In 2020, Potterie joined the Agir party's parliamentary group.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Benoît Potterie French National Assembly.
- ^ Le CETA, controversé accord de libre-échange avec le Canada, approuvé à l’Assemblée Le Monde, 23 July 2019.
- ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
- ^ À l'Assemblée, le groupe LREM enregistre un 40e départ en trois ans Le Figaro, 17 September 2020.
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