Véronique Riotton

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Véronique Riotton
Member of the National Assembly
for Haute-Savoie's 1st constituency
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byBernard Accoyer
Personal details
Born (1969-11-02) 2 November 1969 (age 54)
Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Véronique Riotton (born 2 November 1969 in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Haute-Savoie.[1]

Political career[edit]

In parliament, Riotton serves on the Sustainable Development, Spatial and Regional Planning Committee,[2] which she briefly chaired in 2020. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Nepalese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

From 2018 until 2019, Riotton was one of five deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Gilles Le Gendre.[3]

Political positions[edit]

In July 2019, Riotton voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Véronique Riotton French National Assembly.
  3. ^ Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (9 October 2018), Groupe En marche à l'Assemblée: Gilles Le Gendre a choisi ses 5 vice-présidents Le Journal du Dimanche.
  4. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.