Élisabeth Toutut-Picard

Élisabeth Toutut-Picard (born 17 December 1954) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected as a member of the French National Assembly in the 2017 elections, representing the 7th constituency of the Haute-Garonne department.[1] She served until 2022. Picard contracted COVID-19 on 7 March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]

Elisabeth Toutut-Picard

Political career

In parliament, Toutut-Picard served as member of the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to the committee assignment, she was part of the parliamentary friendship group with Algeria and New Zealand.[4] In 2020, Toutut-Picard joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[5]

In 2022 Toutut-Picard was narrowly defeated in the second round National Assembly elections by Christophe Bex of LFI.

Political positions

In July 2019, Toutut-Picard decided not to align with her parliamentary group's majority and became one of 52 LREM members who abstained from a vote on the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. "Une députée LREM infectée par le coronavirus, le troisième cas à l'Assemblée". Le Huffington Post (in French). 7 March 2020.
  3. "Coronavirus: Four French MPs test positive for deadly virus as cases soar to over 1,200". Daily Express. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. Élisabeth Toutut-Picard French National Assembly.
  5. Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs.
  6. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.


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