Cécile Rilhac
Member of the National Assembly
for Val-d'Oise's 3rd constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byJean-Noël Carpentier
Personal details
Born (1974-04-21) 21 April 1974
15th arrondissement of Paris, France
Political partyRenaissance
MDP[1] (2017-2019)
ProfessionTeacher

Cécile Rilhac (born 21 April 1974) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the department of Val-d'Oise.[2]

Political career

In Parliament, Rilhac serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Algerian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]

In 2020, Rilhac joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[4] In 2023, she left the Renaissance group, together with Pompili, Mireille Clapot and Stella Dupont.[5]

Political positions

Domestic policy

In June 2019, Rilhac was one of four members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative to legalize the distribution and use of cannabis.[6][7] Along with four other LREM members – Coralie Dubost, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille, and Éric Bothorel –, she disassociated herself from their colleague Aurore Bergé when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for a Republican draft law banning the wearing of the hijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings.[8]

In 2020, Rilhac 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 that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[9][10]

Foreign policy

In 2018, Rilhac joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.[11]

In July 2019, Rilhac voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pierre Clezac (17 June 2019). "Démission de Cécile Rilhac". Mouvement des progressistes. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Cécile Rilhac French National Assembly.
  4. ↑ Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs.
  5. ↑ Mariama Darame and Jérémie Lamothe (11 April 2023), Assemblée nationale : Barbara Pompili et trois autres députées se détachent du groupe Renaissance Le Figaro.
  6. ↑ Harriet Agnew (20 June 2019), French MPs push to legalise distribution and use of cannabis Financial Times.
  7. ↑ Marylou Magal (19 June 2019), Les députés LREM Person et Taché favorables à la légalisation du cannabis Le Figaro.
  8. ↑ Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.
  9. ↑ Analyse du scrutin n° 3254, deuxième séance du 24/11/2020: Scrutin public sur l'ensemble de la proposition de loi relative à la sécurité globale (première lecture) National Assembly.
  10. ↑ Jules Darmanin (27 November 2020), French government plan to rewrite security bill has MPs up in arms Politico Europe.
  11. ↑ John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
  12. ↑ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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