Perrine Goulet (French pronunciation: [pɛʁin ɡulɛ]; born 19 March 1978) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Nièvre.[1]

Perrine Goulet
Member of the National Assembly
for Nièvre's 1st constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byMartine Carrillon-Couvreur
Personal details
Born (1978-03-19) 19 March 1978 (age 46)
Nevers, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!

Political career

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In parliament, Goulet served on the Finance Committee from 2017 until 2020 before moving to the Committee on Social Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Israeli Parliamentary Friendship Group.[2]

In September 2018, following the appointment of François de Rugy to the government, Goulet announced her candidacy to succeed him as president of the National Assembly; the position instead went to Richard Ferrand.[3] She later endorsed Amélie de Montchalin as a candidate to succeed him as chairman of the LREM parliamentary group; instead, the position went to Gilles Le Gendre.[4] In July 2019, she challenged Le Gendre for the group's leadership; Le Gendre was subsequently re-elected in the first round, with Goulet coming in fourth out of seven candidates.[5]

In late 2020, Goulet left the LREM group and instead joined the MoDem group.[6]

Political positions

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In July 2019, Goulet 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.[7]

Other activities

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ Perrine Goulet French National Assembly.
  3. ^ Présidence des députés LREM : 10 candidats sont en lice pour remplacer Ferrand Le Parisien, 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ Loris Boichot (14 September 2018), Qui sont les sept macronistes qui veulent diriger les députés LaREM après Ferrand ? Le Figaro.
  5. ^ Gilles Le Gendre reste président du groupe macroniste à l’Assemblée nationale Le Monde, 23 July 2019.
  6. ^ Isabelle Ficek (8 September 2020), Le groupe Modem accumule les renforts à l'Assemblée Les Echos.
  7. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  8. ^ Perrine Goulet French National Assembly.