Frédérique Tuffnell (born 29 June 1956) is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing the department of Charente-Maritime.[1] From 2017 until 2020, she was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM). In May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members of the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group in the National Assembly.[2]
Frédérique Tuffnell | |
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| Member of the French National Assembly for Charente-Maritime's 2nd constituency | |
| In office 21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Suzanne Tallard |
| Succeeded by | Anne-Laure Babault |
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| Born | 29 June 1956 Châtellerault, France |
| Political party | La République En Marche! (2017–2020) Ecology Democracy Solidarity (2020) |
Political career edit
In parliament, Tuffnell served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Sri Lankan Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]
In February 2020, Tuffnell left LREM, expressing frustration over the way the government was forcing through its radical reform of the pension system and failing to address environmental issues.[4] In May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members of the new Ecology Democracy Solidarity group in the National Assembly.
By mid-2021, Tuffnell announced that she would not stand in the 2022 elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[5]
Political positions edit
In April 2018, Tuffnell 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.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (16 October 2020), Jennifer de Temmerman : «Je quitte le groupe EDS» à l'Assemblée Le Figaro.
- ^ Frédérique Tuffnell French National Assembly.
- ^ Victor Mallet (12 February 2020), Problems for Macron as defecting MPs believe the party is over Financial Times.
- ^ Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (16 June 2021), Les députés «amateurs» de Macron bientôt à l’heure du bilan Le Figaro.
- ^ John Irish and Marine Pennetier (April 5, 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.