Aurore Bergé
Aurore Bergé (born 13 November 1986) is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since 2017, representing Yvelines's 10th constituency. She is considered a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.[1]
Aurore Bergé | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Yvelines's 10th constituency | |
Assumed office 21 June 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Frédéric Poisson |
Personal details | |
Born | Paris, France | 13 November 1986
Nationality | French |
Political party | Union for a Popular Movement (2002–2015) The Republicans (2015–2017) La République En Marche! (2017–present) |
Alma mater | Sciences Po |
Career
A native of Paris, Bergé studied at Sciences Po. She became a member of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) in 2002;[2] when the party became The Republicans (LR) in 2015, she joined it. In the Republicans' primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential elections, she campaigned for Alain Juppé.[3]
Bergé joined La République En Marche! in 2017. She has also been a municipal councillor of Magny-les-Hameaux since the 2014 elections.[4] In parliament, Bergé serves as member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[5]
From 2017 until 2019, Bergé served as one of her parliamentary group's spokespersons under the leadership of its successive chairmen Richard Ferrand and Gilles Le Gendre.[6]
Political positions
In the 2012 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election, Bergé supported François Fillon as the party's leader.[7]
In September 2018, following the appointment of François de Rugy to the government, Bergé supported the candidacy of Richard Ferrand for the presidency of the National Assembly.[8]
In September 2019, Bergé led (with Guillaume Chiche) a group of LREM members who advocated for of a bioethics law extending to homosexual and single women free access to fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) under France's national health insurance; it was one of the campaign promises of President Emmanuel Macron and marked the first major social reform of his five-year term.[9][10]
In October 2019, Bergé caused controversy when she announced her intention to vote for a Republican draft law written by Éric Ciotti and banning the wearing of the hijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings; as a response, five other LREM members – Coralie Dubost, Cécile Rilhac, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille and Eric Bothorel – disassociated themselves from her.[11]
See also
References
- Cédric Pietralunga and Alexandre Lemarié (20 October 2017), La République en marche: Les snipers de la Macronie Le Monde.
- Les 10 députés qui vont peser dans le quinquennat Le Journal du Dimanche, 1 August 2017.
- Les 10 députés qui vont peser dans le quinquennat Le Journal du Dimanche, 1 August 2017.
- "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Aurore Bergé French National Assembly.
- Mathilde Siraud (14 January 2019), Le groupe LaREM à l'Assemblée muscle son équipe de porte-parole Le Figaro.
- Nolwenn Le Blevennec (18 November 2016), Aurore Bergé, 26 ans, la candidate UMP qui a tout pour plaire à la gauche Le Nouvel Observateur.
- Julie Cloris (9 September 2018), Duel Ferrand-Pompili pour présider l’Assemblée : qui soutient qui ? Le Parisien.
- Harriet Agnew (24 September 2019), France moves to extend IVF to gay and single women Financial Times.
- La PMA post-mortem rejetée par les députés L’Obs, 11 September 2019.
- Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.