Coralie Dubost

Coralie Dubost (born 4 March 1983) is a French lawyer[1] and politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who was elected to the French National Assembly on 18 June 2017, representing the department of Hérault.[2]

Coralie Dubost
Member of the National Assembly for Hérault's 3rd constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byFanny Dombre-Coste
Personal details
Born (1983-03-04) 4 March 1983
Montpellier, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Alma materUniversity of Montpellier
ProfessionJurist

Political career

Ahead of the 2017 elections, Dubost built the local chapter of La République En Marche! in Montpellier, growing a membership of 5,400 within ten months.[3]

Since entering parliament, Dubost has been one of the four deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group under the leadership of successive chairmen Richard Ferrand (2017-2018) and Gilles Le Gendre (since 2018).[4] She serves as member of the Committee on Legal Affairs.[5] In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Political positions

Foreign policy

In July 2019, Dubost voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[6]

Domestic policy

In 2019, Dubost steered through parliament 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.[7]

Along with four other LREM members – Cécile Rilhac, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille, and Eric Bothorel –, Dubost 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]

Other activities
  • France China Foundation, Member of the Steering Committtee[9]

Personal life

Dubost is in a relationship with fellow politician Olivier Véran.[10]

References
  1. Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (June 12, 2017), Emmanuel Macron set for dominance as opposition fades away Financial Times.
  2. http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/herault_34/herault_3ere-circonscription%5B%5D
  3. Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (April 13, 2017), Macron’s movement confronts challenge of political renewal Financial Times.
  4. Alexandre Lemarié (June 27, 2017), Assemblée nationale : le groupe La République en marche a attribué ses postes clés Le Monde.
  5. Coralie Dubost French National Assembly.
  6. Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  7. Harriet Agnew (September 24, 2019), France moves to extend IVF to gay and single women Financial Times.
  8. Pierre Lepelletier (October 16, 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.
  9. Steering Committtee France China Foundation.
  10. François Béguin and Solenn de Royer (March 23, 2020), Coronavirus : au ministère de la santé, Olivier Véran, un ambitieux « inconnu » propulsé visage de la crise sanitaire Le Monde.
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