Anne-Christine Lang

Anne-Christine Lang (born 10 August 1961) is a French politician serving as a member of the National Assembly for Paris since 2014. A member of the Socialist Party (PS) until she joined La République En Marche! (LREM) in 2017, she first represented the 9th constituency as Jean-Marie Le Guen's substitute following his appointment as Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament by President François Hollande. In the 2017 legislative election, she ran in the neighbouring 10th constituency, which covers parts of the 13th and 14th arrondissements. Lang also served as a Councillor of Paris from 2001 until 2020.[1]

Anne-Christine Lang
Member of the National Assembly
for Paris
Assumed office
10 May 2014
Preceded byJean-Marie Le Guen
Constituency9th (2014–2017)
10th (2017–present)
Personal details
Born (1961-08-10) 10 August 1961
Mont-de-Marsan, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche! (2016–present)
Other political
affiliations		Socialist Party (until 2017)

Political career

In Parliament, Lang serves as member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[2] In this capacity, she was – alongside Fannette Charvier – her parliamentary group's rapporteur on l'école de la confiance, legislation introduced by Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer to restructure the French education system from nursery through to middle school.[3]

Political positions

In July 2019, Lang 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.[4]

For the 2020 Paris municipal election, Lang went against the party line and endorsed Cédric Villani over Benjamin Griveaux as candidate for the mayorship.[5] In September 2020, she initiated a walkout of National Assembly members in protest of a woman in a hijab addressing a parliamentary commission. Lang said that as a feminist she could not accept the "mark of submission".[6]

Other activities

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Anne-Christine Lang French National Assembly.
  3. Marie-Christine Corbier (6 December 2018), Ecole : ce que veut changer le projet de loi Blanquer Les Échos.
  4. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  5. Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose (4 October 2019), Dissent grows among the loyalists Macron needs for reform push: sources Reuters.
  6. "Crop tops or 'republican' dress? France debates schoolwear". Chicago Daily Herald. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  7. Anne-Christine Lang French National Assembly.
  8. Anne-Christine Lang French National Assembly.
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