Yolaine de Courson

Yolaine de Courson (born 14 July 1954) is a French politician who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Côte-d'Or.[1][2] She was elected as a member of La République En Marche!, but left the party and in May 2020, she was one of the 17 initial members who formed the short-lived Ecology Democracy Solidarity group.[3]

Yolaine de Courson
Yolaine de Courson in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Côte-d'Or's 4th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byFrançois Sauvadet
Personal details
Born (1954-07-14) 14 July 1954
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyLa République En Marche! (LREM) (2017-2020),
Ecology Democracy Solidarity (EDS)(2020 onwards)
Children2
Alma materPanthéon-Sorbonne University
University of Limoges

Political career

De Courson entered national politics at the age of 63, having previously retired from her career in business.[4] In parliament, she serves on the Committee on Sustainable Development and on the Committee on European Affairs.[5] She is also a member of the parliamentary friendship groups with Spain and Iran. Since 2019, she has been a member of the French delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly.

In addition to her committee assignments, de Courson has been a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2017. In this capacity, she serves on the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development; the Sub-Committee on Children; and the Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter.[6]

Political positions

In July 2019, de Courson 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]

See also

References
  1. "Elections législatives 2017". Ministry of the Interior (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  2. Michel Rose and Andrew Callus (11 May 2017), Fighter pilot, maths wizard, taekwondo blackbelt; Macron's would-be MPs Reuters.
  3. Tristan Quinault-Maupoil (16 October 2020), Jennifer de Temmerman : «Je quitte le groupe EDS» à l'Assemblée Le Figaro.
  4. Michel Rose and Andrew Callus (11 May 2017), Fighter pilot, maths wizard, taekwondo blackbelt; Macron's would-be MPs Reuters.
  5. Yolaine de Courson French National Assembly.
  6. Yolaine de Courson Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
  7. Maxime Vaudano (July 24, 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
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