Cécile Rilhac

Cécile Rilhac
Member of the National Assembly for Val-d'Oise's 3rd constituency
In office 21 June 2017 – 9 June 2024
Preceded by	Jean-Noël Carpentier
Succeeded by	Emmanuel Maurel
Personal details
Born	(1974-04-21) 21 April 1974 (age 50) Paris, France
Political party	En Commun Renaissance Movement of Progressives[1] (2017-2019)
Profession	Teacher

Cécile Rilhac (born 21 April 1974) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly between 2017 and 2024, representing the department of Val-d'Oise.[2]

Political career

In Parliament, Rilhac serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Algerian Parliamentary Friendship Group.[3]

In 2020, Rilhac joined En Commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[4] In 2023, she left the Renaissance group, together with Pompili, Mireille Clapot and Stella Dupont.[5]

Political positions

Domestic policy

In June 2019, Rilhac was one of four members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative to legalization, the distribution and use of cannabis.[6][7] Along with four other LREM members – Coralie Dubost, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille, and Éric Bothorel –, she 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]

In 2020, Rilhac was one of ten LREM members who voted against her parliamentary group's majority and opposed a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[9][10]

Foreign policy

In 2018, Rilhac 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.[11]

In July 2019, Rilhac voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[12]

See also

• 2017 French legislative election
• 2022 French legislative election

References

1. Pierre Clezac (17 June 2019). "Démission de Cécile Rilhac". Movement of Progressives. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
2. "Elections législatives 2017" (in French). Minister of the Interior. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
3. Cécile Rilhac French National Assembly.
4. Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs.
5. Mariama Darame and Jérémie Lamothe (11 April 2023), Assemblée nationale : Barbara Pompili et trois autres députées se détachent du groupe Renaissance Le Figaro.
6. Harriet Agnew (20 June 2019), French MPs push to legalise distribution and use of cannabis Financial Times.
7. Marylou Magal (19 June 2019), Les députés LREM Person et Taché favorables à la légalisation du cannabis Le Figaro.
8. Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.
9. Analyse du scrutin n° 3254, deuxième séance du 24/11/2020: Scrutin public sur l'ensemble de la proposition de loi relative à la sécurité globale (première lecture) National Assembly.
10. Jules Darmanin (27 November 2020), French government plan to rewrite security bill has MPs up in arms Politico Europe.
11. John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
12. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.