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Sophie Errante

Sophie Errante
Sophie Errante in July 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Loire-Atlantique's 10th constituency
Assumed office
20 June 2012
Preceded bySerge Poignant
Personal details
Born (1971-07-22) 22 July 1971 (age 53)
Nantes, France
Political partySocialist Party
La République En Marche!

Sophie Errante (born 22 July 1971) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2012 elections, representing the department of Loire-Atlantique,[1] first as a socialist, and then from the 2017 elections, as an LREM member.

Political career

In 2012, Errante was the successful socialist candidate for Loire-Atlantique's 10th constituency. For the 2017 election, she moved to LREM.

Following the 2017 legislative election, Errante stood as a candidate for the National Assembly's presidency;[2] in an internal vote within the LREM parliamentary group, she lost against François de Rugy.

In parliament, Errante serves on the Finance Committee. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).[3] From 2018 to 2022, she also represented the parliament on the supervisory board of the Deposits and Consignments Fund (CDC).

Since November 2017, Cicurel has been part of LREM´s executive board under the leadership of the party's successive chairmen Christophe Castaner and Stanislas Guerini.[4]

Following the 2022 legislative election, Errante stood again as a candidate for the National Assembly's presidency;[5] in an internal vote, she lost against Yaël Braun-Pivet.[6]

Other activities

Political positions

In July 2019, Errante voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[9]

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