Aurore Bergé

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Aurore Bergé
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President of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly
Assumed office
21 June 2022
Preceded by Christophe Castaner
Member of the National Assembly
for Yvelines's 10th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded by Jean-Frédéric Poisson
Member of the Regional Council of Île-de-France
Assumed office
1 July 2021
President Valérie Pécresse
Personal details
Born (1986-11-13) 13 November 1986 (age 37)
Paris, France
Political party Renaissance (2017–present)
Other political
affiliations		 UMP (until 2015)
The Republicans (2015–2017)
Domestic partner Nicolas Bays (2009–2015)
Grégory Besson-Moreau
Children 1
Alma mater Sciences Po

Aurore Bergé (born 13 November 1986) is a French politician who has represented the 10th constituency of the Yvelines department in the National Assembly since 2017. A former member of The Republicans (LR), which she left to join La République En Marche! (LREM) in early 2017, she is considered a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.[1] Since 2022, she has been leading the party's group in the National Assembly.

Career

A native of Paris, Bergé studied at Sciences Po earning her degree in 2009. In 2002, she joined the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), which became The Republicans (LR) in 2015.[2] She has been a municipal councillor of Magny-les-Hameaux since the 2014 election.[3] In the party primary ahead of the 2017 presidential election, she campaigned for Alain Juppé.[4]

Bergé joined La République En Marche! in early 2017. She wrote a column published in L'Obs to explain why she switched parties. In the 2017 legislative election, she defeated incumbent Christian Democrat Jean-Frédéric Poisson in the 10th constituency of Yvelines. From 2017 until 2019, Bergé served as one of her parliamentary group's spokespersons under the leadership of its successive group presidents Richard Ferrand and Gilles Le Gendre.[5]

In 2020, Bergé was a candidate to succeed Le Gendre as group president. However, she lost against former Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. Castaner, a former member of the Socialist Party who is associated with the party's left-wing whilst Bergé is associated with its right-wing, appointed her as his deputy (alongside Coralie Dubost), with the title of group president delegate (présidente déléguée).[6] In Parliament, Bergé serves as member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education.[7]

Political positions

In the 2012 Union for a Popular Movement leadership election, Bergé supported François Fillon as the party's leader.[8]

In September 2018, following the appointment of François de Rugy to a ministership, Bergé supported the candidacy of Richard Ferrand for the presidency of the National Assembly.[9]

In August 2020, Bergé was one of the LREM members who endorsed an animal welfare referendum calling a for ban on some hunting practices that are deemed "cruel".[10]

Reproductive rights

In September 2019, alongside Guillaume Chiche, Bergé led a group of LREM members who advocated for 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.[11][12]

In October 2020, Bergé was one of 48 LREM members who voted in support of a bill introduced by the Ecology Democracy Solidarity parliamentary group that would extend the legal deadline for abortion from 12 to 14 weeks of pregnancy; at the time of the vote, she took a public stand based on her own experience with abortion.[13]

Hijab

In October 2019, Bergé caused controversy when she announced her intention to vote in favour of a draft law written by Éric Ciotti of The Republicans, which would ban the wearing of the hijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings; as a response, five other LREM members – Coralie Dubost, Cécile Rilhac, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille and Éric Bothorel – disassociated themselves from her.[14] In February 2022, she went against the party line again and was one of six LREM legislators who supported the Republicans’ motion for a ban on wearing hijabs in sports competitions.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cédric Pietralunga and Alexandre Lemarié (20 October 2017), La République en marche: Les snipers de la Macronie Le Monde.
  2. ↑ Les 10 députés qui vont peser dans le quinquennat Le Journal du Dimanche, 1 August 2017.
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  4. ↑ Les 10 députés qui vont peser dans le quinquennat Le Journal du Dimanche, 1 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Mathilde Siraud (14 January 2019), Le groupe LaREM à l'Assemblée muscle son équipe de porte-parole Le Figaro.
  6. ↑ Elisa Braun (10 September 2020), Ex-minister Castaner to lead Macron’s party in French parliament Politico Europe.
  7. ↑ Aurore Bergé French National Assembly.
  8. ↑ Nolwenn Le Blevennec (18 November 2016), Aurore Bergé, 26 ans, la candidate UMP qui a tout pour plaire à la gauche Le Nouvel Observateur.
  9. ↑ Julie Cloris (9 September 2018), Duel Ferrand-Pompili pour présider l’Assemblée : qui soutient qui ? Le Parisien.
  10. ↑ Elisa Braun (31 August 2020), Macron’s glue-hunting ban threatens France’s powerful lobby Politico Europe.
  11. ↑ Harriet Agnew (24 September 2019), France moves to extend IVF to gay and single women Financial Times.
  12. ↑ La PMA post-mortem rejetée par les députés L’Obs, 11 September 2019.
  13. ↑ Elisa Braun (9 October 2020), Former Macron allies ramp up pressure on green, social agenda Politico Europe.
  14. ↑ Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.
  15. ↑ Loris Boichot (11 February 2022), La majorité s'emmêle autour du voile dans le sport Le Figaro.
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