Véronique Louwagie

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Véronique Louwagie
Member of the National Assembly for Orne's 2nd constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 June 2012
Preceded by	Jean-Claude Lenoir
Personal details
Born	(1961-03-20) 20 March 1961 (age 63) Buis-sur-Damville, Eure, Normandy, France
Political party	The Republicans

Véronique Louwagie (born 20 March 1961) is a French politician of The Republicans (LR) who has been representing Orne's 2nd constituency in the National Assembly since the 2012 election.^[1]

Political career[edit]

In parliament, Louwagie serves on the Committee on Finance and Budgetary Affairs. In this capacity, she is the parliament's rapporteur on the health budget.^[2] In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Turkish Parliamentary Friendship Group.^[3]

Since the 2017 elections, Louwagie has been serving as one of the eleven deputy chairpersons of the Republicans' parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Christian Jacob.

In the Republicans’ 2016 presidential primaries, Louwagie endorsed François Fillon as the party's candidate for the office of President of France.^[4] In the Republicans’ 2017 leadership election, she endorsed Laurent Wauquiez.^[5] In 2018, Wauquiez included her in his shadow cabinet.^[6]

Following Jacob's election as LR chairman, Louwagie announced her candidacy to succeed him as leader of the party's parliamentary group. In an internal vote in November 2019, she eventually came in fifth out of six candidates; the position went to Damien Abad instead.^[7]

In 2023, the Republicans' chairman Éric Ciotti appointed Louwagie as member of his shadow cabinet and put her in charge of the party's positions on the national budget.^[8]

Political positions[edit]

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

Other activities[edit]

• Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale (CADES), Member of the Supervisory Board^[10]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Biography at the National Assembly
• Official Website