Bruno Questel (born 21 December 1966) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022,Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ? Le Figaro. representing the department of Eure.
Political career From 2005 until 2017, Questel was a member of the Socialist Party (PS). In the party's primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential election, he endorsed Arnaud Montebourg; when Benoît Hamon became the party's candidate, Questel left and joined LREM.
In parliament, Questel served on the Committee on Legal Affairs.Bruno Questel French National Assembly. In this capacity, he was the parliament's rapporteur on a proposal to establish a municipal police in Paris (2019)Police municipale: la mairie de Paris dénonce une «manœuvre électoraliste» du gouvernement Le Figaro, 22 November 2019. and (alongside Raphaël Schellenberger) on territorial reforms (2019).Grégoire Normand (20 December 2019), Régions : un rapport parlementaire dézingue la loi NOTRe La Tribune. In addition to his committee assignments, Questel chaired the French-Kosovar Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In early 2018, Questel was one of several LREM members who joined an informal parliamentary working group on Islam in France set up by Florent Boudié in order to contribute to the government's bill aimed at better organising and supervising the financing of the Muslim faith in France.Mathilde Siraud (4 July 2018), Les députés LaREM planchent sur l'islam de France Le Monde.
From 2018 until 2020, Questel served as one of five deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman Gilles Le Gendre.Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (9 October 2018), Groupe En marche à l'Assemblée: Gilles Le Gendre a choisi ses 5 vice-présidents Le Journal du Dimanche.
Questel lost his seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.
Political positions In July 2019, Questel voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
Personal life In December 2018, around 40 protesters of the yellow vests movement fired six shotgun rounds in front of Questel's home, and he received many threatening letters.Henrique Valadares (12 January 2019), French MPs face unprecedented death threats from 'Yellow Vest' protesters France 24.
In January 2021, Questel revealed that he was the victim of sexual abuse at the age of 11.Pierre Lepelletier (20 January 2021), «Ce n'est pas réparable» : le député LREM Bruno Questel révèle avoir été violé à 11 ans Le Figaro.
See also 2017 French legislative election
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