Sacha Houlié (born 8 October 1988) is a French lawyerJulia Amalia Heyer (16 April 2018), En Marche One Year On: How Macron's Movement Is Transforming French Politics Der Spiegel. and politician of former member La République En Marche! (LREM 2017–2024) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly since the 2017 elections, representing the department of Vienne.
Political career Early beginnings Having previously been active for the Socialist Party, Houlié joined LREM in 2015.Aurélie Delmas (24 June 2017), La galaxie Macron sur les bancs de l’Assemblée Libération, 9 September 2019. Together with three friends, including Pierre Person, he founded "Jeunes avec Macron" (Young People for Macron) in June 2015.Julia Amalia Heyer (16 April 2018), En Marche One Year On: How Macron's Movement Is Transforming French Politics Der Spiegel.
Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present In parliament, Houlié has been serving as member of the Committee on Legal Affairs since 2017.Sacha Houlié French National Assembly. In this capacity, he was his parliamentary group's rapporteur on 2019 legislation to strengthen the powers of elected municipal officials, particularly in small municipalities.Laurent Thévenin (26 November 2019), L'Assemblée donne son feu vert à la loi sur les maires Les Echos. From 2017 until 2018, he was also one of the National Assembly's six vice-presidents, under the leadership of president François de Rugy.Vincent Hulin (21 December 2017), Sacha Houlié va démissionner de la vice-présidence de l' Assemblée Nationale France Bleu. Within his parliamentary group, he is considered a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron.Cédric Pietralunga and Alexandre Lemarié (20 October 2017), La République en marche: Les snipers de la Macronie Le Monde.
Following Pierre Person's resignation from the LREM leadership in September 2020, Houlié joined him and stepped down as well.Julie Carriat (21 September 2020), « Nous ne savons plus qui nous sommes et ce que nous portons » : les cadres de LRM se déchirent Le Monde.
In 2022, Houlié was elected chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs.Pierre Maurer (8 August 2022), Assemblée nationale : Sacha Houlié, le macroniste rescapé de la «bande de Poitiers» Le Parisien.
Other activities École nationale d'administration (ENA), Member of the Board of DirectorsSacha Houlié French National Assembly.Les membres du conseil d'administration de l'ENA École nationale d'administration (ENA).
Political positions Houlié is considered an advocate of an open and "inclusive" secularism. In early 2018, he was one of several LREM member who joined an informal parliamentary working group on Islam 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.Alexandre Lemarié (23 November 2018), Des députés La République en marche s’attellent au sujet de l’islam de France Le Monde.
In May 2018, Houlié co-sponsored an initiative in favour of legalizing assisted reproductive technology (ART) for all women (singles, heterosexual couples or lesbian couples).La PMA pour toutes, un acte d’égalité Libération, 29 May 2018.
Amid efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in France, Houlié opposed the government's proposal for a state-supported “StopCovid” contact-tracing app project, arguing it could amount to "undemocratic state surveillance."Mathieu Rosemain (17 April 2020), French friction over government's COVID-tracing app project Reuters. Also in 2020, he went against his parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by his colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.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.Elisa Braun (24 November 2020), Controversial security bill puts pressure on French interior minister Politico Europe.
Controversy In mid-2019, French farmers vandalized Houlié's office in Poitiers, in an effort to protest against his support for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union.Sudip Kar-Gupta (8 August 2019), French farmers damage more offices of Macron MPs over trade deals Reuters. In April 2021, the inscription "Death to pigs" was found written on the building's facade.Le domicile du député LREM Sacha Houlié tagué Le Figaro, 2 April 2021. In August 2021, the office was set on fire.Poitiers : la permanence du député LREM Sacha Houlié incendiée, une enquête ouverte Le Figaro 20 August 2021.
See also 2017 French legislative election
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"Sacha Houlié, ce député en pétard qui veut que ça roule" in Hallier tout feu tout flamme, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2023.
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