Cécile Rilhac (born 21 April 1974) is a French politician of Renaissance (RE) who has been serving as a member of the French National Assembly between 2017 and 2024, representing the department of Val-d'Oise.
Political career In Parliament, Rilhac serves on the Committee on Cultural Affairs and Education. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the French-Algerian Parliamentary Friendship Group.Cécile Rilhac French National Assembly.
In 2020, Rilhac joined En Commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs. In 2023, she left the Renaissance group, together with Pompili, Mireille Clapot and Stella Dupont.Mariama Darame and Jérémie Lamothe (11 April 2023), Assemblée nationale : Barbara Pompili et trois autres députées se détachent du groupe Renaissance Le Figaro.
Political positions Domestic policy In June 2019, Rilhac was one of four members of the LREM parliamentary group who joined a cross-party initiative to legalization, the distribution and use of cannabis.Harriet Agnew (20 June 2019), French MPs push to legalise distribution and use of cannabis Financial Times.Marylou Magal (19 June 2019), Les députés LREM Person et Taché favorables à la légalisation du cannabis Le Figaro. Along with four other LREM members – Coralie Dubost, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille, and Éric Bothorel –, she disassociated herself from their colleague Aurore Bergé when the latter announced her intention in October 2019 to vote for a Republican draft law banning the wearing of the hijab by women accompanying groups of students on school outings.Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.
In 2020, Rilhac was one of ten LREM members who voted against her parliamentary group's majority and opposed a much discussed security bill drafted by her 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.Jules Darmanin (27 November 2020), French government plan to rewrite security bill has MPs up in arms Politico Europe.
Foreign policy In 2018, Rilhac joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.John Irish and Marine Pennetier (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
In July 2019, Rilhac voted in favor 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.
See also 2017 French legislative election 2022 French legislative election
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