Coralie Dubost

Coralie Dubost
Member of the National Assembly
for Hérault's 3rd constituency
In office
21 June 2017 – 21 June 2022
Preceded byFanny Dombre-Coste
Succeeded byLaurence Cristol
Personal details
Born (1983-03-04) 4 March 1983 (age 41)
Montpellier, France
Political partyLa République En Marche!
Domestic partnerOlivier Véran (2018–2021)
Residence(s)Celleneuve, Montpellier
Alma materUniversity of Montpellier
ProfessionJurist

Coralie Dubost (born 4 March 1983) is a French jurist and politician who served as the member of National Assembly for the 3rd constituency of the Hérault department from 2017 to 2022. She is a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).[1][2] Accused of mismanagement of her mandate fees, she announced her withdrawal from the political scene three weeks prior to the 2022 legislative election, declining to run for reelection to a second term in office.[3][4]

Political career

Ahead of the 2017 legislative election, Dubost built the local chapter of La République En Marche! in Montpellier, growing a membership of 5,400 within ten months.[5]

After she entered Parliament, Dubost served as one of four deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group alongside Pacôme Rupin, Danièle Hérin and Gilles Le Gendre under the leadership of group president Richard Ferrand (2017–2018). In 2018, she supported Laetitia Avia to become group president, a position Le Gendre was elected to.[6] She serves as Vice President of the Committee on Legal Affairs.[7] In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the French-Chinese Parliamentary Friendship Group.

In May 2020, Dubost joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.[8]

In September 2020, Dubost was a candidate to succeed Le Gendre as parliamentary group president; she came in fourth. In the final round of the vote, she endorsed Christophe Castaner, who appointed her as one of his deputies alongside Aurore Bergé.[9]

Political positions

Foreign policy

In July 2019, Dubost voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.[10]

Domestic policy

In 2019, Dubost steered through Parliament 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]

Along with four other LREM members – Cécile Rilhac, Jean-Michel Mis, Stéphane Trompille and Éric Bothorel – Dubost 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.[12]

In 2020, Dubost was one of the LREM members who endorsed an animal welfare referendum calling for a ban on some hunting practices deemed "cruel".[13]

Other activities

  • France China Foundation, Member of the Steering Committee[14]

Personal life

Dubost was in a relationship with fellow LREM politician Olivier Véran from 2018 to 2021.[15][16][17]

References

  1. ^ Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (12 June 2017), Emmanuel Macron set for dominance as opposition fades away Financial Times.
  2. ^ http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/herault_34/herault_3ere-circonscription[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Rouget, Sarah Brethes, Antton. "Les mirobolantes notes de frais de la députée Coralie Dubost". Mediapart (in French). Retrieved 2 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Coralie Dubost, la députée macroniste accusée de mauvaise gestion, se met " en retrait de la vie politique "". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  5. ^ Anne-Sylvaine Chassany (13 April 2017), Macron’s movement confronts challenge of political renewal Financial Times.
  6. ^ Alexandre Lemarié (27 June 2017), Assemblée nationale : le groupe La République en marche a attribué ses postes clés Le Monde.
  7. ^ Coralie Dubost French National Assembly.
  8. ^ Maël Thierry (22 May 2020), L’appel de 46 députés LREM : « Nous voulons peser de l’intérieur » L'Obs.
  9. ^ Laure Equy (9 September 2020), Une finale Castaner-Bergé pour la tête du groupe LREM Libération.
  10. ^ Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
  11. ^ Harriet Agnew (24 September 2019), France moves to extend IVF to gay and single women Financial Times.
  12. ^ Pierre Lepelletier (16 October 2019), #NotInMyName: des députés LREM se désolidarisent d’Aurore Bergé sur le voile Le Figaro.
  13. ^ Elisa Braun (31 August 2020), Macron’s glue-hunting ban threatens France’s powerful lobby Politico Europe.
  14. ^ Steering Committee France China Foundation.
  15. ^ François Béguin and Solenn de Royer (23 March 2020), Coronavirus : au ministère de la santé, Olivier Véran, un ambitieux « inconnu » propulsé visage de la crise sanitaire Le Monde.
  16. ^ Sylvain Courage (18 May 2021). ""Gala" fantasme sur le couple Olivier Véran - Coralie Dubost… qui est pourtant séparé". L'Obs (in French)..
  17. ^ "L'histoire d'amour entre Olivier Véran et la députée héraultaise Coralie Dubost : c'est terminé". Midi Libre (in French). 27 May 2021.