Martine Froger

Martine Froger
Member of the National Assembly
for Ariège's 1st constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 April 2023
Preceded byBénédicte Taurine
Personal details
Born (1961-06-11) 11 June 1961 (age 63)
Blois, France
Political partySocialist

Martine Froger (French pronunciation: [maʁtin fʁɔʒe]; born 11 June 1961) is a French politician from the Socialist Party. In the 2023 by-election she was elected Member of Parliament for Ariège's 1st constituency with support of the federation of the Socialist Party of Ariège but without the nomination of the national leadership of her party which, supported outgoing La France Insoumise MP and candidate of the NUPES coalition Bénédicte Taurine.

Early life

Froger was born in Blois in Loir-et-Cher.

Professional career

Martine Froger is the director of an integration association, the Social Support Center for Agropastoral Techniques (CASTA).[1][2]

Political career

A member of the Socialist Party, she was deputy mayor of Alzen and substitute for Ariège senator Jean-Jacques Michau [fr].[1][3] She was also member Couserans-Pyrénées community of municipalities, where she was responsible for education and youth sector.[4] During the Socialist Party congress in Marseille in January 2023, she signed the Refondations motion led by Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol.[5]

2022 elections

During the 2022 French legislative election in Ariège's 1st constituency, the federation of the Socialist Party of Ariège nominated her as the party's candidate. However, the national leadership of the Socialist Party supported the outgoing La France Insoumise MP Bénédicte Taurine, as part of the left-wing coalition NUPES. Froger was eliminated in the first round arriving in fourth position, but the election was later annulled by the Constitutional Council.[6]

2023 by-election

In the 2023 by-election, the national leadership of the Socialist Party once again supported Bénédicte Taurine as part of NUPES, but the federation of the Socialist Party and the Radical Left Party of Ariège department supported Martine Froger as candidate.[7][8]

During the first round, Martine Froger came in second with 26.4%, behind Bénédicte Taurine with 31.2%. For the second round, she had the support of the Renaissance candidate Anne-Sophie Tribout who was eliminated in the first round, as well as several socialist figures, such as Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, Carole Delga, Hélène Geoffroy, Lamia El Aaraje and Michaël Delafosse [fr]. Outside the Socialist Party, Guillaume Lacroix [fr], president of the Radical Left Party (PRG), gave her his support; the former Socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve travelled to the constituency to support her.[9] With the carryover of votes from Renaissance voters, she won the second round on 2 April 2023 with 60.2% of the votes on a voter turnout of 37.9%.[10][11][12] Martine Froger asked the leadership of the Socialist Party to ask to sit in the National Assembly within the socialist group in the National Assembly.[13]

2024 elections

In the 2024 French legislative election, she ran as part of the New Popular Front. She was re-elected in the first round with over 50% of the vote.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Élections législatives de juin 2022 : Froger et Panifous candidat pour le PS". ladepeche.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  2. ^ "L'insertion par le maraîchage avec Casta". ladepeche.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ^ "En Ariège, la guerre des gauches aura bien lieu". Le Monde.fr (in French). 28 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Carole Delga apporte son soutien aux candidats du PS pour les législatives - Actualités en Ariège et aux alentours sur Azinat.com". www.azinat.com (in French). 3 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Refondations – Le Texte d'Orientation". Refondations (in French). 26 November 2022. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Décision n° 2022-5751 AN du 27 janvier 2023 | Conseil constitutionnel". www.conseil-constitutionnel.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  7. ^ Antoine (16 March 2023). "En Ariège, la fédération socialiste appuie son soutien à Martine Froger". La Gazette Ariégeoise (in French). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Législative en Ariège : le PS 09 assume son soutien à la dissidente Martine Froger". ladepeche.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  9. ^ "En Ariège, la guerre des gauches aura bien lieu". Le Monde.fr (in French). 28 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  10. ^ Antoine (2 April 2023). "[Live et vidéos] Martine Froger élue députée de la 1ere circonscription de l'Ariège". La Gazette Ariégeoise (in French). Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  11. ^ "REPLAY. Élection législative en Ariège : revivez la victoire de la socialiste Martine Froger face à l'Insoumise Bénédicte Taurine". ladepeche.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Législative partielle en Ariège : la dissidente socialiste Martine Froger déloge l'« insoumise » Bénédicte Taurine". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2 April 2023. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Législative partielle : la socialiste dissidente Martine Froger l'emporte en Ariège face à LFI". LEFIGARO (in French). 2 April 2023. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Ariège: résultats ville par ville des élections législatives 2024 | Elections Actu". elections.actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2024.