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In 2017, Vallaud was elected as Member of the National Assembly for the Landes's 3rd constituency, a territory had been held by socialist Henri Emmanuelli until his death. He was the only left candidate sworn into office in a traditionally left-leaning department.[7] Vallaud joined the Socialist group and served as member of the Social Affairs Committee[8] between 2017 and 2023.
Following Jean-Luc Mélenchon's position on the 2023 Israel–Hamas war,[13] many socialists and communists in parliament began to distance themselves from the NUPES coalition. In October 2023, Vallaud announced the Socialist group would take a temporary break from the NUPES coalition to reassess the nature of their partnership, but said he remained hopeful about NUPES's future.[14]
In addition to his committee assignments, he is one of the vice-presidents of the French-Lebanese Parliamentary Friendship Group,[15] having himself been born in Beirut.[10]
Political positions
Vallaud was one of only five Socialist MPs who did not vote in favor of confirming Prime MinisterÉdouard Philippe's government in 2017. He was later considered as one of the sharpest critics of the Philippe government.[16]
In response to a 2019 law authorizing the sale of the government's controlling stake in Groupe ADP, Vallaud led a cross-party initiative which called for a referendum to overturn the legislation, citing concerns over the loss of government revenue and influence.[18][19]
Personal life
In 2000, Vallaud met his wife, Najat Belkacem, at Sciences Po Paris where they were both studying.[20] The pair married on the 27th of August 2005 in Hontanx, and Belkacem officially hyphenated her husband's family name in front of hers. In 2008, the couple welcomed twins, a boy and a girl : Louis-Adel and Nour-Chloé.[21] As a symbol of the couple's mixed origins, the twins' names each contain one French and one North-African name.[22]
