Albane Gaillot
{{short description|French politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Albane Gaillot
| image = Albane-gaillot-2.jpg
| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Val-de-Marne's 11th constituency
| term_start = 21 June 2017
| term_end = 21 June 2022
| predecessor = Jean-Yves Le Bouillonnec
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1971|07|07}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| nationality = French
| party = La République En Marche (2016–2019),
Ecology Democracy Solidarity (since 2020)
| alma_mater = Panthéon-Assas University
| successor = Sophie Taillé-Polian
}}
Albane Gaillot ({{IPA|fr|alban ɡajo}}; born 7 July 1971) is a French politician who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, where she represented the 11th constituency of Val-de-Marne.{{Cite web|url=http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA721246 |title=Mme Albane Gaillot |accessdate=9 December 2019|work=National Assembly |language=French}} From 2016 until 2019, she was a member of La République En Marche (LREM). In May 2020, she was one of 17 deputies who formed the new Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity group in the National Assembly.
Early life and education
After studying law at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Gaillot worked from 1999 in a social protection group. She has held various positions, starting with the role of pension account manager, going through the position of complementary retirement advisor before becoming a digital project manager.
Political career
=Local politics=
Gaillot first got involved in politics during the French municipal elections of 2014, placing fourth on the list "Villejuif notre ville" (Centre-left politics citizen list and ecologist) led by Philippe Vidal (DVG).{{Cite web|url=https://villejuifnotreville.fr/2014/01/20/albanegaillot/ |title=Albane GAILLOT calls for broad support |accessdate=9 December 2019|work=Villejuif notre ville |date=20 January 2014 |language=French}} The list collects 10.64% of the votes in the first round, and merges with three other lists for the second round. Gaillot was not included in this new list led by Franck Le Bohellec (UMP) who will take away the town hall. She leaves the movement "Villejuif notre ville" in June 2015.
=Member of the National Assembly, 2017–present=
In the 2017 French legislative election, Gaillot was elected member of the National Assembly for the 11th constituency of Val-de-Marne, with 53.61% of the votes in the second round of legislative elections.{{cite web|author= Lucile Métout |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2017-les-resultats-dans-la-11e-circonscription-du-val-de-marne-18-06-2017-7063479.php|title=In the 11th, Albane Gaillot (LREM) will not follow her party "benistely" |language=fr|publisher=Le Parisien|date=18 June 2017|accessdate=9 December 2019}}
In parliament, Gaillot has since been serving as a member of the Committee on Social Affairs Committee, where she focuses on women's rights, education, disability, vocational training and digital. In addition to her committee assignments, she is also a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
In July 2019, Gaillot voted against the ratification of the CETA: while she welcomed the progress achieved by the majority, she held that the text "does not go in the direction of history" and that global warming should prompt countries to develop short circuits rather than international free trade.{{cite web|author= Marie Zafimehy |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/politique/ceta-ces-deputes-lrem-qui-ont-vote-contre-l-accord-de-libre-echange-avec-le-canada-23-07-2019-8122422.php|title=Ceta: LREM MPs who voted against the Free Trade Agreement with Canada |language=fr|publisher=Le Parisien|date=23 July 2019|access-date=9 December 2019}}
On 9 September 2019, Gaillot announced that she would withdraw from the LREM group in the Assembly and was now sitting among its affiliated members: in a letter, she deplored the vote on "laws restricting individual freedoms".{{cite web|author= M. Fr |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-2017-les-resultats-dans-la-11e-circonscription-du-val-de-marne-18-06-2017-7063479.php|title=Val-de-Marne: bitter, MP Albane Gaillot "distances herself" from LREM group |language=fr|publisher=Le Parisien|date=9 September 2019|accessdate=9 December 2019}} Her apparentment is recorded on 13 September.
In November 2019, Gaillot co-signed a platform with ten other LREM MPs to oppose the government's immigration measures concerning health, including state medical aid (AME), pleading not to give up "To urgency and ease".{{cite web|author=Hortense de Montalivet |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/migrants-assemblee-nationale-deputes-lrem_fr_5dc3fb15e4b0055138834d5f?ncid=other_topvideos_cp1pj3fgmfs|title=Immigration: LREM MPs Rebelled by Government Plan |language=fr|publisher=HuffPost|date=7 November 2019|accessdate=9 December 2019}}
Gaillot left LREM temporarily in 2019.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/val-de-marne-94/val-de-marne-des-parlementaires-demandent-un-moratoire-sur-les-fermetures-de-classes-09-04-2020-8296971.php|title = Des parlementaires du Val-de-Marne demandent un moratoire sur les fermetures de classes|date = 9 April 2020}} In May 2020, she joined seven lawmakers in leaving LREM to join the new Ecology, Democracy, Solidarity group , depriving the president of an outright majority and raising pressure for more left-wing policies.Olivier Philippe-Viela (19 May 2020), [https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/assemblees/nouveau-groupe-a-l-assemblee-qui-sont-les-17-deputes-qui-font-vaciller-la-majorite-lrem_2126323.html Nouveau groupe à l'Assemblée : qui sont les 17 députés qui font vaciller la majorité LREM?] L'Express.Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose (20 May 2020), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-politics/defecting-french-lawmakers-deprive-macron-of-outright-parliament-majority-idUSKBN22V0NY Defecting French lawmakers deprive Macron of outright parliament majority] Reuters. By June, she and five other ex-LREM deputies announced the establishment of #Nous Demain, a "humanist, ecologist and feminist" political movement.[https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/le-depute-aurelien-tache-et-d-autres-ex-marcheurs-creent-leur-mouvement-politique-20200628 Le député Aurélien Taché et d'autres ex-Marcheurs créent leur mouvement politique] Le Figaro, 28 June 2020.
She stood down at the 2022 French legislative election.
Personal life
Married and mother of two, Gaillot lives in Villejuif since 1976. She is involved in the community (cultural, associative and parent of students). Passionate about theater, she followed the workshops of the Romain-Rolland theater in Villejuif before participating in an amateur theater troupe.{{cite web|author= Martine Bréson |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/legislatives-2017-qui-est-albane-gaillot-la-nouvelle-deputee-rem-du-val-de-marne-1497602720|title=Legislative 2017: who is Albane Gaillot the new member LREM of Val-de-Marne? |language=fr|publisher=France Bleu|date=19 June 2017|accessdate=9 December 2019}}
See also
References
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Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
Category:Renaissance (French political party) politicians
Category:21st-century French women politicians
Category:Politicians from Paris