Hugues Renson

Renson, who graduated from Sciences Po in 2001, served as a councillor to President Jacques Chirac (2004–2007), in charge of social affairs.

In the 2012 presidential election, Renson publicly endorsed the Socialist Party's candidate François Hollande.Segaunes, Nathalie (16 November 2016), [https://www.lopinion.fr/edition/politique/hugues-renson-chirac-a-macron-en-passant-hollande-114489 Hugues Renson, de Chirac à Macron, en passant par Hollande...] L'Opinion (in French). Similarly, he voted for Socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo, a family friend, in the 2014 Paris municipal election.Vigoureux, Caroline (19 July 2019), [https://www.lopinion.fr/edition/politique/anne-hidalgo-hugues-renson-paris-pari-193103 Anne Hidalgo et Hugues Renson, Paris pour pari] L'Opinion (in French).

In 2017, Renson joined Emmanuel Macron's La République En Marche! party.{{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/elections-legislatives-2017/article/2017/05/11/renson-chiraquien-d-en-marche-face-a-lamour-chiraquien-de-lr_5126162_5076653.html|title=Renson, chiraquien d'En marche !, face à Lamour, chiraquien de LR|last=Jérôme|first=Béatrice|date=11 May 2017|work=Le Monde|access-date=24 June 2017|language=fr-FR}} He was elected to the National Assembly in the legislative election later that year, as the MP for Paris's 13th constituency, defeating incumbent Jean-François Lamour of The Republicans party.{{Cite web|url=http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2017/075/07513.html |title=Elections législatives 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |work=Ministry of the Interior |language=French}} He took office on 21 June 2017. Renson was elected a week later by his peers to one of the six vice-presidencies of the National Assembly, a rare occurrence for a new member, a position in which he succeeded David Habib of the Socialist Party. He also serves on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition to his committee assignments, he is a member of the French-Greek Parliamentary Friendship Group and the French-Lebanese Parliamentary Friendship Group.[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA721824 Hugues Renson] French National Assembly.

In late 2018, Renson, Aurélien Taché and Matthieu Orphelin convened a group of around 20 members of the LREM parliamentary group with a "wish to express a humanist, social and ecological sensibility and to better raise citizens' concerns"; the initiative was widely interpreted as the launch of a left-wing faction within the group.Siraud, Mathilde (20 December 2018), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/2018/12/20/01002-20181220ARTFIG00354-des-deputes-larem-s-organisent-pour-peser.php Des députés LaREM s'organisent pour peser] Le Figaro (in French). In 2020, he joined forces with Barbara Pompili as co-founder of En Commun, a group of centre-left LREM politicians.Quinault-Maupoil, Tristan (3 September 2020), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/hugues-renson-j-en-appelle-a-la-constitution-d-une-maison-commune-20200903 Hugues Renson: «J’en appelle à la constitution d’une maison commune»] Le Figaro (in French).

Ahead of the 2020 Paris municipal election, Renson failed to win the party nomination for the mayorship against Benjamin Griveaux. He subsequently endorsed Cédric Villani, who also failed to win the nomination but decided to run as an Independent.Cosnard, Denis (10 July 2019), [https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2019/07/10/elections-municipales-a-paris-villani-annonce-qu-il-ne-sera-pas-investi-par-la-republique-en-marche_5487851_823448.html Elections municipales à Paris : Benjamin Griveaux choisi pour représenter LRM] Le Monde (in French).

In February 2022, Renson announced he would not seek reelection to a second term as an MP. In his announcement, he heavily criticised the lack of internal debate within the outgoing parliamentary majority, stating: "When we all think the same thing, it is because in reality we do not think anything".{{Cite web|title=Vice-président de l'Assemblée, Hugues Renson (LREM) ne se représentera pas|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/vice-president-de-l-assemblee-hugues-renson-lrem-ne-se-representera-pas-20220216|access-date=16 February 2022|website=www.lefigaro.fr|language=FR-fr|date=16 February 2022|last=Quinault-Maupoil|first=Tristan}}

In May 2018, Renson co-sponsored an initiative in favour of legalising assisted reproductive technology (ART) for all women (singles, heterosexual couples or lesbian couples).[https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2018/05/29/la-pma-pour-toutes-un-acte-d-egalite_1655111 "La PMA pour toutes, un acte d’égalité"], Libération (in French), 29 May 2018.

In July 2019, Renson voted in favour of the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Vaudano, Maxime (24 July 2019), [https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2019/07/24/ceta-qui-a-vote-quoi-parmi-les-deputes_5493039_4355770.html "CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés"], Le Monde (in French).

In 2020, Renson went against his parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by his colleagues Alice Thourot and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that would have helped, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/scrutins/detail/(legislature)/15/(num)/3254 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)] French National Assembly.Darmanin, Jules (27 November 2020), [https://www.politico.eu/article/france-government-security-bill-plan-rewrite-up-in-arms/ "French government plan to rewrite security bill has MPs up in arms"], Politico Europe. Although the bill passed Parliament, the disputed measure was struck down by the Constitutional Council before it would have entered in application.[https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/policiers-filmes-le-conseil-constitutionnel-censure-l-ex-article-24-controverse-20210520 "Policiers filmés : le Conseil constitutionnel censure l'ex-article 24, controversé"], Le Figaro (in French), 20 May 2021.

In early 2021, Renson joined ten fellow LREM lawmakers in demanding the end of the state of emergency declared by the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in France.Woessner, Géraldine (18 February 2021), [https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/dix-deputes-lrem-demandent-la-sortie-de-l-etat-d-urgence-18-02-2021-2414590_20.php "Dix députés LREM demandent la sortie de l’état d’urgence"], Le Point (in French).Lepelletier, Pierre (19 February 2021), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/dix-deputes-de-l-aile-gauche-de-lrem-demandent-la-sortie-de-l-etat-d-urgence-20210219 "Dix députés de l'aile gauche de LREM demandent la sortie de l'état d'urgence"], Le Figaro (in French).

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