Yannick Favennec

{{infobox Politician

| name = Yannick Favennec Becot

| image = Yannick FAVENNEC député de la Mayenne.jpg

| caption =

| office = Member of the National Assembly
for Mayenne's 3rd constituency

| term_start = 19 June 2002

| term_end =

| predecessor = Roger Lestas

| successor =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|08|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chaudron-en-Mauges, France

| nationality = French

| party = Horizons (since 2022)

| otherparty = UMP (until 2012)
UDI (2012–2022)

| alma_mater =

}}

Yannick Favennec Becot (born 12 August 1958) is a French politician of the Horizons party, within the Ensemble Citoyens coalition supporting incumbent President Emmanuel Macron, who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since the 2002 elections, representing the Mayenne department.{{cite web

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Political career

In parliament, Maine-et-Loire, Favennec Becot served on the Committee on Economic Affairs (2002–2012) and the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning (2012–2017) before moving to the Defence Committee in 2017.[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA267042 Yannick Favennec Becot] National Assembly From 2017 to 2022, he was also a quaestor and therefore part of the Assembly's Bureau in the 15th legislature of the French Fifth Republic, under the leadership of president Richard Ferrand. In addition to his committee assignments, Favennec Becot is part of the French Parliamentary Friendship Group with the United Arab Emirates.[http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA267042 Yannick Favennec Becot] National Assembly

Ahed of the 2022 French legislative election, Favennec Becot joined Horizons, a centre-right party within Emmanuel Macron's centrist Ensemble Citoyens coalition.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-17 |title=Législatives en Mayenne : l'ancien Premier ministre Édouard Philippe soutiendra Yannick Favennec le 3 juin |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/legislatives-en-mayenne-l-ancien-premier-ministre-edouard-philippe-soutiendra-yannick-favennec-le-3-1652771470 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}} He was elected in the first round.{{Cite web |title=Résultats Législatives 2022 : Yannick Favennec réélu en Mayenne, "j'ai une conception œcuménique de mon territoire" |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/pays-de-la-loire/mayenne/laval/legislatives-2022-yannick-favennec-le-seul-elu-au-premier-tour-dans-la-region-2560440.html |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=France 3 Pays de la Loire |language=fr-FR}}

Political positions

Ahead of the Republicans' 2016 primaries, Favennec Becot publicly endorsed Alain Juppé as the centre-right parties' candidate for the 2017 French presidential election.

In July 2019, Favennec Becot voted against the French ratification of the European Union's Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (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.

References

Category:1958 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Maine-et-Loire

Category:Independent Republicans politicians

Category:Union for a Popular Movement politicians

Category:Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic

Category:Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic

Category:Deputies of the 14th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic

Category:Deputies of the 15th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic

Category:Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic

Category:Union of Democrats and Independents politicians

Category:Horizons (political party) politicians