{{Expand French|topic=bio|Caroline Fiat|date=April 2023}} {{short description|French politician (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Caroline Fiat | caption = Fiat in 2017 | office = Member of the National Assembly<br>for Meurthe-et-Moselle's 6th constituency | term_start = 21 June 2017 | term_end = 9 June 2024 | office1 = Departmental councillor of<br>Meurthe-et-Moselle for the canton of Jarny | alongside1 = Jacky Zanardo | term_start1 = 1 July 2021 | predecessor1 = Manuela Ribeiro | predecessor = Jean-Yves Le Déaut | successor = Anthony Boulogne | birth_name = Caroline Paulette Yvette Nicolas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|01|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Verdun, France | party = La France Insoumise (2016–present) | other_party = French Communist Party (formerly) | image = Caroline Fiat-2.jpg }}
'''Caroline Paulette Yvette Fiat''' ({{IPA|fr|kaʁɔlin fjat}}; née '''Nicolas''', 28 January 1977) is a French medical caregiver and politician who represented the 6th constituency of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in the National Assembly from 2017 to 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/resultats/meurthe-et-moselle_54/meurthe-et-moselle_6eme-circonscription|title=Meurthe-et-Moselle - 6e circonscription , resultats élections législatives 2017|date=9 July 2024 }}</ref> From 2022 to 2024, she held one of the National Assembly's six vice presidencies. Fiat is a member of La France Insoumise, having previously been an activist with the French Communist Party.
== Biography == Since 2009, Caroline Fiat has worked as a caregiver in several private-sector Établissements d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes (EHPADs) in Grand Est.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IDE et AS, leurs premiers pas de députés |url=https://www.espaceinfirmier.fr/actualites/170628-ide-et-as-leurs-premiers-pas-de-deputes.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.espaceinfirmier.fr}}</ref> She is the first caregiver to sit in the National Assembly.<ref name="republicain-lorrain.fr">{{Cite web |title=second tour des élections législatives. Jarny/Pont-à-Mousson : Caroline Fiat haut la main (61,36 %) |url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/edition-de-briey/2017/06/18/jarny-pont-a-mousson-caroline-fiat-haut-la-main-(61-36-) |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.republicain-lorrain.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=à 17h47 |first=Par Quentin Laurent Le 17 juin 2017 |date=2017-06-17 |title=Législatives : en Meurthe-et-Moselle, le seul duel Front national - France insoumise |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/elections/legislatives/legislatives-en-meurthe-et-moselle-le-seul-duel-front-national-france-insoumise-17-06-2017-7060326.php |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-06-19 |title=Qui sont les députés de La France insoumise ? |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/elections-legislatives-2017/article/2017/06/19/qui-sont-les-deputes-de-la-france-insoumise_5147557_5076653.html |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref> Fiat has also been an ambulance driver, telemarketer, commercial assistant and executive assistant during her career.
=== Entry into politics === Fiat grew up in a family of unionists of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and members of the French Communist Party (PCF).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-11-26 |title=EMOIS & MOI - Caroline Fiat - Vidéo Dailymotion |url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7oi4wc |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Dailymotion |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Parti de Gauche - Midi Pyrénées |url=https://www.gauchemip.org/spip.php?a |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=www.gauchemip.org}}</ref> In the 2012 French presidential election, she voted "halfheartedly" for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, expressing disapproval for the "loudmouth and lecturing side" of his personality.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Derai |first1=Par Yves |last2=à 11h07 |first2=Benjamin Jérôme et Gaëtane Morin Le 26 septembre 2017 |date=2017-09-26 |title=Assemblée nationale : premiers mois, premiers émois |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/week-end/assemblee-nationale-premiers-mois-premiers-emois-22-09-2017-7274136.php |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Later, Fiat changed her opinion of him, joining first Ensemble! and then La France Insoumise (LFI), which was founded by Mélenchon in 2016.<ref>{{Citation |title=Caroline Fiat : "On a gagné un gros pari en faisant entrer une aide-soignante à l'Assemblée" | date=29 June 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVihfqFW7k0 |language=en |access-date=2022-06-16}}</ref> Ideologically, Fiat defines herself as a communist.<ref name=":0" />
=== Member of the National Assembly === Fiat was elected as a deputy in the National Assembly in the 6th constituency of Meurthe-et-Moselle in the 2017 legislative election,<ref name="republicain-lorrain.fr"/> receiving 61.36% of the vote in the second round against Cédric Marsolle of the National Front (FN), who had come first in the first round.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministère de l'Intérieur |first= |title=Résultats des élections législatives 2017 |url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Legislatives/elecresult__legislatives-2017 |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=interieur.gouv.fr|language=fr-FR}}</ref> On 27 June 2017, Fiat ran for the presidency of the National Assembly, supported by LFI and the PCF. She won 30 votes, finishing in last place behind Laurence Dumont with 32 votes, Laure de La Raudière with 34 votes, Jean-Charles Taugourdeau with 94 votes and the François de Rugy, who won with 353 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=L'Assemblée au travail |url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/06/28/2602535-l-assemblee-au-travail.html |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=ladepeche.fr |language=fr}}</ref>
In September 2017, Fiat was sued by one of her former parliamentary assistants, who contested their firing from Fiat's staff and demanded a resumption of his job contract.<ref>{{Cite web |title=POLITIQUE. Meurthe-et-Moselle : la députée France insoumise Caroline Fiat poursuivie par un attaché parlementaire |url=https://www.republicain-lorrain.fr/faits-divers/2017/09/24/caroline-fiat-poursuivie-par-un-attache-parlementaire |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.republicain-lorrain.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref>
Fiat served alongside Monique Iborra of La République En Marche! (LREM) as the co-rapporteur of a fact-finding mission on EHPADs, which published its conclusions in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mme Caroline Fiat - Meurthe-et-Moselle (6e circonscription) - Assemblée nationale |url=https://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA720286 |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www2.assemblee-nationale.fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-03-14 |title=Un rapport parlementaire alarmant sur les Ehpad |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/france-ehpad-rapport-idFRKCN1GQ1WB-OFRTP |access-date=2022-06-17}}</ref> The report recommended a doubling of the number of caregivers and an investment of 8 billion more euros in EHPADs over four years.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baqué |first=Philippe |date=March 2019 |title=Vieillesse en détresse dans les EHPAD |pages=4 |work=Le Monde diplomatique}}</ref> On 1 February 2018, she spoke in favour of a bill on the right to euthanasia and assisted suicide which was ultimately suspended in the National Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nationale |first=Assemblée |title=Proposition de loi nº 517 relative à l'euthanasie et au suicide assisté, pour une fin de vie digne |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/15/textes/l15b0517_proposition-loi |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Assemblée nationale |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Fiat also introduced a bill aiming to ban excess medical fees aiming to improve access to healthcare in 2019.
In addition to being a full member of the La France Insoumise group in the National Assembly, Fiat is part of the Republican and Socialist Left (GRS), which was founded in 2019 by Emmanuel Maurel and Marie-Noëlle Lienemann after splitting from the Socialist Party (PS).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-22 |title=Retraites: la gauche (presque) au complet présente son contre-projet |url=https://www.lopinion.fr/politique/retraites-la-gauche-presque-au-complet-presente-son-contre-projet |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=l'Opinion |language=fr}}</ref>
On 26 February 2020, Fiat received the 2019 Transparency in Pharmaceutical Policy Award for France.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pont-à-Mousson. Caroline Fiat récompensée pour son engagement dans la santé |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-pont-a-mousson/2020/02/27/caroline-fiat-recompensee-pour-son-engagement-dans-la-sante |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.estrepublicain.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref><ref name="whatsupdoc-lemag.fr">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-28 |title=La députée Caroline Fiat récompensée par l'Observatoire de la transparence dans les politiques du médicament |url=https://www.whatsupdoc-lemag.fr/article/la-deputee-caroline-fiat-recompensee-par-lobservatoire-de-la-transparence-dans-les |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=What's Up Doc |language=fr}}</ref> The award was given to her by the Observatory for Transparency in Pharmaceutical Policy in recognition of her efforts to promote transparency during debate over a social security appropriations bill for 2020.<ref name="whatsupdoc-lemag.fr"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-26 |title=Former Director Of Italian Medicines Agency Recognized For Drug Transparency Work - Health Policy Watch |url=https://healthpolicy-watch.news/former-director-of-italian-medicines-agency-recognized-for-drug-transparency-work/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
Upon the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, Fiat returned to her work as a caregiver. For almost a month, she worked at night in an intensive care unit at the Regional University Hospital Centre of Nancy while performing her parliamentary duties in the afternoon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-30 |title=Caroline Fiat, une aide soignante à l'Assemblée |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/caroline-fiat-une-aide-soignante-a-l-assemblee-20200730 |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=LEFIGARO |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meurthe-et-Moselle. Caroline Fiat reprend son travail d'aide-soignante |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/edition-pont-a-mousson/2020/03/31/caroline-fiat-reprend-son-travail-d-aide-soignante |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.estrepublicain.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref> During this period, Fiat observed what she described as a deep decline in public hospital conditions and signed a petition in ''L'Humanité'' on the topic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-31 |title=Le démantèlement de l'hôpital public n'est pas un fantasme. Une tribune de Caroline Fiat |url=https://www.humanite.fr/en-debat/caroline-fiat/le-demantelement-de-lhopital-public-nest-pas-un-fantasme-une-tribune-de |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=L'Humanité |language=fr}}</ref> She also proposed at the start of 2021 to grant the same "post-COVID" pay bonus to caregivers in medical-social establishments as those in hospitals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entre opposition pugnace et force de proposition : le bilan du groupe LFI à l'Assemblée nationale |url=https://basta.media/Entre-opposition-pugnace-et-force-de-proposition-le-bilan-du-groupe-LFI-a-l-Assemblee-nationale |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Basta! |date=26 May 2022 |language=fr}}</ref>
On 28 July 2020, during debate on a bioethics bill that would open assisted reproductive technology to all women, she gave a widely discussed speech where she related her own experiences on the topic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Le discours fort de la députée Caroline Fiat sur la filiation |url=https://www.brut.media/fr/news/le-discours-fort-de-la-deputee-caroline-fiat-sur-la-filiation-628ef01d-97df-4f06-9478-c862c196ded0 |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Brut. |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-28 |title=PMA: cette députée répond par sa propre histoire à ceux qui s'inquiètent de l'absence du père |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/entry/pma-et-loi-bioethique-cette-deputee-evoque-sa-propre-histoire-dans-lhemicycle_fr_5f205460c5b69fd4731280a0 |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Le HuffPost |language=fr}}</ref>
On 10 May 2022, Fiat was re-nominated by La France Insoumise as its candidate for Meurthe-et-Moselle's 6th constituency in the 2022 French legislative elections.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Derestiat |first=Anthony |title=Sortants, proches de Mélenchon, figures des mouvements sociaux, personnalités médiatiques... Qui sont les 323 candidats de La France insoumise ? |url=https://www.liberation.fr/politique/elections/sortants-proches-de-melenchon-figures-des-mouvements-sociaux-personnalites-mediatiques-qui-sont-les-323-candidats-de-la-france-insoumise-20220511_BQOIFQWCWNHWBEKWE4B6WXPQ6Q/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Libération |language=fr}}</ref> On 14 May 2022, she officially launched her campaign for re-election in Blénod-lès-Pont-à-Mousson. Fiat announced Julien Hézard, the Communist secretary-general of the Meurthe-et-Moselle CGT and deputy mayor of Blénod, as her designated substitute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Législatives 2022. 6e circonscription : la députée sortante LFI Caroline Fiat repart pour un second mandat |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/elections/2022/05/14/6e-circonscription-la-deputee-sortante-lfi-caroline-fiat-repart-pour-un-second-mandat |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.estrepublicain.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Julien Hézard, secrétaire général de la CGT en Meurthe-en-Moselle |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/l-invite-de-france-bleu-matin-8h10/sud-lorraine/julien-hezard-secretaire-general-de-la-cgt-en-meurthe-en-moselle |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pont-à-Mousson. Le PCF demande une hausse des salaires, primordiale pour " joindre les deux bouts " |url=https://www.estrepublicain.fr/politique/2021/10/13/le-pcf-demande-une-hausse-des-salaires-primordiale-pour-joindre-les-deux-bouts |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=www.estrepublicain.fr |language=FR-fr}}</ref>
== Works ==
* {{cite book | last1=Fiat | first1=Caroline | last2=Obono | first2=Danièle | last3=Cukier | first3=Alexis | last4=Douat | first4=Etienne | title=Insoumises à l'Assemblée : Caroline Fiat, Danièle Obono | publication-place=Paris | date=2018 | isbn=978-2-84303-295-0 | oclc=1077226128 | language=fr}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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