# Fiona Lazaar

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**Fiona Lazaar** (born 19 September 1985) is a French politician of [The New Democrats](/source/The_New_Democrats) who was elected to the [French National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(France)) on 18 June 2017 as a member of [La République En Marche!](/source/La_R%C3%A9publique_En_Marche!) (LREM), representing [Val-d'Oise's 5th constituency](/source/Val-d'Oise's_5th_constituency).[1] She left LREM and was one of the founding members of [The New Democrats](/source/The_New_Democrats) in 2020, but returned as an associate of LREM in 2021. She was defeated in the [2022 elections](/source/2022_French_legislative_election) by [Paul Vannier](/source/Paul_Vannier) of [La France Insoumise](/source/La_France_Insoumise).

## Political career

In parliament, Lazaar served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[2] In addition to her committee assignments, she was a member of the French-Singaporean Parliamentary Friendship Group.

From October 2018 to September 2020, Lazaar served as one of five deputy chairpersons of the LREM parliamentary group, under the leadership of chairman [Gilles Le Gendre](/source/Gilles_Le_Gendre).[3] In July 2019, she stood as a candidate for the chairmanship of the Committee on Social Affairs; she was defeated in the second round by the incumbent chairwoman, [Brigitte Bourguignon](/source/Brigitte_Bourguignon).[4]

In addition to her parliamentary work, Lazaar was appointed by [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_France) [Édouard Philippe](/source/%C3%89douard_Philippe) to chair the National Council against Poverty and Social Exclusion ([CNLE](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conseil_national_des_politiques_de_lutte_contre_la_pauvret%C3%A9_et_l'exclusion_sociale)) in 2020.[5]

Lazaar was one of the founding members of [The New Democrats](/source/The_New_Democrats) in 2020.[6]

## Political positions

### Domestic policy

Within LREM, Lazaar aligned with [Aurélien Taché](/source/Aur%C3%A9lien_Tach%C3%A9), [Laetitia Avia](/source/Laetitia_Avia) and few others in challenging [secularism](/source/Secularism).[7]

In 2020, Lazaar went against her parliamentary group's majority and abstained from an important vote on a much discussed security bill drafted by her colleagues [Alice Thourot](/source/Alice_Thourot) and [Jean-Michel Fauvergue](/source/Jean-Michel_Fauvergue) that helped, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.[8][9]

### Economic policy

In July 2019, Lazaar voted in favor of the French ratification of the [European Union](/source/European_Union)’s [Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement](/source/Comprehensive_Economic_and_Trade_Agreement) (CETA) with [Canada](/source/Canada).[10]

## See also

- [2017 French legislative election](/source/2017_French_legislative_election)

## References

1. ["Elections législatives 2017"](http://elections.interieur.gouv.fr/legislatives-2017/095/09505.html) (in French). *Ministry of the Interior*. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

1. [Fiona Lazaar](http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/deputes/fiche/OMC_PA720916) [French National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(France)).

1. Anne-Charlotte Dusseaulx (9 October 2018), [Groupe En marche à l'Assemblée: Gilles Le Gendre a choisi ses 5 vice-présidents](https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/groupe-en-marche-a-lassemblee-gilles-le-gendre-a-choisi-ses-5-vice-presidents-3774800) *[Le Journal du Dimanche](/source/Le_Journal_du_Dimanche)*.

1. [Remaniement des postes LREM à l'Assemblée: large prime aux sortants](https://www.nouvelobs.com/politique/20190724.AFP1236/remaniement-des-postes-lrem-a-l-assemblee-large-prime-aux-sortants.html) *[L'Obs](/source/L'Obs)*, 24 July 2019.

1. [Arrêté du 24 février 2020 portant nomination au Conseil national des politiques de lutte contre la pauvreté et l'exclusion sociale](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=9A9641CD59C03A00BB66379A55B1B4E2.tplgfr44s_1?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000041636383&dateTexte=&oldAction=rechJO&categorieLien=id&idJO=JORFCONT000041636042) [Légifrance](/source/L%C3%A9gifrance).

1. ["Aurélien Taché et Émilie Cariou coprésidents des Nouveaux démocrates"](https://www.lepoint.fr/politique/aurelien-tache-et-emilie-cariou-copresidents-des-nouveaux-democrates-16-12-2020-2406123_20.php). *[Le Point](/source/Le_Point)*. 2020-12-16. Retrieved 2022-02-16.

1. Alexandre Lemarié (14 October 2019), [Voile à l’école : Jean-Michel Blanquer demande des sanctions contre le député LRM Aurélien Taché](https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2019/10/14/voile-a-l-ecole-jean-michel-blanquer-demande-des-sanctions-contre-le-depute-lrm-aurelien-tache_6015513_823448.html) *[Le Monde](/source/Le_Monde)*.

1. [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)](http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/scrutins/detail/(legislature)/15/(num)/3254) [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_(France)).

1. Elisa Braun (24 November 2020), [Controversial security bill puts pressure on French interior minister](https://www.politico.eu/article/controversial-security-bill-puts-mounting-pressure-on-macron/) *[Politico Europe](/source/Politico_Europe)*.

1. Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), [CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés](https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2019/07/24/ceta-qui-a-vote-quoi-parmi-les-deputes_5493039_4355770.html) *[Le Monde](/source/Le_Monde)*.

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