Laurence Vanceunebrock is a French politician of Democratic Movement (MoDem) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022,Marius Bocquet (13 June 2022), Résultats législatives 2022 : qui sont les 65 députés sortants éliminés au premier tour ? Le Figaro. representing Allier's 2nd constituency, and a former police officer.La députée LREM Laurence Vanceunebrock fait son coming-out (et va s'investir pour la PMA) Libération, November 22, 2017.
Political career In parliament, Vanceunebrock served as member of the Committee on Social Affairs. From 2021, she was the parliament’s rapporteur on legislation to ban so-called conversion therapies that attempt to change an individual's sexual orientation.«Thérapies de conversion» : les députés débattront d'un texte LREM en octobre Le Figaro, 14 September 2021.
In addition to her committee assignments, Vanceunebrock chaired the French-Danish Parliamentary Friendship Group.Laurence Vanceunebrock French National Assembly.
Vanceunebrock lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.
In September 2023, she left Renaissance and joined the Democratic Movement.
Political positions In 2018, Vanceunebrock joined other co-signatories around Sébastien Nadot in officially filing a request for a commission of inquiry into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before an official visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Paris.John Irish and Marine Pennetier (April 5, 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
In 2020, Vanceunebrock 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 and Jean-Michel Fauvergue that helps, among other measures, curtail the filming of police forces.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) National Assembly.Elisa Braun (November 24, 2020), Controversial security bill puts pressure on French interior minister Politico Europe.
Personal life Vanceunebrock has two daughters.La députée LREM Laurence Vanceunebrock fait son coming-out (et va s'investir pour la PMA) Libération, November 22, 2017.
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