Nicole Gries-Trisse (born 29 June 1963) is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) 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 the 5th constituency of the department of Moselle.
Political career In parliament, Gries-Trisse served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In addition to her committee assignments, Gries-Trisse chaired the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2017 to 2022.Nicole Trisse Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. She also served on the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs and the Sub-Committee on Ethics. In 2019, she was the Assembly's rapporteur on the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB).Council of Europe Bank can work for a more inclusive society Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, press release of 2 October 2019.
In 2020, Trisse joined En commun (EC), a group within LREM led by Barbara Pompili.
Trisse lost her seat in the first round of the 2022 French legislative election.
Political positions In April 2018, Gries-Trisse 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 (5 April 2018), Ahead of Saudi prince visit, Macron lawmaker asks for inquiry over French arms sales Reuters.
In July 2019, Gries-Trisse voted in favor of the French ratification of the European Union’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada.Maxime Vaudano (24 July 2019), CETA : qui a voté quoi parmi les députés Le Monde.
See also 2017 French legislative election
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