Jean-François Cesarini (30 September 1970 – 29 March 2020) was a French politician who represented the 1st constituency of the Vaucluse department in the National Assembly from 2017 until his death in 2020. He was a member of La République En Marche! (LREM).
Political career Having previously been an active member of the Socialist Party, Cesarini joined LREM in 2017.Aurélie Delmas (24 June 2017), La galaxie Macron sur les bancs de l’Assemblée Libération, 9 September 2019.
In parliament, Cesarini served on the Committee on Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning. In addition to his committee assignments, he was a member of the study group on Taiwan and of the French delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).Jean-François Cesarini French National Assembly.
Political positions In early 2019, together with around twenty other LREM members, Cesarini proposed to re-establish a solidarity tax on wealth, which had been abolished the previous year.Cédric Pietralunga and Audrey Tonnelier (7 February 2019), ISF : des députés LRM remettent en cause le « ruissellement » Le Monde.
In July 2019, Cesarini 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.
In September 2019, together with other members of the left wing of the LREM group, Cesarini called for migrants to be distributed in rural areas with labour shortages. In November 2019, he co-signed a position paper with ten other LREM members to oppose the government's planned measures on the provision of health services to immigrants.En durcissant le ton sur l'immigration, Macron sème le trouble au sein de La République en marche BFM TV, 8 September 2019.
See also 2017 French legislative election
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