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Charles de Courson

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Charles de Courson
Charles de Courson in 2017
Member of the National Assembly
for Marne's 5th constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 April 1993
Preceded byJean-Pierre Bouquet
Mayor of Vanault-les-Dames
In office
15 January 1986 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byAymard de Courson
Succeeded byCaroline Issenhuth
Personal details
Born
Charles Amédée Simon du Buisson de Courson

(1952-04-02) 2 April 1952 (age 72)
Paris, France
Political partyLC-NC (2007–present)
Other political
affiliations		CDS (1986–1995)
FD (1995–1998)
UDF (1998–2007)
UDI (2012–2017)
RelationsLéonel de Moustier (grandfather)
Louis-Michel le Peletier (ancestor)
Elénor-François-Elie (ancestor)
Alma materESSEC Business School
École nationale d'administration
OccupationMagistrate • Politician

Charles Amédée Simon du Buisson de Courson (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl amede simɔ̃ dy bɥisɔ̃ də kuʁsɔ̃]; born 2 April 1952) is a French politician who has represented the 5th constituency of the Marne department in the National Assembly since 1993.[1] A member of The Centrists (LC), he sits with the Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories (LIOT) group. He has been rapporteur of the state budget in the National Assembly since 2024.[2]

Since 2022, he has been the longest-serving deputy in the National Assembly.[3] Prior to entering politics, he worked as a civil servant at the Auditors Court and Finance Ministry.

Early life and family

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Charles Amédée Simon du Buisson de Courson was born on 2 April 1952, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.[4]

Coat of arms of the Buisson de Courson family

His father, Aymard de Courson, a Popular Republican Movement (MRP) politician, held the mayorship of Vanault-les-Dames from 1953 to 1985 and represented the canton of Heiltz-le-Maurupt in the General Council of Marne from 1958 to 1985, when he died.[5]

Through his father, Charles de Courson is a grandson of Captain Félix Marie Robert du Buisson de Courson of the 308th Infantry Regiment, Mort pour la France at the 1916 Battle of the Somme. His paternal grandmother, Germaine Charlotte Lhuillier, was deported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany amid World War II, where she died in 1945.

Through his mother, Charles de Courson is a grandson of politician Léonel de Moustier, who was also deported to Germany, where he died at Neuengamme concentration camp in 1945. He is also a descendant of politician Louis-Michel le Peletier and diplomat Elénor-François-Elie.[6]

Political career

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De Courson succeeded his father both as mayor and general councillor in 1986. In 1993, he was elected to the National Assembly in the 5th constituency of Marne.

Charles de Courson in 2012

Following his reelection in 2022, he became the longest-serving deputy in the National Assembly.[3] He sat successively with the (now former) Union for French Democracy (1993–2007), New Centre (2007–2012) and Union of Democrats and Independents (2012–2018) groups, prior to joining Liberties and Territories in 2018 (renamed Liberties, Independents, Overseas and Territories in 2022).

In 2023, he led a vote of no confidence against the government of Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne over proposals to raise the state pension age by executive decree.[6]

In 2024, he ran in the first two rounds of voting for President of the National Assembly, before removing his name ahead of the final round; the position eventually went to incumbent Yaël Braun-Pivet.[7]

Political positions

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De Courson opposed the 2013 legalisation of same-sex marriage in France, instead proposing a civil union pact.[8] He has advocated a reduction in the number of civil servants and a stricter state budget.[8][9]

Ahead of the 2016 The Republicans presidential primary, he supported Alain Juppé.[10] Following François Fillon winning the primary, he joined his campaign team.[11]

De Courson opposed the Socialist-led 2013 pension reform, instead co-signing an amendment providing for a gradual increase in the legal retirement age to 65.[12][13] He supported the 2022 presidential candidacy of Valérie Pécresse, whose programme included a postponement of the retirement age to 65.[14] However, in 2023, he opposed raising the legal retirement age to 64,[6] calling the government's method a "total misuse of procedure".[14]

He has denounced the "illusion of security at airports"; following the attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253, he called full body scanners a new sort of "Maginot Line around our airports".[15]

In 2017, he proposed increasing the monthly compensation for deputies from €5,600 to €9,000 "to ensure them a decent living".[16] He later added: "I have been earning 3,500 euros net after tax for 30 years and working more than 100 hours a week."[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "LISTE DÉFINITIVE DES DÉPUTÉS ÉLUS À L'ISSUE DES DEUX TOURS" (in French). National Assembly of France. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  2. ^ Biography on the National Assembly website (in French).
  3. ^ a b c Pierre Maurer (28 July 2022). "Charles de Courson, le député qui aurait pu coûter 1 milliard d'euros au gouvernement". Le Parisien (in French).
  4. ^ Catherine Nay (9 May 2023). "Catherine Nay raconte Charles de Courson, l'aristocrate révolutionnaire". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Les maires de Vanault-les-Dames". francegenweb.org (in French). Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b c MacArthur, John R. (19 April 2023). "Meet the aristocrat plotting Macron's downfall". Spectator. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. ^ Victor Goury-Laffont (18 July 2024), Macron wins shock vote to keep coalition hopes alive, Politico Europe.
  8. ^ a b Aurélien Soucheyre (4 February 2022). "Charles de Courson, l'aristocrate républicain". L'Humanité (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  9. ^ Emilio Meslet (6 June 2023). "Qu'est-ce que le groupe Liot, ces centristes opposés à Macron ?". humanite.fr (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  10. ^ Ludovic Vigogne, "Primaire à droite: la liste des premiers soutiens parlementaires", lopinion.fr (in French). 20 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Apparu, Baroin et De Courson dans l'équipe de campagne de François Fillon", France 3 Grand Est (in French). 15 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Retraites : quand De Courson voulait toucher à l'âge légal". Le Télégramme (in French). 19 March 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  13. ^ Poussielgue, Grégoire (29 May 2023). "Charles de Courson : " Le gouvernement craint un vote sanction "". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  14. ^ a b Marchal, Raphaël (20 March 2023). "CHARLES DE COURSON, FER DE LANCE DES OPPOSANTS À LA RÉFORME DES RETRAITES À L'ASSEMBLÉE". LCP (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  15. ^ Gaëlle Le Roux (8 January 2010). "Les scanners corporels sont "inutiles et coûteux", dénonce Charles de Courson". France 24 (in French).
  16. ^ "Charles de Courson propose d'augmenter les parlementaires pour leur " assurer une vie décente "". BFMTV (in French). 10 March 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
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