Muriel Roques-Étienne (born 5 March 1979) [1] is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2020 to 2022, representing Tarn's 1st constituency.
Roques-Étienne was born in Albi, Tarn. In the 2020 French municipal elections, Roques-Étienne withdrew her mayoral candidacy having qualified for the second round, in order to not split the vote and allow what she described as a far-left candidacy to win. [2] In October that year, she was sworn into the National Assembly as the replacement for Philippe Folliot representing Tarn's 1st constituency, as he had won a seat in the Senate. [3]
In October 2021, she was threatened and called a Nazi and collaborator in graffiti on her offices, when she voted in favour of vaccine passports. [4]
Roques-Étienne lost her seat in the 2022 French legislative election, taking 19.29% in the first round behind the candidates of the New Ecologic and Social People's Union and National Rally. [5] The seat was taken by Frédéric Cabrolier from the National Rally in the second round. [6]
Muriel Roques-Étienne (born 5 March 1979) [1] is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the National Assembly from 2020 to 2022, representing Tarn's 1st constituency.
Roques-Étienne was born in Albi, Tarn. In the 2020 French municipal elections, Roques-Étienne withdrew her mayoral candidacy having qualified for the second round, in order to not split the vote and allow what she described as a far-left candidacy to win. [2] In October that year, she was sworn into the National Assembly as the replacement for Philippe Folliot representing Tarn's 1st constituency, as he had won a seat in the Senate. [3]
In October 2021, she was threatened and called a Nazi and collaborator in graffiti on her offices, when she voted in favour of vaccine passports. [4]
Roques-Étienne lost her seat in the 2022 French legislative election, taking 19.29% in the first round behind the candidates of the New Ecologic and Social People's Union and National Rally. [5] The seat was taken by Frédéric Cabrolier from the National Rally in the second round. [6]