Olivier Becht
Olivier Becht (born April 28, 1976) is a French politician of the Agir party who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly of France since 2017, representing the Haut-Rhin department. He was previously the mayor of the Rixheim commune. Political career. In parliament, Becht serves as member of the Defence Committee. In this capacity, he co-authored (with Stéphane Trompille) a parliamentary report on space defence in 2019, calling on the Ministry of the Armies to upgrade its capabilities given the proliferation of competitors and potential enemies. He is also a member of the  French parliamentary friendship groups with Germany, Japan and Romania. In addition to his committee assignments, Becht has been a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2017. In this capacity, he serves on the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights; the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media; and the Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society. In 2020, he was the Assembly's rapporteur on the regulation of neurotechnology, including brain–computer interfaces. Political positions. In late 2019, Becht was one of 17 members  of the committee who co-signed a letter to Prime Minister Édouard Philippe in which they warned that the 365 million euro ($406 million) sale of aerospace firm Groupe Latécoère to U.S. fund Searchlight Capital raised “questions about the preservation of know-how and France’s defence industry base” and urged government intervention.