Catherine Dumas of the right-wing Les Républicains party, who was first elected to the French Senate in 2007 and is vice-chair of its foreign affairs, defence and armed forces committee, is just as committed to defending France's luxury industry as she is to international diplomacy and military strategy. When she sat down with Glitz in between meetings on the crisis in the Middle East, she was sporting Dior jewellery and a Celine bag. Ever since her first term in office, she has established herself
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Catherine Dumas, the French luxury industry's Senate champion
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By Noëmie Leclercq
The Paris city councillor, who was first elected to the French Senate in 2007, has made the luxury world her specialist domain. She is also the vice-chair of the France-China friendship group and of the Senate's foreign affairs committee, which means she can champion the industry's interests beyond parliament.
