(FILES) Governance Committee President Claire Thoury speaks at the Citizens' Convention on the End of Life ("Convention citoyenne sur la fin de vie"), at the Conseil economique, social et environnemental (CESE) in Paris on April 2, 2023. Claire Thoury was elected on May 20, 2026 as president of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council (CESE), becoming the first woman to lead this third chamber of the Republican advisory body whose usefulness is debated. President of the Mouvement associatif, which brings together more than 700,000 associations, Claire Thoury, 36, received 97 votes to 74 for her sole opponent, former MEDEF Vice President Dominique Carlac'h. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP via Getty Images)