He left France Telecom in 2006 to become parliamentary assistant to Jean-Pierre Balligand, the Member of the National Assembly for Aisne's 3rd constituency.

Balligand announced on 15 December 2011 that he would not seek re-election in the next legislative elections, prompting Bricout to declare his candidacy to succeed him on 2 January 2012.

[4] That May, Bricout announced that Michel Lefèvre, the mayor of Rougeries and general councillor of the canton of Sains-Richaumont, would be his designated substitute.

Bricout took office as a Member of the National Assembly on 20 June 2012, resigning from the regional council of Picardy due to the law on the accumulation of mandates.

[9] In May 2022, Bricout joined the Nouvelle Union Populaire écologique et sociale (NUPES), a coalition including the PS, for his re-election campaign in the 2022 French legislative election.