[1][2] In 2009, the UMP selected her to lead their list in the DOM-TOM constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections.
Despite her list being entitled to one seat, she was not elected due to a provision in the electoral law which splits the constituency into three sub-constituencies.
She was named Secretary of State for Overseas Territories in the François Fillon government on 23 June 2009, becoming a minister in November that year.
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