the local level, Lellouche was also a municipal councillor of Cannes (1995-2001) and a councillor of Paris (since 2001; reelected in 2008). Career in government In 2009, President Nicolas Sarkozy appointed Lellouche as special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In this capacity, he worked with his counterparts from the US (Richard Holbrooke), Germany (Bernd Mützelburg) and the UK (Sherard Cowper-Coles). Governmental functions Secretary of State for Foreign Trade: 2010-2012 Secretary of State for European Affairs: 2009-2010 As State Secretary for European Affairs, Lellouche was involved in the negotiations on the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) in 2010. In response to the 2010 Russian wildfires, he told Le Figaro that the EU should pool assets to create a European emergency force and build mutual assistance capabilities to deal with emergencies. Later career Upon returning to parliament, Lellouche served on the Committee on Foreign Affairs again from 2012 until 2017. In this capacity, he joined François Fillon, Étienne Blanc, Éric Ciotti and Valérie Pécresse on an official trip to Iraq in September 2014. In 2016, Lellouche's call for the impeachment of President François Hollande for allegedly disclosing classified information to journalists, was dismissed by a cross-party steering committee. Lellouche was also the French negotiator concerning the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in Cadarache. Ahead of the Republicans' 2016 presidential primary, Lellouche endorsed François Fillon as the party's candidate for the 2017 French presidential election. Amid the Fillon affair, he resigned from the campaign team. In an open letter, he also announced his plans to leave politics. Other activities European Leadership Network (ELN), Member French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), co-founder and Member of the Board of Directors Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), Member Trilateral Commission, Member Political positions European integration Lellouche called the UK Conservative Party's policy on the EU "pathetic" and a kind of political autism, claiming "They have essentially castrated your UK influence in the European parliament." Foreign policy Lellouche is considered to be a supporter of strong cooperation with the United States of America. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he explained Crimea would stay russian because no one will go to war for Ukrain and asked in 2023 if it is not time to wonder about a way out of this war ?. Domestic policy Lellouche defended a traditional view of the family during the discussions concerning the Pacte civil de solidarité (PACS),