Christian Vanneste

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Christian Vanneste

Christian Vanneste (born July 14, 1947 in Tourcoing , Département Nord ) is a French politician ( RPR , UMP , RPF , La Droite libre ).

Life and political career

Vanneste comes from a Catholic and anti - communist family. As a youth, he spoke out in favor of continuing French rule in Algeria . He studied philosophy at the humanities faculty at Lille University . During the student unrest in May 1968 , he supported the government of General de Gaulle and joined the Gaullist youth organization Union des jeunes pour le progrès . He then taught philosophy at the private (Catholic) business school in Tourcoing and was its deputy director from 1976.

In 1977 he joined the Gaullist Rassemblement pour la République (RPR). From 1983 to 2008 he was a non-stop member of the Tourcoing City Council, and from 2001 to 2008 of the Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine Council . From 1986 to 2002 he also held a seat on the regional council of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, which he had to give up after his election to the National Assembly due to a law on multiple mandates.

Vanneste was a member of the French National Assembly from March 1993 to April 1997 and again from June 2002 to June 2012 .

Vanneste is an advocate of the death penalty for terrorists, and in April 2004 he was a co-signer of a corresponding bill. In November 2007, he presented a proposal to reduce license fees. Furthermore, he takes the position that “work in the public interest” should also be pronounced as punishments .

Vaneste repeatedly attracted attention for homophobic statements in the French media. He also opposed the establishment of the Haute Autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l'égalité, which was adopted at the end of 2004 . In interviews in early 2005, he claimed that homosexuality was "a threat to human existence" and "morally inferior". In 2007 he was sentenced to a fine of 3,000 euros for these homophobic statements. However, the judgment was overturned on November 12, 2008 by the French Court of Cassation . In November 2009 he denied same-sex couples the suitability as parents: According to Vanneste, they are "not necessarily the ones who drink the least and use the fewest drugs". In April 2010, he compared homosexuality to pedophilia, claiming that the distinction between the two was "gross and hypocritical". During the debate about the opening of marriage anthropological wrong track. In February 2012 spoke of the "legend of the deportation of homosexuals" during the German occupation of France in World War II . As a result of his statements, a party expulsion process was started against him.

For the parliamentary elections in 2012 , the UMP did not nominate Vanneste in the 10th constituency of the North Department, but his former employee and former political pupil Gérald Darmanin . Vanneste then switched to the national conservative small party Rassemblement pour la France (RPF) and competed against Darmanin. Vanneste was eliminated with 13.2% of the vote in the first ballot, while Darmanin won the election.

From 2012 to 2015 Vanneste was chairman of the RPF, then he founded the party La Droite libre ("the free right"). In the 2017 presidential election , he called for the election of Marine Le Pen from the far-right National Front .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anne-Sophie Petitfils: Mobilisations et luttes internal autour des questions homosexuales à l'UMP: l '"affaire Vanneste". In: Politix , No. 92 (2010/4), pp. 99-124.
  2. ↑ UMP: gay marriage is "anthropological wrong track". In: Queer.de , June 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ Cour de cassation, chambre criminelle, N ° de pourvoi: 07-83398 , November 12, 2008.
  4. ↑ Julien Mielcarek: Homosexualité: malaise après des propos de Christian Vanneste sur France 5. In: Ozap. November 13, 2009, archived from the original ; Retrieved July 12, 2011 . .
  5. ↑ Romain Buthigieg: Homoparentalité: Vanneste chez C dans l'air. In: fluctuat.net. November 13, 2009, archived from the original ; Retrieved December 25, 2011 . .
  6. ^ Pour Vanneste, la distinction entre pédophilie et homosexualité est "hypocrite".
  7. ↑ Nabil Wakim: Christian Vanneste (UMP) compare homosexualité et pédophilie. In: Le Monde , May 13, 2010.
  8. ↑ French politician denies persecution of gays. In: queer.de , February 16, 2012.
  9. ^ Christian Vanneste, nouveau président de La Droite libre: "L'alliance de fait entre les Républicains et les socialistes est une trahison de l'électeur". In: Atlantico , December 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ Presidential: l'ex-député du Nord Christian Vanneste appelle à voter Le Pen. In: France 3 Hauts-de-France , April 30, 2017.

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personal data
SURNAME Vanneste, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French politician (UMP), member of the National Assembly
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Tourcoing