Christian Vanneste
Christian Vanneste | |
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Member of the National Assembly for Nord's 10th constituency | |
In office 2002–2012 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Balduyck |
Succeeded by | Gérald Darmanin |
Personal details | |
Born | Tourcoing, France | 14 July 1947
Nationality | French |
Political party | UMP |
Christian Vanneste (born 14 July 1947) is a French politician. Member of the UMP and RPR, he was twice elected as deputy.
Career[]
A member of the French Parliament, he was elected in the 10th constituency of Nord. He belongs to the parliamentary group of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
In 2005/2006, he reported on the controversial DADVSI copyright bill.
He was beaten in the first round of the June 2012 legislative elections.
Controversy[]
On January 2006, Vanneste became the first French citizen, and the first French politician, to be fined €3,000 (in the first instance, but later relaxed) for his homophobic remarks. During a debate in the National Assembly of France, and afterwards in the media, he declared homosexual behavior a threat to the survival of humanity, and "morally inferior" to heterosexuality.[1] The judgement, after a refused appeal, was eventually cancelled by the Cour de cassation on 12 November 2008.[2]
In 2012, Vanneste again encountered controversy after referring to the deportation from France of homosexuals in the Holocaust as a "famous legend", though he acknowledges that they were persecuted in other parts of the Reich.[3] Vanneste may or may not face Holocaust denial charges for the comment. He nevertheless received the support of Serge Klarsfeld the famous French "nazi-hunter".[4] Dominique de Villepin, the former French Prime Minister also admitted that "on historical grounds", his comments were true.[5]
He belongs to the Club de l'horloge (today Carrefour de l'horloge).[6]
References[]
- ^ Têtu, July–August 2007 issue, page 4
- ^ 12 novembre 2008, pourvoi n° 07-83398 .
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "EXCLUSIF ! Klarsfeld défend Vanneste : « en France, il n'y a pas eu de déportation d'homosexuels »". 15 February 2012.
- ^ "Éric Zemmour et Dominique de Villepin au secours de Christian Vanneste (Et de la vérité historique)". 6 March 2012.
- ^ See Philippe Lamy's thesis: http://www.theses.fr/2016PA080034/document.
External links[]
- Webpage at the Assemblée Nationale website (in French)
- Official blog (in French)
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Carrefour de l'horloge people
- Politicians from Hauts-de-France
- People from Tourcoing
- Rally for the Republic politicians
- National Centre of Independents and Peasants politicians
- Union for a Popular Movement politicians
- The Popular Right
- Deputies of the 12th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 13th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Union for a Popular Movement politician stubs
- Rally for the Republic politician stubs