Emmanuelle Ménard

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Emmanuelle Ménard
Member of the National Assembly
for Hérault's 6th constituency
Assumed office
21 June 2017
Preceded byÉlie Aboud
Personal details
Born
Emmanuelle Duverger

(1968-08-15) 15 August 1968 (age 53)
Lille, France
NationalityFrench
Political partyIndependent
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2003)​
OccupationJournalist

Emmanuelle Ménard (née Duverger, 15 August 1968) is a French journalist and politician serving as the member of the National Assembly for the 6th constituency of Hérault since 2017. Known for her work on issues related to freedom of speech, she has notably taken position in favour of repealing the Gayssot Act.[1]

Career[]

A native of Lille, Ménard worked for the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHM) before she became editor-in-chief of the Boulevard Voltaire news website, co-founded in October 2012 by her husband Robert Ménard, in April 2016. She resigned upon her election as a parliamentarian.

An Independent whose candidacy was supported by the National Front (FN, renamed National Rally in 2018), Debout la France (DLF), the National Centre of Independents and Peasants (CNIP) and the Movement for France (MPF), she largely defeated The Republicans (LR) candidate and outgoing member of the National Assembly Élie Aboud in the 2017 legislative election.[2]

In February 2018, alongside Marie-France Lorho, she proposed a bill which would recognise the 1790s killings in Vendée by troops under the command of the National Convention as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.[3]

In July 2019, as Greta Thunberg visited the National Assembly, Ménard posted the following message on Twitter: "Too bad spanking is prohibited, she deserves a good one". It led to a temporary suspension of her account, after which Ménard stated that "political correctness no longer just makes the law, it pulls out the baton".[4]

Personal life[]

Since 2003, she has been married to Robert Ménard, who has been Mayor of Béziers since 2014.

References[]

  1. ^ (in French) Loup Espargilière (25 July 2017). Emmanuelle Ménard, radicale-voltairienne tendance fusion des droites. Mediapart.
  2. ^ (in French) Results in the 6th constituency of Hérault on francetvinfo.fr.
  3. ^ (in French) Clémence Holleville (16 February 2018). Deux députées proposent une loi pour faire reconnaître le « génocide vendéen » ouest-france.fr.
  4. ^ (in French) Béziers : le nouveau compte Twitter d'Emmanuelle Ménard suspendu, France 3 Occitanie (29 July 2019).
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