Escada in May 2013

Alain Escada, born 16 May 1970 in Brussels,[1] is a Belgian far-right activist.[2] Since 2012, he has been the chairman of Civitas, a French Traditionalist Catholic organization.[3] Under his leadership, in 2012–13, Civitas opposed same-sex marriage in France,[4] with Escada calling it a "Pandora's box" for polygamy and incest.[5]

In June 2016, Civitas changed its status from a cultural organisation to a French political party[6] and in 2017 Escada announced that Civitas will run in the next French parliamentary elections.[7]

Escada is the President[8] of the Coalition pour la Vie et la Famille, whose status as a European party brings 500.000 euros a year of European funds.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Entretien avec Alain Escada, nouveau président de CIVITAS". Civitas. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Christian fundis lose case against RésistanceS". www.resistances.be. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. ↑ "Civitas, l'institut qui rêvait de rechristianiser la France". Slate.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  4. ↑ "Anti-gay marriage protesters rally in Paris". Thejournal.ie. 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  5. ↑ "Gay marriage protesters turn violent". 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  6. ↑ Marie-Anne Pinet (2016-06-28). "Civitas devient un parti politique". La Croix. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  7. ↑ Madeleine Meteyer (2017-03-13). "Avec Jean-Marie Le Pen, les catholiques intégristes de Civitas célèbrent le "pays réel"". Lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  8. ↑ "Statuses of the "Coalition for Life and Family" on the website of the Belgian Government" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "Comment des partis nationalistes ont touché des millions du Parlement européen". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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