Alexandre Varaut

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Alexandre Varaut
MEP
Alexandre Varaut par Claude Truong-Ngoc mars 2015.jpg
Varaut in 2015
Member of the European Parliament
for France
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 July 2024

Alexandre Varaut (born 18 January 1966) is a French lawyer and politician of the National Rally who was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024. [1] He was previously member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, representing the Movement for France. [2]

Career

Varaut was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1966, [3] as the son of Jean-Marc Varaut. [4] Having been a fierce opponent of the Maastricht Treaty of 1992, he joined the Movement for France in 1995, shortly after the 1995 French presidential election. [1] He became a member of the European Parliament in 1999, after Philippe de Villiers resigned his seat. [5] In 2004 he was a candidate in the French regional elections, and in the 2007 legislative election he contested Seine-Saint-Denis's 5th constituency. [1] He was appointed national secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement in 2013, [4] and held the position for 18 months. [6]

Varaut has been described as "the National Rally's favorite lawyer." [2] He has represented Marine Le Pen, David Rachline, Frédéric Chatillon, Guillaume Peltier and La Manif pour Tous, among others. [1] In 2018 he became an advisor to Le Pen, as a member of Les Horaces. [7] He joined the National Rally in 2022. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alexandre Varaut : qui est l'ex-avocat du RN élu lors des européennes ?". L'Internaute (in French). 10 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Européennes : le RN recrute Alexandre Varaut, ex-avocat de la Manif pour Tous et de Frédéric Chatillon". Le HuffPost (in French). 7 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Alexandre Varaut". European Parliament.
  4. 1 2 "Alexandre Varaut nommé secrétaire national de l'UMP". Le Figaro (in French). 21 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "M. Pasqua reste à Strasbourg, M. de Villiers s'en va". Le Monde (in French). 14 December 1999.
  6. ↑ "Alexandre Varaut : « Après Philippe de Villiers et Charles Pasqua, je rejoins Jordan Bardella »". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). 9 March 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Européennes 2024. L'avocat Alexandre Varaut bat la campagne pour le Rassemblement national". Ouest-France (in French). 9 April 2024.
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