Dominique Bilde

Dominique Bilde
Member of the European Parliament for East France
In office 1 July 2014 –15 July 2024
Personal details
Born	(1953-08-01) 1 August 1953 (age 71) Nancy, France
Political party	National Rally
Children	Bruno Bilde

Dominique Bilde (born 1 August 1953) ^[1] is a French politician, a member of the National Rally (until November 2018 known as the National Front). She was a regional councillor in Grand Est from 2010 to 2021 and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for two terms, from 2014 to 2024, representing East France.

Early life and education

Bilde was born in Nancy, ^[1] where she earned a secondary-level vocational diploma in 1970. ^[2]

Career

Bilde is in business and is a financial advisor. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Political career

Bilde joined the National Rally (then the National Front) in 1997 and has been the party's secretary general in the French department of Meuse since 2009. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} In 2010 she was elected to the Regional Council of Lorraine as the second on the party's list to represent Meurthe-et-Moselle. ^{[7] [8]} In 2015 she was re-elected in the same list position to the council for the newly consolidated Grand Est. ^[9]

In the 2014 French municipal elections, she headed the party list in Sarrebourg, telling an interviewer that her priority was improving the town centre. ^[10] and was elected. ^{[4] [5]}

Bilde was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the 2014 election, the fourth of four members of her party from the East France constituency. ^{[1] [4] [5] [6] [11]} She was re-elected in 2019, when she was fourth on the party's national list. ^{[12] [13]} Initially an unaffiliated member of the parliament, in 2015 she joined the Europe of Nations and Freedom Group (now Patriots for Europe). ^[1]

Bilde is one of the National Rally MEPs accused in the National Rally assistants affair of misappropriating European Union funds by claiming for fictitious assistants. In 2017 a court determined that there was cause to require her to reimburse €40,000. ^{[14] [15]} In September 2024, she was one of 25 members of the party tried before the Paris Correctional Tribunal; prosecutors requested she be disqualified from holding public office for three years, fined €30,000, and serve 18 months in prison, one month conditional. ^[16] The verdict in the case is expected in March 2025. ^[17]

In the 2017 election, Bilde stood for election to the French National Assembly from the 4th Meurthe-et-Moselle constituency; she placed third in the first round of voting and was not elected. ^[18] In early 2023, some National Rally activists in Meurthe-et-Moselle accused her of mistreatment, homophobic insults and threats; she responded that they were trying to seize power within the party. ^[19]

Personal life

Bilde's son, Bruno Bilde, is also a National Rally politician, a member of the National Assembly. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. "9th parliamentary term: Dominique BILDE: History of parliamentary service". European Parliament. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
2. "Dominique BILDE: Curriculum vitae". European Parliament (in French). Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.
3. "Votre Député". Dominique Bilde.eu (in French). Archived from the original on 30 December 2020.
4. "Qui sont les neuf députés européens de la circonscription Est?" (in French). France 3. 26 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.
5. "Qui sont vos neuf eurodéputés du Grand-Est?". L'Union (in French). 26 May 2014.
6. "Les 24 députés européens FN". C News (in French). Retrieved 31 January 2025.
7. "Européennes 2014: Dominique Bilde, 4e de la liste FN". L'Yonne républicaine (in French). 26 May 2014.
8. "Liste Front National Pour La Lorraine Et Les Français D'Abord". Résultats des élections régionales 2010 (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Mme Dominique BILDE-PIERRON
9. "Candidatures 2d tour: Alsace - Champagne-Ardenne - Lorraine. Liste Front National Présentée Par Marine Le Pen". Résultats des élections régionales 2015 (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017.
10. Paul-Marie Pernet (9 October 2017) [28 March 2014]. "Dominique Bilde: 'Ma priorité est de réaménager le centre ville de Sarrebourg'". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French).
11. "Résultats des élections européennes 2014: Circonscription - Est (03)" (in French). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023.
12. Tritsan Berteloot (29 May 2019). "Qui sont les 23 députés Rassemblement national élus au Parlement européen?". La Libération (in French). Archived from the original on 29 May 2019.
13. Ivanne Trippenbach (11 January 2019). "Le casting de la liste RN aux européennes". L'Opinion (in French). Archived from the original on 22 November 2021.
14. "Assistants parlementaires: une élue du Front national déboutée". Public Sénat (in French). 29 November 2017.
15. Jeremy Chevreuil (22 July 2017). "Affaire des assistants du Front national: Loup Viallet mis en examen à son tour" (Regions political blog) (in French). France 3.
16. Stéphane Sicard (13 November 2024). "Procès des assistants parlementaires du RN: Inéligibilité et prison ferme requises contre Marine Le Pen et Louis Aliot". L'Indépendant (in French).
17. "Procès du RN: le jugement sera rendu le 31 mars, Marine Le Pen assure qu'il n'y aura aucune conséquence politique". SudOuest.fr (in French). 27 November 2024.
18. "Résultats des élections législatives 2017: Meurthe-et-Moselle - 4ème circonscription". L'Express (in French). Archived from the original on 23 September 2022.
19. Marylou Magal (9 March 2023) [19 January 2023]. "'Insultes', 'mépris', 'purge'... Quand le Rassemblement national se déchire sur le terrain". Le Figaro (in French).

External links

• Official website (archived from the original on 19 December 2020)

• European Union portal