Laure Ferrari (born October 1979[2][1]) is a French politician who has worked for several right-wing political organisations and parties, including the French nationalist party Debout la France.
Ferrari was head of the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe (IDDE), a Eurosceptic think tank, which was accused in 2017 of having illegally diverted public money for the benefit of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).[3][4] Ferrari was also founding member of The Movement, together with Mischaël Modrikamen and his wife Yasmine Dehaene-Modrikamen,[5] which in 2018 was joined and promoted by Steve Bannon.
She did not run for a second term, but instead focused on her new role as head of the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe (IDDE), a Eurosceptic think tank, which was accused in 2017 of having illegally diverted public money to the benefits of UKIP. UKIP was under investigation for having received over £400,000 in donations from the think tank prior to the UK General Election and the Brexit referendum.[3] The UK's Electoral Commission found UKIP had complied with the UK's political-finance rules.[4]
In January 2017, she was founding member of The Mouvement / Le Mouvement together with Mischaël Modrikamen and his wife Yasmine Dehaene-Modrikamen.[5] Although Modrikamen had envisioned the Movement to become an alliance of populist proponents in Europe and abroad, the project did not catch attention until July 2018 when Steve Bannon declared to work on a European alliance of far-right forces.[8]
Personal life
Ferrari is the long-term partner of Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit party, now known as Reform UK, and former leader of UKIP. Ferrari first met Farage in 2007 when she was working in Strasbourg as a waitress.[9] Ferrari worked for Farage as his EU parliamentary aide and in 2017 stayed at his home in London.[10] Ferrari travelled to Queensland in Australia to greet Farage on his exit from the 23rd series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2023, when he finished third in the public vote.[11][12]
Ferrari bought an upmarket detached property in Clacton which was initially reported in the media that they shared and jointly owned. After further investigation this was found to be a false statement on Farage's part, who claims he misspoke when questioned by journalists about the purchase.[13][14][15]
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