Yvan Blot

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Yvan Blot (born June 29, 1948 in Saint-Mandé) is a French far right political figure who has been a member of GRECE as well as the founder and president of the Club de l'Horloge.[1]

A former Gaullist parliamentarian (for Rally for the Republic), Blot also served as a leading civil servant under both Interior Minister Michel Poniatowski and Alain Devaquet.[2] He joined the Front National in 1989 and was elected to the European Parliament for them in the 1989 election.[3] A prominent Eurosceptic he played a leading role in establishing a committee to support the Bruges Group in France.[4] He also played a leading role in FN policy making, joining other Club de l'Horloge alumni such as Bruno Mégret and Jean-Yves Le Gallou in driving the party away from corporatism and towards neo-liberal economics.[5] He has also written for Nation Europa magazine.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Time. Retrieved on 2007-05-09.
  2. ^ J.G. Shields, The Extreme Right in France, Abingdon: Routlegde, 2007, p. 157
  3. ^ Shields, op cit, p. 242
  4. ^ G Harris, The Dark Side of Europe – The Extreme Right Today, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1994, p. 224
  5. ^ Shields, op cit, pp. 245-6

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