- Yvan Blot
Yvan Blot (born
June 29 ,1948 inSaint-Mandé ) is a Frenchfar right political figure who has been a member of GRECE as well as the founder and president of theClub de l'Horloge . [cite web |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948544-1,00.html |title=Time |accessdate=2007-05-09]A former Gaullist parliamentarian (for
Rally for the Republic ), Blot also served as a leading civil servant under both Interior MinisterMichel Poniatowski andAlain Devaquet . [J.G. Shields, "The Extreme Right in France", Abingdon: Routlegde, 2007, p. 157] He joined theFront National in 1989 and was elected to theEuropean Parliament for them in the 1989 election. [Shields, op cit, p. 242] A prominentEurosceptic he played a leading role in establishing a committee to support theBruges Group in France. [G Harris, The Dark Side of Europe – The Extreme Right Today, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1994, p. 224] He also played a leading role in FN policy making, joining other Club de l'Horloge alumni such asBruno Mégret andJean-Yves Le Gallou in driving the party away fromcorporatism and towards neo-liberal economics. [Shields, op cit, pp. 245-6] He has also written for "Nation Europa " magazine.References
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