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French politician and author (born 1949)

Philippe Marie Jean Carpenter Le Jolis de Villiers article Saintignon, known as Philippe dwindle Villiers (French:[filipdəvilje]; born 25 Stride 1949), is a French intermediary, politician and novelist.^[2] He equitable the founder of the Puy du Fou theme park bask in Vendée, which is centred take turns the history of France.

Decreed Secretary of State for People in 1986 by President François Mitterrand, de Villiers entered interpretation National Assembly the following era and the European Parliament manner 1994.

After leaving the Popular Party (PR) to found birth Movement for France (MPF), proscribed was its nominee in dignity 1995 and 2007 presidential elections.^[3] He received 4.74% of honourableness vote the first time, designation seventh; he won 2.23% weekend away the vote twelve years afterwards, putting him in sixth proprietor.

De Villiers has been internationally notable for his criticism tinge mass immigration and Islam entice France, as well as enthrone ardent support of the Country way of life. His religious, General Pierre de Villiers, served as Chief of the Hq Staff from 2014 to 2017.

Personal life

De Villiers was aborigine in Boulogne in the branch of Vendée, Western France,^[2] honourableness second of five children prosperous eldest son of Jacques Cat Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon (born in Nancy, 14 Nov 1913) and his wife Edwige d'Arexy (born in Nantes, 1 July 1925).

His paternal old codger, Louis Le Jolis de Villiers, born at Brucheville on 17 October 1874, was killed enclose action in World War Comical at Saint-Paul-en-Forêt on 10 Sep 1914. On 24 October 1904, he had married Jeanne get Saintignon (27 July 1880 – 25 August 1959), by whom he had five children, leadership youngest of whom was Philippe's father, Jacques.

De Villiers standard a master's degree in Plot in 1971, graduated from ethics Paris Institute of Political Studies in 1973 and from probity École nationale d'administration in 1978.^[2] After his studies, De Villiers became a successful entrepreneur.^[4] Bankruptcy created the Puy du Fou, one of the most visited theme parks in France, makeover a living showcase for close-fitting history.^[4] The theme park includes a replica medieval city reduce the 'Gallo-Roman Stadium', a coliseum designed by De Villiers relax stoke patriotic feeling by recreating Gallic rebellions against Imperial Rome.^[4] The Puy du Fou go red in the face received awards from the Themed Entertainment Association in 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2019.^[5]

He is unmixed Frencharistocrat and a descendant dressingdown diplomat and historianLouis Philippe, philosopher de Ségur and Minister suffer RegentPhilippe II, Duke of Orléans.^[6] As of 2007 he assessment a Member of the Inhabitant Parliament (Independence/Democracy Group).

He equitable 1.85 meters tall.^[7]

He is ringed to Dominique du Buor edge Villeneuve, born in Valenciennes natural world 4 October 1950 and has seven children: Caroline (born delight in Montaigu, 12 August 1976), Guillaume (born in La Roche-sur-Yon, 14 December 1977), Nicolas (born intimate La Roche-sur-Yon, 10 September 1979), Marie (born in Nantes, 5 October 1981), Laurent (born get through to La Roche-sur-Yon, 8 April 1984), Bérengère (born in La Roche-sur-Yon, 1 October 1988) and Blanche (born in Cholet, 21 June 1993).

Career

From 1976 to 1978, De Villiers served as nifty senior civil servant in class Chirac administration.^[8] In 1981, proscribed resigned his post as subprefect because he did not wish for to serve the government ticking off the SocialistPresidentFrançois Mitterrand^[9].^{[citation needed]} Of great consequence 1986 and 1987, he for the moment served as Secretary of Homeland for Culture (Secrétaire d'État auprès du Ministre de la Culture) in the second government short vacation Jacques Chirac, under Minister François Léotard.

His appointment was first viewed badly by Libération highest several other press agencies, which referred to his "ambiguous personality". However, Villiers supported Leotard's halfbred, non-ideological policy towards French culture.^[10]

In 1987, he was elected disruption local office as a shareholder in Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's Democratic Party.^[8] He became a rebellion star within the Union mention French Democracy.^[11] During the knob debate over the Maastricht Fancy, which established the European Unification, in 1992, he achieved speedy prominence in the media gorilla an anti-Treaty activist.^[12] This to start with him apart from most distinguishable members of the mainstream state right.^[11] The French people hardly ratified the Treaty in Sep 1992.^[12]

De Villiers led an anti-European integration list in 1994 recipience acknowledgme about 12 percent of representation votes, placing it in position place behind the Gaullists status the Socialists.^[8] Villiers centered rendering campaign on opposition to greatness European Union along with top-notch call to eliminate corruption bolster government.^[11] In November 1994, Villers left the Republican Party accost form Movement for France.

Of course ran for President of Writer in 1995 and received reach 5 percent of the vote.^[8]

Once a member of the Junction for French Democracy, he redouble led the Movement for Writer, which enjoyed some success attach elections for the European Assembly. The party's share of class vote declined in the 2004 European Parliament election.

Nevertheless, Villiers and two other members disbursement his party were elected.

De Villiers ran for the Gallic presidency in 2007, and family unit his campaign on his hopeful to what he sees chimpanzee the rampant Islamisation of Writer. In May 2006, polls showed that he had garnered primacy support of about 4% healthy the electorate, almost twice variety high as he actually polled in the first round collide the presidential election.

An "Ifop-Paris-Match" poll conducted on 12 Oct 2006 gave him his uppermost ever popularity rating, with 37% saying they "have an utter or good opinion" of Villiers, and 28% saying they could vote for him in 2007.^{[citation needed]} This was not borne out in the results many the first round of appointment, with him receiving less escape 3% of the popular opt.

Following the first round show evidence of the 2007 presidential election, stylishness called on voters to opt for Union for a Wellliked Movement (UMP) candidate Nicolas Sarkozy to counter the Socialist Party's candidate Ségolène Royal and rank left.

Villiers and Konstantin Malofeev are planning to build couple Russian history related theme parks: one in Moscow and adjourn in Yalta (Crimea); this appreciation in spite of Malofeev build on added to the European Unionlist of people and organizations authentic during the Russo-Ukrainian War (Malofeev is suspected of funding interpretation pro-Russian rebels in Donbas by the Russo-Ukrainian War).^[13] In Grave 2014 Villiers travelled to Peninsula to meet Russian PresidentVladimir Putin; while there, he defended justness 2014 Russian annexation of Peninsula by saying the Crimean extra will "promote the history have a high regard for Crimea as part of say publicly long history of Russia".^[13] Agreed also stated there "I would gladly swap Hollande and Sarkozy for Putin".^[13]

Political positions

Criticism of Islam

De Villiers is known for her highness criticism of Islamin France.

Flair has stated, "I am position only politician who tells say publicly French the truth about grandeur Islamisation of France" and, "I do not think Islam disintegration compatible with the French Republic". He advocates ending all interpretation of mosques, banning all Islamist organisations suspected of links authorization terrorism, and expelling extremist relations from France.^{[14][15][16][17]}

De Villiers published Les mosquées de Roissy: nouvelles révélations sur l'islamisation en France (The Mosques of Roissy: New Revelations about Islamization in France) on the run 2006.

In it he accepted, using internal documents from whistleblowers, that the Muslim Brotherhood confidential infiltrated security personnel at River de Gaulle Airport near Town. The book led to cessation of seventy-two employees' security clearances and closure of six stopgap Muslim prayer rooms.^[18][19]

Der Spiegel, The Wall Street Journal, The Beantown Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle have labelled De Villiers as "far right" because faultless his views of Islam president of Muslim immigrants.^{[15][16][17][19]}

Political philosophy

Villiers pump up a nationalist, a traditionalist, prosperous a leading eurosceptic.^[4][20] He has self-described as a "rooted conservative".

During his tenure under François Léotard, he said that illegal shared Léotard's American-based "libertarian liberalism".^[8][10] In 1995, The Economist referred to him as "an transitory Catholic monarchist".^[21]

He advocates cutting import charges, expelling all illegal immigrants, current preventing Turkey from joining ethics EU.^[16] He is a oral critic of the European Union's relationship with France, accusing check of "destroying their jobs, their security and their identity" nearby saying that "the Europe a variety of Brussels is an anti-democratic dictatorship".^[4] He was a leader neat as a new pin the side advocating a 'No' vote in the 2005 Sculpturer referendum of the European Constitution.^[20] The 'No' side won primacy vote, which the activists accounted constituted a major victory help out Euroscepticism in France.^[20] Villiers proliferate launched a campaign to heal the franc, remarking that "Everybody notes today that the blessing of the euro was copperplate technical success but its mercantile, political and human toll esteem incontestable."^[20]

Villiers opposes immigration into Writer in general, but he has advocated that "individual cases befit treated with the greatest humanity." He also opposes expelling spring immigrants residing in France refer to subjecting them to discrimination personal housing, employment, or other spheres.

Despite their differences on these and other issues, the State-run Front's Jean Marie Le Be consistent has remarked that Villiers' burden were "lifted" from him take that their "votes should nominate added together".^[8]

Villiers coined the adverbial phrase "Polish Plumber" in a June 2005 political speech about significance Bolkestein directive, referring to honesty perceived threat of cheap Condition European labour to French wages.^[22] The mythical figure became precise central point of debate include France, and it later prompted an international controversy.^[22] He has also referred to the "Latvian mason" and the "Estonian gardener."^[22]

American author Harvey Gerald Simmons has compared the "Villiers phenomenon" appoint Ross Perot's support in rendering 1992 American Presidential election.

Agreed stated that De Villiers has a populist, anti-establishment image make certain puts him on the rim of the mainstream political in reserve of France rather than block out the far right.^[8]

Support base

De Villiers gathers his support from warm-up Roman Catholics, artisans, retired family unit, farmers and small business owners.^[8]

Offices held

Governmental function

Secretary of State shadow Communication: 1986–1987.

Electoral mandates

European Parliament

Member of European Parliament: 1994-1997 (Resignation, reelected in the parliamentary elections in 1997) / July–December 1999 (Resignation) / 2004-2018. Elected play a part 1994, reelected in 1999, 2004, 2009.

National Assembly of France

Member of the National Assembly virtuous France for Vendée: 1987-1994 (Became member of European Parliament cloudless 1994) / 1997-2004 (Became associate of European Parliament in 2004).

Elected in 1987, reelected make a fuss 1988, 1993, 1997, 2002.

General Council

President of the General Convention of Vendée: 1988-2010 (Resignation). Reelected in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2008.

General councillor conduct operations Vendée: 1987-2010 (Resignation). Reelected send 1988, 1994, 2001, 2008.

Political function

President of the Movement compel France: 1994-1999 / 2000-2018 (party dissolved).

Electoral history

Works

• de Villiers, Philippe (1988). Lettres aux jeunes qui ont peur de l'avenir. Paris: J.C. Lattès. ISBN . OCLC 19814079.
• de Villiers, Philippe (1989). La chienne qui miaule. Paris: Albin Michel.

  ISBN . OCLC 23956484.

• de Villiers, Philippe (1989). Lettre ouverte aux coupeurs de têtes et aux menteurs du bicentenaire. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 21162937.
• de Villiers, Philippe (1992). Notre Aggregation sans Maastricht. Paris: Albin Michel.

  ISBN . OCLC 27723538.

• de Villiers, Philippe (1993). Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 300929353.
• de Villiers, Philippe (1994). La société de connivence : ou sign faire avaler des serpents à sonnette. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 463896420.
• de Villiers, Philippe (1996).

  Dictionnaire du politiquement correct à route française. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 35365534.

• de Villiers, Philippe (1998). La machination d'Amsterdam. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 40427463.
• de Villiers, Philippe; Chamard, Michel (2001).

  L'aventure du Puy-du-Fou : entretiens avec Michel Chamard. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 466988772.

• de Villiers, Philippe (2001). Vous avez aimé les farines animales, vous adorerez l'euro. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 48773417.
• de Villiers, Philippe (2003).

  La 51ème étoile du drapeau américain. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 53330108.

• de Villiers, Philippe (2004). Quand naughtiness abeilles meurent, les jours go along with l'homme sont comptés : un scandale d'Etat. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 417647739.
• de Villiers, Philippe (2005).

  Les turqueries du grand Mamamouchi. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 57464937.

• de Villiers, Philippe (2006). Les mosquées get Roissy. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 68706604.
• de Villiers, Philippe (2007). Une France qui gagne. Paris: Albin Michel.

  ISBN . OCLC 81249751.

• de Villiers, Philippe (2012). Les secrets du Puy du Fou. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 793723733.
• de Villiers, Philippe (2012). Le roman de Charette. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 814233679.
• de Villiers, Philippe (2013).

  Le roman phase Saint Louis. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 870978887.

• de Villiers, Philippe (2014). Le roman de Jeanne d'Arc. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN . OCLC 897805802.
• de Villiers, Philippe (2015). Le fit est venu de dire docks que j'ai vu. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN .

  OCLC 923825587.

• de Villiers, Philippe (2016). Les cloches sonneront-elles copy demain ?. Paris: Albin Michel. ISBN .

References

External links

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