Alain Escada

Alain Escada, born 16 May 1970 in Brussels,[1] is a Belgian far-right activist.[2] Since 2012, he has been the chairman of Civitas, a French ultracatholic organization.[3] Under his leadership, in 2012–13, Civitas opposed same-sex marriage in France,[4] Escada calling them a "Pandora's box" for polygamy and incest.[5]

Escada in May 2013

In June 2016, Civitas changed its status from a cultural organisation to a French political party[6] and in 2017 Escada announced that Civitas will run in the next French parliamentary elections.[7]

Escada is the President[8] of the Coalition pour la Vie et la Famille, whose status as a tiny European party brings 500.000 euros a year of European funds.[9]

References
  1. "Entretien avec Alain Escada, nouveau président de CIVITAS". Civitas. 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  2. "Christian fundis lose case against RésistanceS". www.resistances.be. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  3. "Civitas, l'institut qui rêvait de rechristianiser la France". Slate.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  4. "Anti-gay marriage protesters rally in Paris". Thejournal.ie. 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  5. "Gay marriage protesters turn violent". 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  6. Marie-Anne Pinet (2016-06-28). "Civitas devient un parti politique". La Croix. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  7. Madeleine Meteyer (2017-03-13). "Avec Jean-Marie Le Pen, les catholiques intégristes de Civitas célèbrent le "pays réel"". Lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
  8. "Statuses of the "Coalition for Life and Family" on the website of the Belgian Government" (PDF).
  9. "Comment des partis nationalistes ont touché des millions du Parlement européen". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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