Martial Bild (born 12 November 1961) is a French journalist and politician. A leading member of the National Front until 2008, he co-founded the Party of France in 2009, and the web television TV Libertés in 2014.

Martial Bild
Martial Bild in 2017
Member of the Regional council
of Île-de-France
In office
1992–2010
PresidentMichel Giraud
Jean-Paul Huchon
Personal details
Born (1961-11-12) 12 November 1961 (age 63)
Paris, France
Political partyPFN (1979–1981)
National Front (1980–2008)
PDF (2009–)
EducationLycée Carnot
Alma materPanthéon-Sorbonne University
Institut Catholique de Paris
OccupationJournalist

Biography

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Born in 1961, Martial Bild was member of the Party of New Forces between 1979 and 1981, and joined the National Front (FN) in 1980.[1] He studied history at Tolbiac university but dropped out, then obtained a DEUG in history at the Institut catholique de Paris.[2]

In 1986 Bild became the president of the Front National de la Jeunesse and was elected to the FN political bureau.[2][3][4] In 1992, he was elected as a FN regional counselor for Île-de-France.[5]

In 2000, Bild was the secretary of the FN federation of Paris.[6] In January 2009, following the election of Marine Le Pen as the new head of the FN and after he had supported her rival Bruno Gollnisch, he announced his departure from the party to co-found with Carl Lang the Party of France.[7][8] In 2014, he co-founded the YouTube channel TV Libertés.[9]

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He considers real equality "at the origin of ideologies dismissing democracy, and the source of misery and the Terror."[10] On nationalism, he says that it is "not dangerous—there is not sentiment of hatred. On the contrary the rallying of peoples is good, emphasising the equality of men, and has nothing to do with hating other people. Rather, the nation is fundamental and natural."[11] He belongs to the "national-catholic" wing of the far-right and is opposed to French laws on abortion.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Igounet, Valérie (2014). Le Front National. de 1972 à nos jours. Le parti, les hommes, les idées (in French). Le Seuil. ISBN 9782021171419.
  2. ^ a b Birenbaum, Guy (1991). Le Front national en politique (in French). Balland. p. 222. ISBN 9782402053129.
  3. ^ Datchary, Caroline (2015). La subjectivité journalistique: Onze leçons sur le rôle de l'individualité dans la production de l'information (in French). Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales. ISBN 9782713225796.
  4. ^ Gaucher, Roland (1997). Les Nationalistes en France: La montée du Front, 1983-1997 (in French). J. Picollec. p. 144. ISBN 9782864771647.
  5. ^ Dreyfus, Stéphane (4 March 2008). "A Paris, Martial Bild mise sur Internet". La Croix (in French). ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Le FN cherche des hommes". Le Parisien (in French). 22 November 2000. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  7. ^ Doumergue, Christian (8 June 2017). Au cœur des théories du complot (in French). Opportun. ISBN 9782360755318.
  8. ^ Igounet, Valérie (4 May 2016). "Clap de F(I)N ?" (in French). France Info. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  9. ^ Biffaud, Olivier (3 May 2018). "Droite et extrême droite, le grand rapprochement". Slate (in French). Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  10. ^ Lavignotte, Stéphane (2008). Vivre égaux et différents (in French). Editions de l'Atelier. p. 7. ISBN 9782708239722.
  11. ^ Davies, Peter (2012). The National Front in France: Ideology, Discourse and Power. Routledge. p. 70. ISBN 9781134725311.
  12. ^ Rosso, Romain (2011). La face cachée de Marine Le Pen (in French). Flammarion. ISBN 9782081279506.