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{{Short description|French politician (born 1954)}}
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{{Expand French|topic=gov|date=December 2008|Étienne Blanc}}
| name = Étienne Blanc
| image = Étienne_Blanc (cropped).jpg
| caption = Blanc in 2020
| office = [[Senate (France)|Senator]] for [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]]
| term_start = 1 October 2020
| office3 = [[Municipal council (France)|Municipal councillor]] of [[Lyon]]
| term_start3 = 4 July 2020
| constituency3 = [[3rd arrondissement of Lyon|3rd arrondissement]]
| office1 = Member of the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]]<br>for [[Ain]]'s [[Ain's 3rd constituency|3rd]] constituency
| term_start1 = 19 June 2002
| term_end1 = 10 March 2016
| predecessor1 = [[Charles Millon]]
| successor1 = [[Stéphanie Pernod-Beaudon]]
| office2 = [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]] of [[Divonne-les-Bains]]
| term_start2 = 20 January 1991
| term_end2 = 9 February 2019
| predecessor2 = Jean-Claude Pruvost
| successor2 = Vincent Scattolin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|08|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Givors]], [[France]]
| nationality = French
| party = [[Union for French Democracy]] (until 1999)<br>[[The Right (France)|Liberal Christian Right]] {{nobr|(1999–2002)}}<br>[[Union for a Popular Movement]]<br>(2002–2015)<br>[[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] {{nobr|(2015–present)}}
| alma_mater = [[Jean Moulin University Lyon 3]]
| partner =
| profession = Lawyer
}}
'''Étienne Blanc''' ({{IPA|fr|etjɛn blɑ̃}}; born 29 August 1954) is a French politician who has served as a [[Senate (France)|Senator]] for [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]] since [[2020 French Senate election|2020]]. A member of [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] (LR), he also ran for [[Mayor (France)|Mayor]] of [[Lyon]] previously in [[2020 French municipal elections|2020]].


A lawyer by occupation, Blanc served as Mayor of [[Divonne-les-Bains]] (1991–2019) and represented the [[Ain's 3rd constituency|3rd constituency]] of [[Ain]] in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] (2002–2016). He was also First Vice President of the [[Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] (2016–2020) under [[Laurent Wauquiez]].
'''Étienne Blanc''' (born August 29, 1954 in [[Givors]], [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]]) is a member of the [[National Assembly of France]]. He represents the [[Ain's 3rd constituency|third constituency]] of the [[Ain]] department, and is a member of the [[Union for a Popular Movement]].<ref name="anfr">{{Cite web |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_id/267075.asp |title=Étienne Blanc |author=Office of the Secretary General |language=French |year=2012 |publisher=[[National Assembly of France]] |work=Assemblee-nationale.fr |accessdate=2 March 2012 }}</ref>

==Political career==
A native of [[Givors]], Blanc attended [[Jean Moulin University Lyon 3]] to study law. He was a [[Rally for the Republic]] activist in the [[1978 French legislative election|1978 legislative election]] campaign in Lyon, when he was thrown in the [[Rhône]] by communist agitators.<ref name="LP">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/villes/etienne-blanc-en-aparte-21-04-2011-1324085_27.php|title=Etienne Blanc en aparté |language=French |date=21 April 2011 |publisher=www.lepoint.fr |work= |accessdate= |quote=Membre de la Corporation des étudiants en droit et administrateur de la Société mutuelle des étudiants de la région Rhône-Alpes (Smerra), il s'investit en 1978 dans la campagne du RPR pour les élections législatives de Lyon, au côté de Michel Noir. Jeté dans le Rhône par des militants communistes, il voit ses ardeurs renforcées par ce baptême de l'eau.}}</ref> He moved to [[Bourg-en-Bresse]] to practice law, where he was elected to its [[Municipal council (France)|municipal council]] in 1983 for one six-year term.<ref name="Q">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/politique/municipales-2020-a-lyon-qui-est-etienne-blanc|title=Municipales 2020 à Lyon : qui est Étienne Blanc ? |language=French |date=26 October 2018 |publisher=www.lyoncapitale.fr |work= |accessdate= }}</ref> He later held the mayorship of [[Divonne-les-Bains]] from 1991 until his resignation in 2019.<ref name="anfr">{{Cite web |url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/tribun/fiches_id/267075.asp |title=Étienne Blanc |author=Office of the Secretary General |language=French |year=2012 |publisher=[[National Assembly (France)|French National Assembly]] |work=Assemblee-nationale.fr |accessdate=2 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/ain/2019/02/04/divonne-les-bains-pays-de-gex-mairie-lyon-etienne-blanc-maire-demissionnaire-fait-en-sorte-de-freiner-la-construction |title=Etienne Blanc, maire démissionnaire : "Fait en sorte de freiner la construction" |language=French |date=4 February 2019 |publisher=www.ledauphine.com |work= |accessdate= }}</ref>

In 2002, he joined the newly-founded [[Union for a Popular Movement]], which became [[The Republicans (France)|The Republicans]] in 2015. He represented the [[Ain's 3rd constituency|3rd constituency]] of the [[Ain]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]] from 2002 until his resignation in 2016, triggered by his will to focus on his activities at the regional level.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/ain/2016/03/09/etienne-blanc-demissionne-de-l-assemblee-nationale |title=Étienne Blanc démissionne de l’Assemblée nationale |language=French |date=10 March 2016 |publisher=www.ledauphine.com |work= |accessdate= }}</ref>

Following the [[2015 French regional elections|2015 regional election]], [[Laurent Wauquiez]] was elected to the presidency of the [[Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] on 4 January 2016. Blanc became his deputy, as he was elected First Vice President of the Regional Council the same day. He had previously been a regional councillor of [[Rhône-Alpes]] from 1992 to 2002, as a close ally to then-Regional Council President [[Charles Millon]].<ref name="Q"/>

Blanc was The Republicans' candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the [[2020 French municipal elections|2020 municipal election]], in which the list he led placed second in the first round before merging with the list of [[Renaissance (French political party)|La République En Marche!]] (LREM) led by [[Yann Cucherat]] for the second round. He was elected a municipal councillor for the [[3rd arrondissement of Lyon|3rd arrondissement]], taking office as group president in the municipal council. In late 2021, Blanc resigned the group presidency following favourable comments he made on [[Éric Zemmour]], which displeased members of his group.<ref name="LC">{{Cite web |url=https://www.lyoncapitale.fr/actualite/lyon-entre-pecresse-et-zemmour-les-ambiguites-detienne-blanc |title=Lyon : entre Pécresse et Zemmour, les ambiguïtés d’Étienne Blanc |language=French |date=12 January 2022 |publisher=www.lyoncapitale.fr |work= |accessdate= }}</ref>

In the [[2020 French Senate election|2020 Senate election]], he was returned to the [[French Parliament]] for [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]]. He later resigned as Wauquiez's deputy. In the Senate, where he sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces,<ref name="senat">{{Cite web |url=https://www.senat.fr/senateur/blanc_etienne17367q.html |title=M. Étienne BLANC |author= |language=French |year=2024 |publisher=[[Senate (France)|French Senate]] |work=senat.fr |accessdate=19 September 2024 }}</ref> he presides over an information group on [[Nagorno-Karabakh]].

==Political positions==
Blanc is a conservative. He has advocated a right-wing electoral alliance beyond The Republicans ahead of the [[2022 French legislative election|2022 legislative election]] to counter the left-wing [[New Ecological and Social People's Union]] (NUPES).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/non-classe/le-senateur-lr-etienne-blanc-se-prononce-pour-l-union-des-droites-195496 |title=Le sénateur LR Etienne Blanc se prononce pour l’« union des droites » |language=French |date=23 February 2022 |publisher=www.publicsenat.fr |work= |accessdate= }}</ref>

Ahead of the [[2022 French presidential election|2022 presidential election]], Blanc publicly declared his support for [[Michel Barnier]] as The Republicans' candidate.<ref>Christine Ollivier, Robin D'Angelo and Sarah Paillou (31 October 2021), [https://www.lejdd.fr/Politique/soutien-de-barnier-mais-proche-de-zemmour-le-drole-de-jeu-du-senateur-etienne-blanc-4074342 "Soutien de Barnier mais proche de Zemmour : le drôle de jeu du sénateur Etienne Blanc"], ''[[Le Journal du Dimanche]]'' {{in lang|fr}}.</ref> After Barnier placed third in the first round at the [[2021 The Republicans congress]], he supported [[Éric Ciotti]] for the second round.<ref name="LC"/>

Blanc had called on [[Éric Zemmour]] to put his name forward at the 2021 congress for the party nomination, a proposition Zemmour declined before founding a new party, [[Reconquête]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/politique/2021/06/09/un-elu-lyonnais-demande-la-candidature-d-eric-zemmour-aux-primaires-de-2022 |title=Un élu lyonnais demande la participation d’Eric Zemmour aux primaires de 2022 |language=French |date=9 June 2021 |publisher=www.leprogres.fr |work= |accessdate= }}</ref> Blanc expressed support for Zemmour's agenda-setting in the campaign leading up to the 2022 presidential election, but declined to join Reconquête, stating The Republicans should instead set a new course of action: "The right must tackle certain ideas head on: sovereignty, nationality, decline, immigration, identity, language, all themes that Zemmour makes his stock in trade". He called Zemmour's candidacy "the expression of [the right's] renunciations".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/elections/2022/01/21/etienne-blanc-zemmour-est-l-expression-de-nos-renoncements |title=Etienne Blanc : «Zemmour est l’expression de nos renoncements» |language=French |date=21 January 2022 |publisher=www.leprogres.fr |work= |accessdate= }}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 11:22, 19 November 2024

Étienne Blanc
Blanc in 2020
Senator for Rhône
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 October 2020
Member of the National Assembly
for Ain's 3rd constituency
In office
19 June 2002 – 10 March 2016
Preceded byCharles Millon
Succeeded byStéphanie Pernod-Beaudon
Mayor of Divonne-les-Bains
In office
20 January 1991 – 9 February 2019
Preceded byJean-Claude Pruvost
Succeeded byVincent Scattolin
Municipal councillor of Lyon
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 July 2020
Constituency3rd arrondissement
Personal details
Born (1954-08-29) 29 August 1954 (age 70)
Givors, France
Political partyUnion for French Democracy (until 1999)
Liberal Christian Right (1999–2002)
Union for a Popular Movement
(2002–2015)
The Republicans (2015–present)
Alma materJean Moulin University Lyon 3
ProfessionLawyer

Étienne Blanc (French pronunciation: [etjɛn blɑ̃]; born 29 August 1954) is a French politician who has served as a Senator for Rhône since 2020. A member of The Republicans (LR), he also ran for Mayor of Lyon previously in 2020.

A lawyer by occupation, Blanc served as Mayor of Divonne-les-Bains (1991–2019) and represented the 3rd constituency of Ain in the National Assembly (2002–2016). He was also First Vice President of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (2016–2020) under Laurent Wauquiez.

Political career

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A native of Givors, Blanc attended Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 to study law. He was a Rally for the Republic activist in the 1978 legislative election campaign in Lyon, when he was thrown in the Rhône by communist agitators.[1] He moved to Bourg-en-Bresse to practice law, where he was elected to its municipal council in 1983 for one six-year term.[2] He later held the mayorship of Divonne-les-Bains from 1991 until his resignation in 2019.[3][4]

In 2002, he joined the newly-founded Union for a Popular Movement, which became The Republicans in 2015. He represented the 3rd constituency of the Ain department in the National Assembly from 2002 until his resignation in 2016, triggered by his will to focus on his activities at the regional level.[5]

Following the 2015 regional election, Laurent Wauquiez was elected to the presidency of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on 4 January 2016. Blanc became his deputy, as he was elected First Vice President of the Regional Council the same day. He had previously been a regional councillor of Rhône-Alpes from 1992 to 2002, as a close ally to then-Regional Council President Charles Millon.[2]

Blanc was The Republicans' candidate for Mayor of Lyon in the 2020 municipal election, in which the list he led placed second in the first round before merging with the list of La République En Marche! (LREM) led by Yann Cucherat for the second round. He was elected a municipal councillor for the 3rd arrondissement, taking office as group president in the municipal council. In late 2021, Blanc resigned the group presidency following favourable comments he made on Éric Zemmour, which displeased members of his group.[6]

In the 2020 Senate election, he was returned to the French Parliament for Rhône. He later resigned as Wauquiez's deputy. In the Senate, where he sits on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and the Armed Forces,[7] he presides over an information group on Nagorno-Karabakh.

Political positions

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Blanc is a conservative. He has advocated a right-wing electoral alliance beyond The Republicans ahead of the 2022 legislative election to counter the left-wing New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES).[8]

Ahead of the 2022 presidential election, Blanc publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as The Republicans' candidate.[9] After Barnier placed third in the first round at the 2021 The Republicans congress, he supported Éric Ciotti for the second round.[6]

Blanc had called on Éric Zemmour to put his name forward at the 2021 congress for the party nomination, a proposition Zemmour declined before founding a new party, Reconquête.[10] Blanc expressed support for Zemmour's agenda-setting in the campaign leading up to the 2022 presidential election, but declined to join Reconquête, stating The Republicans should instead set a new course of action: "The right must tackle certain ideas head on: sovereignty, nationality, decline, immigration, identity, language, all themes that Zemmour makes his stock in trade". He called Zemmour's candidacy "the expression of [the right's] renunciations".[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Etienne Blanc en aparté" (in French). www.lepoint.fr. 21 April 2011. Membre de la Corporation des étudiants en droit et administrateur de la Société mutuelle des étudiants de la région Rhône-Alpes (Smerra), il s'investit en 1978 dans la campagne du RPR pour les élections législatives de Lyon, au côté de Michel Noir. Jeté dans le Rhône par des militants communistes, il voit ses ardeurs renforcées par ce baptême de l'eau.
  2. ^ a b "Municipales 2020 à Lyon : qui est Étienne Blanc ?" (in French). www.lyoncapitale.fr. 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ Office of the Secretary General (2012). "Étienne Blanc". Assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). French National Assembly. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Etienne Blanc, maire démissionnaire : "Fait en sorte de freiner la construction"" (in French). www.ledauphine.com. 4 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Étienne Blanc démissionne de l'Assemblée nationale" (in French). www.ledauphine.com. 10 March 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Lyon : entre Pécresse et Zemmour, les ambiguïtés d'Étienne Blanc" (in French). www.lyoncapitale.fr. 12 January 2022.
  7. ^ "M. Étienne BLANC". senat.fr (in French). French Senate. 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Le sénateur LR Etienne Blanc se prononce pour l'« union des droites »" (in French). www.publicsenat.fr. 23 February 2022.
  9. ^ Christine Ollivier, Robin D'Angelo and Sarah Paillou (31 October 2021), "Soutien de Barnier mais proche de Zemmour : le drôle de jeu du sénateur Etienne Blanc", Le Journal du Dimanche (in French).
  10. ^ "Un élu lyonnais demande la participation d'Eric Zemmour aux primaires de 2022" (in French). www.leprogres.fr. 9 June 2021.
  11. ^ "Etienne Blanc : «Zemmour est l'expression de nos renoncements»" (in French). www.leprogres.fr. 21 January 2022.
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