Paul-Marie Coûteaux (born 31 July 1956, in

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) is a French politician and author. He served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2009 for the

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, and since 2022 has been a member of

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Early life

Paul-Marie Coûteaux was born on 31 July 1956. He graduated from the

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. In a Gay nightclub, Coûteaux discovered

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Family

Descending from Mathieu Coûteaux, bailiff and receiver of Claude Lamoral II, Prince of Ligne

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and the

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y of Belœil, he is the son of writer and scenarist André Couteaux and the brother of Stanislas Coûteaux, founder with Géraldine Becq de Fouquières, of the real estate agency, Book-A-Flat.

Career

Coûteaux was an assistant to

Michel Jobert Michel Jobert (; 11 September 1921 – 25 May 2002) was a French politician of the left-wing Gaullist orientation. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Georges Pompidou, and as Minister of External Commerce under François Mitterran ...

from 1981 to 1983, Philippe de Saint Robert from 1984 to 1987, Jean-Pierre Chevènement from 1988 to 1991,

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from 1991 to 1993,

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to the

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from 1993 to 1996. Coûteaux served as a

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(MEP) for

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from

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to 2009. He was a member of the Mouvement pour la France, and a member of the Bureau of the

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. He served on the

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's Committee on Foreign Affairs. Coûteaux joined

in 2022.

Works

* ''Clovis, une histoire de France'', Lattès, 1996 * ''L'Europe vers la guerre'', Michalon, 1997 * ''Traité de savoir disparaître à l'usage d'une vieille génération'', Michalon, 1998 * ''La Puissance et la Honte : trois lettres françaises'', Michalon, 1999 * ''De Gaulle philosophe : le génie de la France'', tome 1, Lattès, 2002 * ''Un petit séjour en France'', Bartillat, 2003 * ''Ne laissons pas mourir la France'' (avec

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (; born 7 March 1961), sometimes referred to by his initials NDA, is a French politician serving since 2008 as President of minor party Debout la France. He is its only member of the National Assembly, elected for Essonne' ...

), Albin Michel, 2004 * ''Être et parler français'', Perrin, 2006 * ''De Gaulle philosophe : la colère du peuple'', tome 2, Lattès, 2010 * ''De Gaulle, espérer contre tout : lettre ouverte à Régis Debray'', Xenia, 2010

References

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* 1956 births Living people École nationale d'administration alumni French anti-communists French essayists French male essayists MEPs for Île-de-France 2004–2009 Movement for France MEPs National Council of European Resistance Reconquête politicians Writers from Paris {{France-politician-MPF-stub