CATHERINE PICARD

'Catherine Picard' (August 14, 1952 - ) is a French politician from the French Socialist Party. She used to be a member of the French National Assembly.

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Career

Published works

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Career

Responsible for public education, Picard was elected on June 1, 1997 to the French Socialist Party.
With centrist senator Nicolas About, Picard drafted the About-Picard law, on June 12, 2001. Picard has close ties to politician Jean-Luc Melenchon.
Picard is president of the ''Union Nationale des Associations de Defense Familes et de l'Individu de Sectes'' (UNADFI), and appeared in this role as a commentator in the 2004 France 3 documentary on Landmark Education: Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus.
Picard is the regional adviser of Haute-Normandie.

Published works

★ ''Sectes, democratie et mondialisation.'', PUF, 2002, with Anne Fournier.

See also

★ About-Picard law

★ Cults and governments

★ Voyage to the Land of the New Gurus

External links

★ Official page as a deputy
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★ Creation of a third investigation commission on 'sects', April 7, 2006

★ Cult crackdown called extreme, ''The Globe and Mail'', June 12, 2001

★ France arms itself with legal weapon to fight sects, The Guardian, June 1, 2001

★ Church attacks new French anti-cult law, The Guardian, June 23, 2000

★ French assembly approves controversial anti-sect bill, June 22, 2000

★ French Anti-Religious Sect Legislation, PBS, July 28, 2000

★ France to crack down on sects, The Guardian, June 14, 2000

★ Archived articles on Picard law, California State University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences