Bernard Fournier
{{short description|French politician}}
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{{ infobox officeholder
| name = Bernard Fournier
| image = Bernard Fournier.jpg
| caption = Bernard Fournier in 2005
| office = Member of the French Senate
for Loire
| term_start = 19 November 1997
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|09|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Saint-Étienne, France
| nationality = French
| party = UMP
The Republicans
}}
Bernard Fournier (born 13 September 1946) is a French politician and a member of the Senate of France. He represents the Loire department and is a member of The Republicans Party.
Political career
In the Senate, Fournier is a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense and the Armed Forces. He also chairs the French-Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In addition to his work in Parliament, Fournier has been serving as a member of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe since 2008. In this capacity, he is a member of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons; the Sub-Committee on Co-operation with non European countries of origin and transit; and the Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People.
Political positions
Ahead of the 2022 presidential elections, Fournier publicly declared his support for Michel Barnier as the Republicans’ candidate.Emmanuel Galiero (1 October 2021), [https://www.lefigaro.fr/politique/droite-51-parlementaires-s-engagent-derriere-michel-barnier-20211001 Présidentielle 2022 : Michel Barnier engrange le soutien de 51 parlementaires de droite] Le Figaro.
References
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- [http://www.senat.fr/senfic/fournier_bernard97011g.html Page on the Senate website]
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Category:Politicians from Saint-Étienne
Category:French senators of the Fifth Republic
Category:Union for a Popular Movement politicians
Category:Debout la France politicians
Category:The Republicans (France) politicians
Category:Senators of Loire (department)
Category:Politicians from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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