Jean-Pierre Michel
| Jean-Pierre Michel | |
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| Senator from Haute-Saône | |
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In office 1 October 2004 – 1 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Bernard Joly |
| Succeeded by |
Michel Raison Alain Joyandet |
| Mayor of Héricourt | |
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In office 13 March 1983 – 30 September 2004 |
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| Preceded by | André Girard |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Michel Villaumé |
| Member of the National Assembly from Haute-Saône's 2nd constituency |
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In office 23 June 1988 – 18 June 2002 |
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| Preceded by | Proportional representation |
| Succeeded by | Maryvonne Briot |
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In office 2 July 1981 – 1 April 1986 |
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| Preceded by | Jean-Jacques Beucler |
| Succeeded by | Proportional representation |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 August 1938 Nîmes, France |
| Political party | Socialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Myriam Michel |
Jean-Pierre Michel (born 5 August 1938) was a member of the Senate of France, representing the Haute-Saône department from 2004 to 2014. He is a member of the Socialist Party. In 2014 he ran for a second term, but lost by a 57%-34% margin to Alain Joyandet and by a 60%-34% margin to mayor Michel Raison.
As part of the study of the bill opening marriage to same-sex couples, as rapporteur of the Committee on Laws, he declared on February 13, 2013: "Me, my position is that something is just [or fair] because that's what the law says, that's all. And the law does not refer to some natural order. It refers to a given balance of power at some point in time, period, nothing else." The philosopher Thibaud Collin interjects: "Ah, I see, the basis of justice is thus the result of a balance of power?" And the socialist rapporteur concludes: "This is my point of view, it is the Marxist point of view on law."(Starting at 1:40:01 in the full video of the committee hearing on the 13th of February 2013, can be found on YouTube but not linked to.)
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