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.
[edit] 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 Mélenchon.
Picard is president of the Union Nationale des Associations de Défense des Familles et de l'Individu victimes 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.
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- Media
- 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
