2023-04-30 14:43:01
Jan-Paul Pouliquen, main architect of the civil solidarity pact, died in the town of Trappes (Yvelines), Friday April 28, at the age of 69. Founder of the Homosexuality and Socialism association in the 1980s, this ardent defender of the rights of homosexuals then created the Collective for the civil union contract aimed at giving a legal existence to unmarried homosexual or heterosexual couples. This will be one of the first steps towards the PACS.
At the time, Jan-Paul Pouliquen, a former Communist who had become a Chevènementist, convinced only a handful of Socialist deputies. They are only eight, in November 1992, to sign the bill on the contract of civil union. It will be necessary to wait until 1999 so that the majority of left establishes the PACS. With seven successive readings in the Assembly and the Senate and some 120 hours of debate, the PACS was undoubtedly the most contested proposal in Parliament that year.
“The PACS law was a step forward, because it made it possible to talk about homosexuality to the whole of France”said Jan-Paul Pouliquen at Monde in 2021. “When we see the messages of SOS Homophobia today, we say to ourselves that nothing is over. There are more and more attacks. »
“We owe him so much” greeted on Twitter Patrick BlocheDeputy Mayor of Paris. “Our rights today owe so much to the battles of those who, against all odds, fought to make them happen”, also commented on his colleague David Belliard.
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