Civitas (movement)
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| Predecessor | Cité catholique |
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| Formation | 1999 |
| Purpose | Started as a Conservative Christian lobby group - changed its status in 2016 and is now a French political party |
| Headquarters | Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise), France |
| Methods | Teaching classes, conferences, manifestos |
| Fields | Traditionalist Catholic activism |
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Membership (2013)
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c. 1000 |
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President
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Alain Escada |
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Main organ
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Civitas — Revue catholique des questions politiques et sociales |
| Slogan | Pour une cité catholique |
| Website | www |
Civitas, also known as France Jeunesse Civitas and Institut Civitas, is an association generally considered to be a Traditionalist Catholic, integrist,nationalist, and of the Extreme Right. The association defines itself as a "Traditionalist Catholic lobby group". The group was once associated with the Society of St. Pius X but its evolved under the new leadership of Alain Escada and the "chaplaincy" is now provided by Capuchin Friars of Morgon.
Civitas was formed in 1999. It, and ICHTUS, were split out from the integrist Cité catholique movement. founded by the pro-Vichy intellectual Jean Ousset.
Its media prominence dates from the appointment of its current president, Alain Escada, a Belgian militant of the extreme right with a background of Traditionalist Catholicism and Belgian nationalism, and an ex-member of the New Belgian Front (French: Front nouveau de Belgique, FNB), of which he was expelled in 1997.
Escada became the secretary-general of Civitas in 2009. In 2012, he replaced François de Penfentenyo as president of Civitas.
At the start of 2013, Civitas claims 1,000 members and 170,000 "sympathisers" on its mailing list. Civitas had ambitions of winning 300 seats in the French municipal elections of 2014.
In 2016, Civitas announced a status change, from a cultural organization to a French political party. It is a major part of the Coalition pour la Vie et la Famille, a tiny European party.
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