The former deputy and former socialist senator Jean-Pierre Michel, one of the initiators in the 1990s of the Civil Solidarity Pact (Pacs) then intended mainly for homosexual couples, died this Sunday at the age of 82, we learned from parliamentary sources.
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Magistrate having participated, after May 68, in the creation of the Syndicat de la magistrature of which he was general secretary, Jean-Pierre Michel was involved in politics in Haute-Saône.
He was deputy from 1981 to 2002, then senator from 2004 to 2014, and also the mayor of Héricourt for twenty years.
This elected chivalist had initially unsuccessfully put on the table in the Assembly several bills to “
ensure the rights of the surviving spouse
”.
Become one of the rapporteurs of the text creating the PACS in 1998, he was at the forefront of the "
parliamentary guerrilla
", which ended in pain in the historic vote of October 13, 1999, during cohabitation under the presidency. by Jacques Chirac.
"He
was a great republican
"
As a senator, Jean-Pierre Michel was then in 2013 rapporteur for the bill on same-sex marriage, under François Hollande.
This "
fervent defender of equal rights
" will remain "
the great legislative architect of the Pacs
", underlined on Twitter the President of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand (LREM), himself from the socialist ranks.
"He
was a great Republican, deeply attached to the defense of human rights
" and who "
had equality and freedom for all pegged to the body
", greeted Secretary of State Joël Giraud on Twitter.
"
He chaired the Law Commission of the National Assembly in 1985 and fought with force and courage for the establishment of the Pacs
", also recalled the current holder Yaël Braun-Pivet (LREM).
Several former parliamentarians and local elected officials also paid tribute to him.