Yann Fouéré
Yann Fouéré (26 July 1910 – 20 October 2011), also known as Seàn Mauger[1] was a Breton nationalist and a European federalist.[2] His French birth certificate names him as Jean Adolphe Fouéré, a French name, as the French Third Republic did not allow Breton names.
Yann Fouéré | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jean Adolphe Fouéré 26 July 1910 |
| Died | 20 October 2011 (aged 101) Saint-Brieuc, France |
| Other names | Seàn Mauger |
| Notable work | Towards a federal Europe (1968) |
| Spouse | Marie-Magdeleine Mauger |
| Children | Olwen Fouéré |
| Institutions | Celtic League European Free Alliance Movement for the Organisation of Brittany |
Main interests | Breton nationalism, European integration, Federalism |
Notable ideas | Europe of 100 Flags |
Life
Fouéré was born in Aignan, Gers, France.[3] He fled the country after the Liberation of France in 1945 and took Irish citizenship in the early 1950s. He founded the Parti pour l'organisation d'une Bretagne libre ("Movement for the Organisation of a Free Brittany"), and was one of the founders of the Celtic League along with his compatriot Alan Heusaff. He also co-founded the European Free Alliance[1]
Fouéré was alleged to have been a collaborator during World War II, but was fully exonerated in 1955 following his voluntary return to France to face trial.[4]
He was a member of the Knights of the Sovereign Order of Jerusalem.[1]
Europe of 100 Flags
Fouéré popularized the idea of a "Europe of 100 Flags", in which a federal Europe would not be based on the currently existing nations, but instead on regional polities, the "100 Flags". The continent would "divide to unite" and "decentralize inwardly and federate outwardly." The idea has been adopted by some organizations in the Identitarian movement.[5][6]
Family and death
Fouéré's daughter with his wife, Marie-Magdeleine Mauger is Irish actress Olwen Fouéré.[7]
Fouéré died in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, France at the age of 101.[8]
Works
English
- Towards a federal Europe, 1968; ISBN 0-7154-0485-7
French
- La Bretagne Ecartelée: Essai pour servir à l'histoire de dix ans. 1938-1948. Paris: Nouvelles éditions latines, 1962
- L'Europe aux Cent Drapeaux: Essai Pour Servior a La Construction de l'Europe. Paris: Presses d'Europe, 1968
- En prison pour le FLB Front de Libération de la Bretagne Paris: Nouvelles Editions Latines 1977
- Histoire résumée du mouvement Breton, du XIXe siècle à nos jours (1800–1976). Quimper: Editions Nature et Bretagne, 1977 ISBN 2-85257-027-0
- Ces Droits que les autres ont mais que nous n'avons pas. Quimper: Editions Nature et Bretagne, 1979 ISBN 9782852570290
- with Youenn Didro – L'Histoire du quotidien La Bretagne et les silences d'Henri Fréville. Saint-Brieuc: Les Cahiers De L'Avenir de la Bretagne, 1981
- Problèmes Bretons du Temps Présent. Saint-Brieuc: Les Cahiers de l'Avenir, 1983
- La Patrie interdite: Histoire d'un Breton. Editions France Empire, 1987 ISBN 9782704805662
- La maison du connemara: Histoire d'un Breton 2. Editions Coop Breizh, 1995 ISBN 9782704805662
- Europe ! Nationalité bretonne… Citoyen français?. Coop Breizh, 2000; Celtics Chadenn, 2003 {{isbn}9782847220186}}
- with Thierry Jigourel, Jean Cevaër, et al. – Projet de loi portant statut d'autonomie pour la Bretagne. Saint-Brieuc: Parti pour l'organisation d'une Bretagne libre, 2001
References
- Irish Times Family Death Notice
- Towards a federal Europe
- Agence Bretagne Presse
- Fouéré court papers
- Kelly, Mike (ndg) "What the French really think about Brexit" University of Southampton website
- Davies, Noel (ndg) "Future based on a hundred flags" (review of L'Europe aux cent drapeaux by Yann Fouéré) Welsh Nation
- "Mauger – Fouéré , Marie-Magdeleine: Death notice – Irish Times Family Death Notices".
- Stephens, Meic (14 November 2011). "Yann Fouéré: Breton militant and European federalist". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
