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Yann Fouéré (26 July 1910 – 20 October 2011) was a Breton nationalist and a European federalist.[1] His French birth certificate names him as Jean Adolphe Fouéré (French name, as the French State at the time did not allow Breton names). He was born in Aignan, Gers.[2] and died in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany.

He fled France after the Liberation of France in 1945 and took Irish citizenship in the early 1950s. One of the founders of the Celtic League along with his compatriot Alan Heusaff, he lived to be 101 years old.[3]

Fouéré was alleged to have been a collaborator during WW2, but was fully exonerated in 1955 following his voluntary return to France to face trial.[4]

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

His daughter is Irish actress Olwen Fouéré.

Bibliography

English

  • Towards a federal Europe, 1968; ISBN 0-7154-0485-7

French

  • L'Europe aux Cent Drapeaux, 1968
  • La Bretagne Ecartelée, Nouvelles éditions latines, 1962
  • Problèmes Bretons du Temps Présent
  • "En prison pour la libération de la Bretagne". Nouvelles Editions Latines (Les Cahiers de l'Avenir de la Bretagne), 1977
  • Histoire résumée du mouvement Breton, du XIXe siècle à nos jours (1800–1976). Quimper: Editions Nature et Bretagne (Les Cahiers de l'Avenir de la Bretagne; 4), 1977; ISBN 2-85257-027-0
  • Europe ! Nationalité bretonne… Citoyen français?, Coop Breizh, 2000
  • La Patrie interdite, Histoire d'un Breton, France Empire, 1987
  • Ces Droits que les autres ont …, Les cahiers de l'avenir de la Bretagne
  • L'Histoire du quotidien La Bretagne et les silences d'Henri Fréville (avec Youenn Didro)
  • La maison du connemara, éd. Coop Breizh, 1995
  • Projet de loi portant statut d'autonomie pour la Bretagne par Yann Fouéré, Thierry Jigourel, Jean Cevaër, et al.; Parti pour l'organisation d'une Bretagne libre. Saint-Brieuc (21 Pl. Du Guesclin): les Cahiers de l'avenir, 2001

References

  1. ^ Towards a federal Europe
  2. ^ Agence Bretagne Presse
  3. ^ Irish Times Death Notice
  4. ^ Fouéré court papers
  5. ^ Kelly, Mike (ndg} "What the French really think about Brexit" University of Southampton website
  6. ^ Davies, Noel (ndg) "Future based on a hundred flags" (review of L'Europe aux cent drapeaux by Yann Fouéré) Welsh Nation


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