At 57 and married, Valérie Pécresse candidly on homosexuality: “I thought about it”

By Jason Mathurin – Published on 13 Nov 2024 at 12:30 – Modified on 13 Nov 2024 at 12:47

If marriage was not an option for Valérie Pécresse, 57, the politician made astonishing revelations about homosexuality.

Since 2015, Valérie Pécresse has been leading the Île-de-France regional council. Which also earned him some memorable spats. Like his verbal joust with the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo. Their standoff over transport management during the Paris 2024 Olympics is proof of this. She also denounced sabotage on the part of the head of Paris City Hall. Asked about the 2025 budget, the president of the region announced a whole bunch of measures aimed at paying off the debt. In the city, she shares her life with a certain Jérôme, with whom marriage was obvious…

Valérie Pécresse in complete privacy

Valérie Pécresse takes responsibility for her past, her life choices and her intimate life. “I wouldn't be where I am without my husband, she said about this to our colleagues at Gala. He supported me in everything and gave me confidence”. She also states that Jerome is “the more feminist of the two of us”. It must be said that some men would feel emasculated at the idea that their wife could have a career of her ilk. “To withstand the way we look at the companions of powerful women, you need quite a personality”she said. And besides, Valérie Pécresse got married very early and very quickly: only two months into the relationship.

She changes her mind about marriage for all

That being said, if marriage was obvious to Valérie Pécresse, she wanted to harm this right for LGBT people in the past. She had participated in the Manif pour tous and defended the idea of ​​a civil union, rather than a marriage. However, she denied having wanted unmarry people, contrary to what others have said, like Christine Boutin. “Me, I think it’s the human that we need to talk aboutPécresse told iTélé. On same-sex marriage, I changed my mind because, quite simply, I thought about it.”. And this reflection led her to have a completely different view of homosexuality. His opinion is less nuanced on questions of surrogacy and the child at all costs policy.

For Valérie Pécresse, “everyone must be able to love who they want”

“I have always fought for children's rights, said Valérie Pécresse during a meeting of the Manif pour tous. Not for the rights of the child and from this point of view, I will continue to say that I am against the commodification of humans, against medically assisted procreation for non-medical reasons, that I am against surrogacy, because we are losing sight of what is the very essence of life”. However, she does not want to reverse the Taubira law, which favors the unions of gay couples. “Everyone should be able to love who they want, she said. Dress as he wants, as long as he respects the law.”.