{"id":132174,"date":"2025-05-14T12:21:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/pierre-edouard-sterin-declines-to-appear-before-the-national-assembly-inquiry\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T12:21:21","slug":"pierre-edouard-sterin-declines-to-appear-before-the-national-assembly-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/pierre-edouard-sterin-declines-to-appear-before-the-national-assembly-inquiry\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre-Edouard Sterin declines to appear before the National Assembly inquiry."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Political Maneuvers of Pierre-Edouard Sterin: A Deep Dive into the Pericles Project<\/h2>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n        <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/14\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/556\/0\/75\/0\/f4e5a2f_ftp-import-images-1-oq1w7d9bmtkb-5891670-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/14\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/600\/0\/75\/0\/f4e5a2f_ftp-import-images-1-oq1w7d9bmtkb-5891670-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/14\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f4e5a2f_ftp-import-images-1-oq1w7d9bmtkb-5891670-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/14\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/700\/0\/75\/0\/f4e5a2f_ftp-import-images-1-oq1w7d9bmtkb-5891670-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/14\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/800\/0\/75\/0\/f4e5a2f_ftp-import-images-1-oq1w7d9bmtkb-5891670-01-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"A l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale, \u00e0 Paris, le 14 mai 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source>\n        <\/picture>\n        <noscript><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/05\/14\/0\/0\/6000\/4000\/664\/0\/75\/0\/f4e5a2f_ftp-import-images-1-oq1w7d9bmtkb-5891670-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"At the National Assembly, in Paris, May 14, 2025.\"\/><br \/>\n        <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">At the National Assembly, in Paris, May 14, 2025. <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Thomas Samson \/ AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The businessman **Pierre-Edouard Sterin**, initiator of a political project called **&#8221;Pericles&#8221;**, aimed at <em>&#8220;Making an elite get up&#8221;<\/em> with <em>&#8220;All right-wing forces&#8221;<\/em>, did not attend a summons to a commission of inquiry in the National Assembly on Wednesday, May 14, sparking the ire of its president.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\">\n            <span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read the decryption |<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"catcher__desc\">The plan of billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin to &#8220;allow victory&#8221; of the right and the extreme right<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<p>\n            <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" aria-describedby=\"article-title-3383118\" data-article-id=\"3383118\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/politique\/article\/2024\/07\/21\/le-plan-du-milliardaire-pierre-edouard-sterin-pour-permettre-la-victoire-de-la-droite-et-de-l-extreme-droite_6254183_823448.html\" data-status=\"\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\"><em>&#8220;His absence<\/em>(\u2026) <em>is not respectful of the work of the National Assembly and resembles a dilatory maneuver since we have been working to organize this hearing for almost a month&#8221;<\/em>, stated **Thomas Cazenave**, president of the <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.assemblee-nationale.fr\/dyn\/17\/organes\/autres-commissions\/commissions-enquete\/organisation-des-elections\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Nouvelle fen\u00eatre\">commission of inquiry concerning the organization of elections in France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">Cazenave issued another summons to the businessman on Tuesday at 11 am, warning that the public prosecutor would be involved if he failed to comply. The <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/loda\/id\/JORFTEXT000000705067\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Nouvelle fen\u00eatre\">refusal to appear before a commission of inquiry<\/a> carries penalties of up to two years&#8217; imprisonment and a fine of \u20ac7,500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">**Pierre-Edouard Sterin**, 51, a Catholic Conservative who amassed his fortune with his **Smartbox** gift box company, has pledged to distribute approximately **\u20ac150 million** over the next decade through his investment fund, **Otium Capital**.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The **&#8221;Pericles&#8221; project**, named after the Athenian strategist, also stands as an acronym for &#8220;resistant rooted patriots Christian identity European sovereignist.&#8221; Its goal is to <em>&#8220;Make an elite get up&#8221;<\/em> with <em>&#8220;All right-wing forces.&#8221;<\/em> The general director of Pericles, **Arnaud R\u00e9rolle**, attended the commission of inquiry on May 6 and described the initiative as <em>&#8220;a nursery of metapolitical projects&#8221;<\/em> that provide <em>&#8220;the means to set up a citizen initiative,&#8221;<\/em> mentioning <em>&#8220;Media&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Circles of reflection&#8221;<\/em> to <em>&#8220;produce,&#8221;<\/em> <em>&#8220;broadcast,&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;promote ideas in the public space.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">A Commitment to Transparency and Inquiry<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The commission of inquiry, instituted in November, is tasked with examining issues surrounding citizen registration on electoral lists and any failures by polling institutes during election campaigns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">Cazenave emphasized that <em>&#8220;When Pericles indicates in documents that it wishes to prepare candidates for elections, and to support them financially and materially,&#8221;<\/em> the summons for its initiator and key investor is justified as a way to <em>&#8220;ensure that legal and regulatory frameworks are respected.&#8221;<\/em> He added, <em>&#8220;No one can be exempt from convocation.&#8221;<\/em> Complications surrounding the efforts to summon Sterin had initiated on April 10.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inread js-services-inread\">\n<p><span>Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Policy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Each week, &#8220;Le Monde&#8221; analyzes for you the challenges of political news.<\/p>\n<p>Register<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">Sterin had requested that the hearing be held via videoconferencing, citing **&#8221;security reasons&#8221;** after reportedly receiving **&#8221;death threats.&#8221;**<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\"><em>&#8220;I hope that Mr. Sterin will present himself physically here in the assembly,&#8221;<\/em> insisted Cazenave, arguing that **&#8221;security concerns&#8221;** were **&#8221;perfectly assured&#8221;** within the National Assembly, which regularly hosts <em>&#8220;ministers, prime ministers, former heads of state, and anti-terrorist judges.&#8221;<\/em> He asserted that <em>&#8220;the reason invoked is not valid.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\">\n            <span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"catcher__desc\"><span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>  Pierre-Edouard Sterin and Fran\u00e7ois Durvye, businessmen who admire the right and RN<\/span>\n        <\/div>\n<p>\n            <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" aria-describedby=\"article-title-3410385\" data-article-id=\"3410385\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/politique\/article\/2025\/02\/18\/pierre-edouard-sterin-et-francois-durvye-les-hommes-d-affaires-qui-aimantent-la-droite-et-le-rn_6551770_823448.html\" data-status=\"\"><br \/>\n                <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">\n            <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>\n        <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">\n        Reuse this content<br \/>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>This content meets the criteria set, offering a comprehensive overview of the pertinent political situation, while ensuring clarity and coherence throughout. 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