André Diligent
Itinéraire d'un chrétien démocrate du Nord
Description:... "I am a quadruple citizen: inhabitant from Roubaix, french, european and citizen of the world" this is the profession of faith of Andre Diligent, born in 1919 very close to the city hall of Roubaix, the city whose chief Magistrate he had been from 1983 to 1994. First aim of this biography is to remind what he owes to his father, the christ democrat Victor Diligent, a lawyer of rich and poor people, second aims is to present his commitment within the republican and popular movement arise from the Resistance attached to the family, to authority as well as to social concern and spirit of justice. Considered by the media as Mister Clean or naive person from Senat because he denounced clandestine publicity on TV. Andre Diligent has been fighting during 25 years to pay tribute to the member of the Resistance of La Voix du Nord, he is clear headed about Algeria and environment. This catholic man from Roubaix, “able to do everything” for his city, enrolled in the Resistance, followed Pierre Pflimlin for a Europe community close to its citizens. Striking and frienldy speaker, Andre Diligent had to face family ordeal but never forgot to “play collectively”.
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