Formerly a member of the National Front (FN), Monot left the party in May 2018 to join Debout la France. Monot cited the FN's support for leaving the eurozone and a lack of attention to social and economic issues as reasons for leaving the party.[2]
Bernard Monot attended a higher business school and obtained a Master's degree in economics between 1982 and 1988; then he studied at HEC Paris in 1998-1999.[3]