Carine Montaner

Carine Montaner Raynaud (born 6 June 1978)[1] is an Andorran politician who has served in the General Council since 2015.

Biography

Born in Toulouse, France, Montaner obtained a master's degree in Economic Sciences and Business Management, and another in Economic and Social Engineering of Territorial Policies, both from the University of Toulouse. She became a professor at the Universitat d'Andorra.[2] She has served in Andorra's delegation as an associate member of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie.[3] She was elected to the General Council in 2015 as a member of the Liberal Party of Andorra (PLA; now Liberals of Andorra) and Lauredian Union (UL).[2] She was second on the party's list in Sant Julià de Lòria; they won in the parish with 47% of the vote.[4]

Montaner was re-elected in 2019 in the same parish, again behind Josep Majoral on the list, but this time for the Third Way (TV) and UL.[5] She left the party in March 2021 due to disagreements with leader Josep Pintat Forné on the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic;[6] Montaner opposed vaccine passports, believed vaccines to be "experimental" and opposed vaccination for the young.[2] Days later, she launched the new party Andorra Forward (AE).[7]

Ahead of the 2023 election, Montaner proposed solving Andorra's housing crisis by affordably renting the principality's 6,000 foreign-owned empty properties, limiting immigration, a referendum on the country's abortion law (as of the election, it was one of three European countries with no legal abortion), a referendum on permitting dual nationality, and neutrality on international issues including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] With 16% of the vote, the party won three seats including Montaner, all from the national list.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Carine Montaner Raynaud" (in Catalan). General Council (Andorra). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Sanjuan, Albert (27 March 2023). ""No entenc que em diguin populista només per anar a contracorrent"" ["I don't understand being called a populist just for going against the grain"] (in Catalan). Alta Veu. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Delegació parlamentària a l'assemblea de la francofonia". Bondia (in Catalan). 28 September 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Liberals d'Andorra obté una segona parròquia amb la victòria a Sant Julià" [Liberals of Andorra obtain a second parish with victory in Sant Julià]. Ara (in Catalan). 1 March 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Terceravia-UL torna a guanyar a Sant Julià" [Third Way-UL win again in Sant Julià]. Ara (in Catalan). 8 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  6. ^ Solanelles, Toni (9 March 2021). "Carine Montaner deixa Terceravia, es queda al Consell com a no adscrita i planteja un nou partit" [Carine Montaner leaves Third Way, stays in the Council as an independent and proposes a new party] (in Catalan). Alta Veu. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. ^ "El partit de Carine Montaner es dirà Andorra Endavant" [Carine Montaner's party will be called Andorra Forward]. Diari d'Andorra (in Catalan). 16 March 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Espot reivindica el proyecto de Demòcrates en Andorra después de conseguir mayoría absoluta" [Espot renews the Democrats' project in Andorra after achieving absolute majority] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 3 April 2023. Retrieved 27 April 2023.


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