Carine Montaner Raynaud (born 6 June 1978) 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. She has served in Andorra's delegation as an associate member of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. 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). She was second on the party's list in Sant Julià de Lòria; they won in the parish with 47% of the vote.
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. She left the party in March 2021 due to disagreements with leader Josep Pintat Forné on the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic; Montaner opposed vaccine passports, believed vaccines to be "experimental" and opposed vaccination for the young. Days later, she launched the new party Andorra Forward (AE).
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. With 16% of the vote, the party won three seats including Montaner, all from the national list.
References
- "Carine Montaner Raynaud" (in Catalan). General Council (Andorra). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ 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.
- "Delegació parlamentària a l'assemblea de la francofonia". Bondia (in Catalan). 28 September 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- "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.
- "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.
- 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.
- "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.
- "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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