The deputy (Debout la France) of Pas-de-Calais, José Evrard, died of the consequences of Covid-19 at the age of 76, announce his son and his parliamentary attaché, Guillaume Kaznowski, Friday January 7. “I have the immense sadness to announce to you this evening the disappearance of the deputy of Pas de Calais Jose Évrard following the Covid19. I am thinking this evening of his wife, his son, his grandchildren”, post the latter on Twitter.
“He had been hospitalized since December 27, following breathing difficulties”, he adds to the Parisian. The only son of the deceased, Rémi Evrard, confirmed this disappearance to AFP, specifying that his father, hospitalized in Arras and who campaigned against the vaccination obligation and the health pass, was “vaccinated”.
Communist activist for 36 years, José Evrard left the Communist Party to join the National Front in 2014 “for notions of sovereignty and national independence”, esteeming himself “betrayed on his commitments”. He had won for the FN the 3rd district of Pas-de-Calais, by 52.94% of the vote, in June 2017 against the Modem Patrick Debruyne.
He then joined the Patriots in November 2017, a decision qualified as “treason” by the FN. A postman by training before becoming a permanent member of the Communist Party in Lens for 15 years, this native of Cauchy-à-la-Tour, had made a final shift by joining in 2019 the Debout France party of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan. The latter shares his “immense sadness” on Twitter and greet his “friend”, “a courageous, upright, kind man”.
I have just learned with immense sadness of the disappearance of my friend and colleague José Evrard. Son of a miner who became a deputy for Pas-de-Calais, he embodied this land in the mining basin. A courageous, upright, kind man … 1/2
– N. Dupont-Aignan (@dupontaignan) January 7, 2022
The President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand, also reacts on the social network and addresses “to his wife, his children, his relatives, as well as his colleagues and collaborators” his “moved and united thoughts in the sorrow”.