the political fight of Sonia Backès

In the corridors of the Ministry of the Interior, she has made the fight against sectarian aberrations her fight. During his youth, Sonia Backès grew up alongside a Scientologist mother. It all starts for Secretary ofState in charge of Citizenship, at the age of 10. At the time, his mother was approached in the street to answer a personality test. “This personality test quite simply made it possible to identify the points of weakness, the vulnerabilities, to better return by proposing elements of response to its points of weakness”testifies the member of the government.

Broken ties with his mother

The phenomenon of influence against his mother would then have begun. Spiritual movement founded in United States, Scientology has existed since 1959 in France, where it is closely watched because it is suspected of sectarian aberrations by the authorities. In her youth, Sonia Backès joins theEschool of theÉveil, who would be close to Scientology and whose mother becomes the director. For two years, his life is governed by Scientology, before becoming aware in college, thanks to the help of a comrade. After her release, she never managed to get her mother away from the movement and broke all ties with her. A personal journey that she has now transformed into a political fight.