Overview
- Pierre-Edouard Stérin testified to a Senate commission Thursday, speaking for more than 90 minutes by videoconference about the financing and goals of his philanthropic network.
- He said he founded two bodies, the Fonds du bien commun to fund public‑interest projects and Périclès to support métapolitical work that aims to influence debate without directly running candidates.
- Stérin framed his politics as centre‑right overall, said he favors strict 'remigration' of foreign criminals and undocumented people, and described his economic views as libertarian conservative.
- He told senators that, to his knowledge, no legal proceedings target the actions of his foundations and defended a high level of transparency while acknowledging gaps in his personal technical knowledge of some legal structures.
- Lawmakers pressed him on the boundary between métapolitics and politics and on foreign residency after he moved to Belgium in 2012, a line of inquiry that keeps parliamentary and judicial scrutiny of private political funding active.