Christine Defraigne


Christine Defraigne is a Belgian politician and a member of the MR. She was the President of the Belgian Senate, in office 2014 to 2018.

Political views

In 2009 Christine Defraigne proposed a nationwide ban of the burqa. She has also called the burkini a "rejection of the freedom of women". Her proposal to stop slaughtering animals without anesthesia resulted in a ban on this practice in Wallonia. She is a feminist.

Criticism

In 2016 she was criticized for wearing a scarf while visiting Tehran. She defended herself saying she "didn't do anything different from what other western prominent women do". She was also accused of having said that the West "has a lot to learn from Islam", but denies that herself.