[1] A member of the UDF, he served as deputy for the unified party from 1993 to 1997, before joining the National Rally during the regional elections of 2021.

He put an end to the activities of the independence organizations and had the members of the Caribbean Revolutionary Army (ARC) arrested.

He was one of the initiators of the re-opening of Vatry airport and the promoter of partnerships with several regions of eastern countries (the CEEC) notably those of Oryol (in USSR), Toruń (in Poland), Piatra Neamț (in Romania), Košice (in Slovakia) and Schwerin (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).

[5] Yves Bonnet left his post as regional prefect to establish himself politically in Cherbourg, where he was an opposition municipal councilor representing the UDF.

He is the author of numerous books, ranging from investigative documents to spy novels, and regularly speaks in the press about Iranian and Middle Eastern issues and terrorism.