POLITICIANS are often accused of naked ambition – but for this one, that’s no bad thing.
Julian Ferrat has made it his mission to bring sexual liberation to the masses – spectacularly blowing up the uptight image of the typical suited-and-booted politician in the process.
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Sex-mad Julien, 35, is a leading politician in Manheim, Germany, and has dreams of transforming the city and the country – well-known for its love of bureaucracy and order – into a swingers‘ paradise.
Because despite their love of rules and process, Germans do have a few guilty pleasures.
The country widely embraces nudism – and has a very liberal view on sex.
Ferrat, a keen nudist and swinger himself, wants to take that lustful undercurrent very much into the mainstream – and isn’t shy about getting down and dirty in the process.
The leader of the liberal Die Mannheimer party told The Sun how he threw a wild swingers’ party inside his local town hall last Friday – after tricking officials into believing he had booked the room for a political meeting.
Seven people took up Ferrat’s invitation, agreeing to arrive at the town hall at a punctual 9pm – because apparently even a rendezvous of this sort must bow to the German devotion to timekeeping.
But the guest list could have been considerably more crowded.
Around 50 people initially approached Ferrat, prompting him to try to secure a city council permit to transform the civic hall into a veritable lair of lust.
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The council, unsurprisingly, had other ideas – and his request was flatly denied.
But as the palatial clock turned 9pm, the gang crept into the meeting room and began their X-rated rendezvous.
Ferrat tells The Sun: “We were seven men and two women but two of the men watched so there were only seven active participants.
“The room was booked for three hours after I tricked the council and said it was for a political meet-up, therefore no one disturbed us.
“The actual orgy lasted about 60 minutes.”
Ferrat says the group, aged between 28 and 55, spent the rest of the evening knocking back booze, tucking into food and getting to know one another.
He describes the sex-fuelled bash as a success, calling it “a small but delightful swingers party.
“There was a great sense of closeness thanks to the preliminary meetings.
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“It was the best event at the town hall I have ever attended.”
Asked why he came up with the idea, he explains: “It was designed to smash social taboos in Mannheim”, which is governed by the socially conservative Christian Democrats party.
He argues that “group sex with city council members would be the ultimate in closeness with the citizens”, claiming there are no laws that explicitly ban swinger parties at the city hall.
But his romp has sparked a furious backlash, with local politicians coldly warning him “there will be consequences,” local media reported
Ferrat says he could now face a fine of 1,000 euros or more over the stunt.
But the dad-of-three, dubbed “Germany’s craziest councillor”, said the outrageous orgy was the first step in his campaign to turn the city into a “nudist and swingers’ haven”.
From naked shoppers to designated bonking beaches, it’s a dream Julian can already imagine coming true.
Ferrat adds: “People who are nudists and swingers who are practising this lifestyle and coming to the town will be able to walk around naked to the supermarket, to the bank…
“We will also have designated locations where people can have sex like on beaches or swingers clubs.”
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Asked about child safeguarding, Ferrat said: “It’s the decision of the parents if they want to bring their children here.”
He insists his cheeky vision could also deliver a financial boost to the city.
Julian explains: “I want to attract tourists and revenue, I think this is a great idea.
“If we have a lot of private investors, it won’t even cost the city a lot.”
A Mannheim city hall spokesman told local media: “Based on the rudimentary information available so far, there are considerable doubts about the admissibility and feasibility of the plans mentioned.”
The city hall denied Ferrat’s initial request, citing a lack of clear details and an explanation of how the planned event fitted his political mandate.
Officials stressed that their assessment would depend on a formal and comprehensive request being submitted.
Germany’s appetite for partner-swapping is far from niche, with an estimated 128,000 swingers and a thriving network of clubs and venues catering to the country’s non-monogamous crowd.
And Ferrat is proving more than willing to tap into Germany’s racier side, with sex and tourism becoming unlikely tools in his X-rated political pitch.
Last year, he floated an altogether unconventional proposal: an eight-day “fact-finding” jaunt to Cap d’Agde, the French seaside resort notorious as a mecca for swingers.
The idea was to take curious – and potentially sceptical – Germans to the resort to experience its permissive culture first-hand, with the ultimate ambition of transplanting some of its appeal to Mannheim.
For Mr Ferrat, however, this was not merely a matter of sexual liberalism.
He argues that transforming Mannheim into a German counterpart to Cap d’Agde could draw visitors, grow spending and give the city’s economy an unlikely new source of momentum.
He is hoping that stimulating the economy – and voters’ sexual desires – will be a vote-winner.
Who said politics needs to be boring?