French politician, a Member of the European Parliament from 1979 until 2009. Elected in the Île-de-France constituency on the French Communist Party (PCF) ticket, he sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group, and is its current President. He was nominated by EUL/NGL as their candidate for President of the European Parliament in the 2004 election. He received 51 votes. A university graduate in literature (philosophy), he worked for a time as a State school teacher. He has been a member of the central committee of the PCF since 1979. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
Born: Sat Jan 03 1948 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) in Strasbourg, France