Daniel Cohn-Bendit

German/French journalist and politician

Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (French pronunciation: ​[danjɛl maʁk kɔn bɛndit]; German: [koːn ˈbɛndɪt]; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France.[1]

Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Daniel Cohn-Bendit in 2012
Co-president of the European Greens–European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament
In office
2004–2014
Succeeded byPhilippe Lamberts
Personal details
Born
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit

(1945-04-04) 4 April 1945 (age 79)
Montauban, Occitania, France
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens (Germany)
Europe Écologie–The Greens (France)
ResidenceFrankfurt, Germany
Websitecohn-bendit.eu

He was co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament for ten years between 2004 and 2014.[2]

References change

  1. ZEIT Online Cohn-Bendit zieht sich 2014 aus Politik zurück
  2. "Prix de l'Initiative Europeenne" [European Initiative Prize]. Institut de Recherche et de Communication sur l'Europe. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.