Daniel COHN-BENDIT

BCPRConference of Presidents

AFETCommittee on Foreign Affairs

• Advanced school-leaving certificate, Odenwaldschule (1966). Studied sociology at the University of Nanterre. Spokesman and leader, Paris May Revolution (1968). Deported from France (1968). Childcare worker with the Kinderladen movement in Frankfurt; bookseller at the Karl-Marx bookshop (1969-1973). Editor-in-chief and publisher of Pflasterstrand magazine (1976). Honorary head of department, Office for Multicultural Affairs (Frankfurt/Main) (1989). Presenter of the Swiss television programme Literaturklub (since 1994).
• Various publications and films.
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994). Delegation Chairman, EU - Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-2002). Co-chairman of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (since 2002).
• Honorary doctorate from the Catholic University of Tilburg, Netherlands (1997), Trombinoscope 'Political Discovery' award for special contributions in the field of politics (1998).