Education
Toulouse university; spoken languages: French.
Member of the European Parliament
Toulouse university; spoken languages: French.
Regional councillor; regional and national posts French Socialist Party (PS). Member of the European Parliament, I98I-: Vice Chairman, Socialist group, 1984-1989. Member, Political Affairs Committee, Substitute, since 1989.
Chairman, Development and Cooperation Committee, since 1989. Member, Budgetary Control Committee, since 1989. Vice Chairman, ACP-EC Joint Assembly.