Event Description
As a leader of the European Parliament’s green coalition, Europe Écologie, Daniel Cohn-Bendit has effectively channeled public concern for the environment, gaining the coalition unexpected support in the last elections. “We have a project for Europe,” Cohn-Bendit told The New York Times in 2009, “an idea — the ecological transformation of our way of production and way of life.” The Franco-German leader is no newcomer to transformative ideas: he initially rose to prominence during the 1968 student uprisings in Paris. In the intervening years, Mr. Cohn-Bendit joined the German Green Party, wrote extensively about his experiences in the student protests and counterculture and served as deputy mayor of Frankfurt before being elected to the European parliament.
Speaker
Daniel Cohn-Bendit is Co-President of the European parliamentary group Greens/European Free Alliance, which is made up of Greens and representatives of stateless nations and disadvantaged minorities.