Carl Lang (born 20 September 1957 in
Vernon,
Eure
) is a French
politician and Member of the European
Parliament for the north-west
of France
. He
was member of the
National
Front from 1978 to 2008; he is currently president and
co-founder of the
Parti de la
France. (
Front National and
Parti de la
France are both classified by their opponents as
far-right
party.)
He was a
member of the europarliamentary group "Identity Tradition and
Sovereignty" (ITS) in the European Parliament
until its dissolving in November 2007.
Currently a
Non-Inscrits, he is member
of the
Committee on
Employment and Social Affairs.
Carl Lang
is also a substitute for the Committee on Fisheries and the
Committee on
Industry, Research and Energy, a member of the delegation for
relations with Belarus
, and a
substitute for the delegation to the EU–Romania
Joint
Parliamentary Committee.
Ahead of the
2009 European
elections, he announced that he would run a dissident FN list
against the official FN list led by
Marine
Le Pen in the
North-West
constituency.
Career
- State diploma as a masseur-physiotherapist (1980)
- Secretary-General of the National Front (1988-1995,
1998-2006)
- Member
of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Regional Council (since 1992)
- Member
of the European
Parliament
(since 1994)
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