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Daniel Cohn-Bendit
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German/French journalist and politician
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Daniel Cohn-Bendit is a German and French politician, journalist, television presenter, and teacher. Born on April 4, 1945, in Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France, he holds dual citizenship in Germany and France. He served as a Member of the European Parliament, working in Strasbourg and Brussels. Cohn-Bendit is a member of the political party Alliance '90/The Greens, as well as the European Council on Foreign Relations and the Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund. He participated in the May 68 events and was educated at Paris Nanterre University.
His professional career includes employment with Europe 1, 3sat, and Schweizer Fernsehen. Cohn-Bendit speaks French and German, with Spanish as his native language. He has authored works including *Apo tēn oikologia stēn autonomia*, *Pour supprimer les partis politiques*, *Helden Haft*, *Der grosse Basar*, and *Mai 68*. He is the sibling of Gabriel Cohn-Bendit.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 35
Top works
- Apo tēn oikologia stēn autonomia
- Pour supprimer les partis politiques
- Helden Haft
- Der grosse Basar
- Mai 68
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Montauban, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit is a French-German politician. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as Dany le Rouge.
Known for
- Les Glucksmann, une histoire de famille — Self : Ancien député européen2026
- Action directe, nos années de plomb — Self : May 68 - Demonstrator & Politician2024
- Godard Cinema — Self2023
- Quelle époque ! — Self - Guest2022
- C ce soir, le débat — Self - Guest2021
- L'affaire Matzneff — Self2020
- Demokratie-Forum Hambacher Schloss — Self2019
- On the Road in France — Self2018
- Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst — Self2018
- François Hollande, le mal-aimé — Self2017
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 31
- Total plays
- 356
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,835x
- Cytoscape: A Software Environment for Integrated Models of Biomolecular Interaction Networks
· 2003 · cited 45,735x
- UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 44,323x
- Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk
· 1979 · cited 40,262x
- MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,827x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Paul Lannoye
- Succeeded by
- Philippe Lamberts
- Born
- Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit , ( 1945-04-04 ) 4 April 1945 (age 81) , Montauban , Occitania , France
- Citizenship
- Stateless (1945–1959), German (since 1959), French (since 2015)
- Party
- Alliance 90/The Greens (1984–), Europe Écologie–The Greens (2010–2012)
- Other political affiliations
- Les Verts (1984–2010)
- Relations
- Gabriel Cohn-Bendit (brother)
- Education
- Paris-Sud University (no degree), University of Paris X: Nanterre (no degree)
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit ( French: [ˌdanjˈɛl(ə) ˈmaʁk ˈkɔ̃n ˌbɛ̃nˈdi]; German: [ˈdaːni̯eːl maʁk koːn ˈbɛndɪt, -ni̯ɛl]; born 4 April 1945) is a French-German politician. Born stateless to a German-Polish Ashkenazi Jewish family, Daniel Cohn-Bendit obtained German citizenship in 1959 and French citizenship in 2015.
Cohn-Bendit was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France and was also known during that time as Dany le Rouge (French for "Danny the Red", because of both his politics and the colour of his hair). He was co-president of the group European Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament. He co-chairs the Spinelli Group, a European Parliament inter-group aiming at relaunching the federalist project in Europe. He was a recipient of the European Parliament's European Initiative Prize in 2016.
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