Daniel Cohn-Bendit

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Daniel Cohn-Bendit MEP a. D.
Cohn-Bendit in 2018
Leader of Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament
In office 20 July 2004 – 1 July 2014 Serving with Rebecca Harms
Preceded by	Paul Lannoye
Succeeded by	Philippe Lamberts
Member of the European Parliament for Germany (France; 1999–2004; 2009–2014)
In office 19 July 1994 – 1 July 2014
Preceded by	multi-member district
Succeeded by	multi-member district
Personal details
Born	Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (1945-04-04) 4 April 1945 (age 79) Montauban, Occitania, France
Citizenship	Stateless (1945-1959) German (since 1959) French (since 2015)
Political party	Alliance 90/The Greens (1984–) Europe Écologie–The Greens (2010–2012)
Other political affiliations	Les Verts (1984–2010)
Children	1
Residence(s)	Frankfurt, Germany
Alma mater	Paris-Sud University (no degree) Paris Nanterre University (no degree)
Website	Official website

Daniel Marc Cohn-Bendit (French pronunciation: [danjɛl maʁk kɔn bɛndit]; German: [koːn ˈbɛndɪt]; born 4 April 1945)^[1] is a European politician. Born Stateless in a German-Polish Ashkenazi Jewish family,^[2] 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^[3] 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.^[4]

Cohn-Bendit's 1970s writings on sexuality between adults and children later proved controversial in 2001 and 2013.^[5]