Danielle de March-Ronco

Danielle de March-Ronco (born 6 August 1939 in Lérouville) is a French politician and communist, who formerly served as vice-president of the European Parliament.

Biography

de March is the daughter of a stonemason and an office worker. After earning her national diploma, she worked for the URSSAF.[1]

She became active in politics and trade unionism as a member of the General Confederation of Labour and the French Communist Party. In 1979, she was elected to the European Parliament with the Communist Party. She would be named vice-president of the legislature during her first mandate. She was re-elected in 1984, and would continue to serve as an MEP until 1989.

In 1979, she was the only women to sit on the Var council.[1] She was also elected a city councillor in Toulon in 1989 and 1995.

In February 2004, she became president of the Amicale des vétérans communistes varois.

Bibliography

  • Cet homme face au soleil, Manugraph, 2005[2]
  • Les mots de flamme, Transbordeurs, 2008
  • L’empreinte des saisons, Éditions du Losange, 2011
  • Les cahiers de Nina, Éditions du Losange, 2015
  • Mon Toulon, nos résistances, Éditions du Losange, 2017[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Jacques Girault. "DE MARCH Danielle [épouse COLONNA puis RONCO]". /maitron.fr..
  2. ^ Jean Morawski (September 2005). "L'inventaire de la douleur". L'Humanité..
  3. ^ Guillaume de Saint Vulfran (November 2017). "[Lecture] Danielle De March au fil des résistances". La Marseillaise. Retrieved 21 April 2020.[permanent dead link‍].