Danielle de March-Ronco explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jacques Girault. DE MARCH Danielle [épouse COLONNA puis RONCO]]. /maitron.fr. .
2. Web site: Jean Morawski. September 2005. L'inventaire de la douleur. L'Humanité. .
3. Web site: Guillaume de Saint Vulfran. November 2017. [Lecture] Danielle De March au fil des résistances]. 21 April 2020. La Marseillaise. .