Danielle de March-Ronco

Danielle de March-Ronco 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.
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. 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.