Henri Malosse

Henri Malosse (born 6 October 1954 in Montpellier, France) is a French politician and representative of the business world. he has been the 30th President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) (April 2013 - October 2015).

Biography

Henri Malosse, former EESC President with Ruslana Lyzhychko and José Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, at the 01/2014 EESC Plenary in Brussels.

Henri Malosse was born in Montpellier in a family of professors from Corsica. He graduated from the Sciences Po in 1976.

He began exploring the cultures of Germany, Eastern Europe and speaks Polish, Russian English and German.

Henri Malosse supported strongly the freedom's movement in Poland (Solidarnosc), met Lech Walesa in 1976 in Gdansk and was banned by the polish communist regime of Jaruzelski during 8 years. He has been harassed by the secret police of the polish communist regime. His file can be found in the archivum of IPN in Warsaw.

He was involved in European policies for SMEs, inspiring the creation of the Euro Info Centres.

His presidency took attention to the European media thanks to his critical position on EU stand to Greece during the financial crisis . He signed a Protocol of cooperation with Martin Schulz, the President of the European parliament.

He was the first EU representative to participate at Euromaidan in Kiev in December 2013 and to pay a visit to the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamsala on 10 March 2014. His political engagement raised a lot of criticism from the Chinese Communist Party and their supporters in Europe. He was also put temporarily on a blacklist by the Russian federation.

On 15 October 2014, Henri Malosse received the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the former President of the French Republic, Valery Giscard d'Estaing, in Brussels.

Publications (with Frederic Fappani von Lothringen) L'Europe c'est quoi pour toi ?, Ed. Harmattan, 2019 (with Laure Limousin) Building Europe: The History and Future of a Europe of the People /Construction européenne-Histoires et avenir d’une Europe des peuples/ ed L’harmattan, 2012, (with Bruno Vever) We must save the European citizen! - A "C plan" to a citizens' Europe /Il faut sauver le citoyen européen ! - Un "plan C" pour rendre l'Europe aux citoyens/, Editions Bruylant , 2010, (with Pascal Fontaine) Europe from A to Z /L'Europe de A à Z/, Editions Bruylant , 2006, (with Bernard Huchet) Unifying the Greater Europe /Unifier la Grande Europe/, preface by Jean-Pierre Raffarin, postscript by Jacques Santer, Editions Bruylant , 2001, Europe at your doorstep: a guide to EU funding mechanisms /L'Europe à votre porte : les instruments de financement et de cooperation/, Paris : Centre français du commerce extérieur, 1991, (with Pascal Fontaine) The European Institutions /Les institutions européennes/, Retz, 1992, (with Édith Cresson), Europe at your doorstep: practical manual on the actions of the EEC concerning economic operators /L'Europe à votre porte : manuel pratique sur les actions de la CEE intéressant les opérateurs économiques, Paris: Centre français du commerce extérieur, 1989,