Carl Lang

{{short description|French politician}}

{{ infobox Politician

| name = Carl Lang

| image = Carl Lang.jpg

| caption = Carl Lang in 2009

| office = Member of the European Parliament

| term_start = 1994

| term_end = 2009

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|20|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Vernon, France

| nationality = French

| party = National Front
Party of France

}}

Carl Lang (born 20 September 1957) is a French politician and former Member of the European Parliament for the North-West constituency. He was member of the National Front from 1978 to 2008; he is currently president and co-founder of the Party of France (Front National and Party of France are both classified by their opponents as a far-right party).

He was a member of the europarliamentary group "Identity Tradition and Sovereignty" (ITS) in the European Parliament until its dissolving in November 2007. Currently{{when|date=April 2022}} a Non-Inscrit, he is member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

Carl Lang is also a substitute for the Committee on Fisheries and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, a member of the delegation for relations with Belarus, and a substitute for the delegation to the EURomania Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Ahead of the 2009 European elections, he announced that he would run a dissident FN list against the official FN list led by Marine Le Pen in the North-West constituency.

Career

  • State diploma as a masseur-physiotherapist (1980)
  • Secretary-General of the National Front (1988–1995, 1998–2006)
  • Member of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regional Council (since 1992)
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1994)