François Alfonsi
{{short description|French politician (born 1953)}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{ infobox officeholder
| name = François Alfonsi
| image = (François Alfonsi) El vicepresident del Govern, Pere Aragonès, es reuneix amb una delegació d'eurodiputats de l'Aliança Lliure Europea.jpg
| office = Member of the European Parliament
| term_start = 2 July 2019
| term_end = 15 July 2024
| constituency = France
| term_start2 = 14 July 2009
| term_end2 = 30 June 2014
| constituency2 = South-East France
| office3 = President of the European Free Alliance
| term_start3 = 2014
| term_end3 = 2019
| predecessor3 = Eric Defoort
| successor3 = Lorena López de Lacalle
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|09|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Ajaccio, Corsica
| party = Party of the Corsican Nation
Femu a Corsica
}}
François Alfonsi (born 14 September 1953) is a French politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2014 for the South-East France constituency. He was reelected to that position in May 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96750/FRANCOIS_ALFONSI/home|title=Home {{!}} MEPs {{!}} European Parliament|website=europarl.europa.eu|date=14 September 1953 |language=en|access-date=2021-10-04}}
Political career
Alfonsi has been a Corsican nationalist since the 1970s, and was elected in 1987 to the Corsican Assembly. He was Mayor of Osani from 2002 until 2020. He is currently a member of Femu a Corsica, after having been a member of the Party of the Corsican Nation (PNC).
In the 2009 European elections, Alfonsi was the second candidate on the Europe Écologie list in the South-East region, and was elected to the European Parliament. He was the second Corsican nationalist after Max Simeoni (Green, 1989–1994) to be elected to the European Parliament. Since 2021, he has been part of the Parliament's delegation to the EU-UK Parliamentary Assembly, which provides parliamentary oversight over the implementation of the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.Hans von der Burchard and Maïa de La Baume (5 October 2021), [https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-approves-eu-uk-brexit-assembly-cooperation-agreement/ European Parliament approves new joint EU-UK Brexit assembly] Politico Europe.
In addition to his committee assignments, Alfonsi is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-traditional-minorities-national-communities-and-languages.pdf Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages] European Parliament.
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- [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/committees/view.do?language=EN&id=96750 European Parliament – Your MEPs – François Alfonsi]
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Category:Politicians from Ajaccio
Category:MEPs for South-East France 2009–2014
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