Carl Lang (born 20 September 1957) is a

French politician The politics of France take place within the framework of a semi-presidential systems, semi-presidential system determined by the Constitution of France, French Constitution of the French Fifth Republic. The nation declares itself to be an "in ...

and former

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

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 The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

until its dissolving in November 2007. Currently a

Non-Inscrit Non-attached members, also known by the French term (, NI), are members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who do not belong to one of the recognised political groups, which as May 2025 consisted of 8 groups ranging between far-left and far-r ...

, he is member of the

Committee on Employment and Social Affairs The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) is a Committees of the European Parliament, committee of the European Parliament. It is responsible for issues of employment and social policy, including labour rights, social security, inclusion ...

. Carl Lang is also a substitute for the

Committee on Fisheries The Committee on Fisheries (PECH) is a committee of the European Parliament. Chris Davies was the chairman (2019 – 2020) - until the United Kingdom left the European Union. Committee mandate PECH is the European Parliament committee responsi ...

and the

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly or other form of organization. A committee may not itself be considered to be a form of assembly or a decision-making body. Usually, an assembly o ...

, a member of the delegation for relations with

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, and a substitute for the delegation to the EU–

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

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 Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician of the far-right National Rally, National Rally party (RN). She served as the party's president from 2011 to 2021, and ran for the French presidency in ...

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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais (; ; West Flemish: ''Nôord-Nauw van Kales'') was a former regions of France, administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new Regions of France, region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the ...

Regional Council (since 1992) * Member of the

(since 1994)

External links

Carl Lang

European Parliament biography
1957 births Living people People from Vernon, Eure Politicians from Normandy Party of France politicians MEPs for North-West France 2004–2009 National Rally MEPs MEPs for North-West France 2009–2014 MEPs for France 1994–1999 National Rally politicians French people of German descent {{France-politician-FN-stub