Henri Malosse video presentationHenri 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.[1] He graduated from the Sciences Po in 1976.[2]
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. [citation needed]
He was involved in European policies for SMEs, inspiring the creation of the Euro Info Centres.[1] He worked to create the Delegation of the Assembly of French Chambers of Commerce and Industry to the European Union, and assumed its Direction six years later.[1]
He also participated in the European Association of Small and Medium Enterprises at the European Parliament.[1]
In 1995 he was appointed by the French government in the European Economic and Social Committee - EESC, the 5th Institution of the European Union, writing more than 50 reports including a critic of the posted workers directive. He was the chair of the pre-accession EU-Bulgaria Consultative Committee, and of the Employer's Group from 2016 to 2013 - In 2013, He was elected the 30th President of the EESC.[3]
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.[citation needed]
He was the first EU representative to participate at Euromaidan in Kiev in December 2013[citation needed] and to pay a visit to the 14th Dalai LamainDharamsala on 10 March 2014.[4] 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.[citation needed]
(with Frederic Fappani von Lothringen) L'Europe c'est quoi pour toi ?, Ed. Harmattan, 2019 (ISBN9782343161280)
(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, (ISBN9782296961074)
(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 BruylantArchived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, 2010, (ISBN9782802728146)
(with Bernard Huchet) Unifying the Greater Europe /Unifier la Grande Europe/, preface by Jean-Pierre Raffarin, postscript by Jacques Santer, Editions BruylantArchived 2014-03-01 at the Wayback Machine, 2001, (ISBN2802715291)
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, (ISBN2279618095)
(with Pascal Fontaine) The European Institutions /Les institutions européennes/, Retz, 1992, (ISBN2725614961)
(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, (ISBN227964004X)
