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13-449: Baudis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dominique Baudis (1947–2014), French ombudsman Laura Baudis (born 1969), Romanian-born German particle astrophysicist Pavel Baudiš (born 1960), Czech software entrepreneur, co-founder of Avast [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Baudis . If an internal link intending to refer to

26-506: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baudis&oldid=1113682192 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Dominique Baudis Dominique Baudis ( French: [bodi] ; 14 April 1947 – 10 April 2014)

39-430: A surprisingly low result for the centrist party, thought to be France's third party. The far-right FN suffered loses, being reduced to only 3 MEPs. The conservative nationalist Libertas coalition formed around Philippe de Villiers 's Movement for France , but also including the smaller agrarian Hunting, Fishing, Nature, Tradition , suffered losses compared to the two parties' combined 8% showing in 2004. De Villiers

52-1012: The Arab World Institute . In 2009, the UMP nominated him to lead the UMP list in the South-West for the 2009 European election . His list won 26.89% and he was elected to the European Parliament for a third time. For the first time, the Presidential Majority (meaning all the parties gathered around Nicolas Sarkozy) scored four seats in the European Parliament, two more than the Socialist Party, French South-West's leading force. In some urban areas, such as Toulouse, Bordeaux, Bayonne and Montpellier, he scored more than 30%. In July 2009, he

65-597: The 72 French Members of the European Parliament . Due to the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in the European Union in 2007, the number of seats allocated to France was revised from 78 to 72 seats, a loss of 6 seats. France now represents only 9.8% of all European MEPs compared to 12.5% in 2004 and 19.8% in 1979, following the first European election . The turnout in European elections in France has almost always declined, with

78-711: The Regional Council of the Midi-Pyrénées , also in 1986 he was elected to the French National Assembly representing Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency . He won re-election in 1988, 1993 and 1997. He led the UDF - RPR list in the 1994 European election . In 2001, Jacques Chirac appointed him president of the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), a post which he held until 2007, when Chirac appointed him president of

91-637: The popular vote. However, many have said that the UMP is the only governing party in France, making its position very weak compared to the combined opposition. Led since the tumultuous Reims Congress by Martine Aubry , the main opposition party, the Socialists , won a very bad result: only 16.48% and suffering a loss of 17 seats. Prominent Socialist MEPs, including defeated leadership candidate Benoît Hamon , lost their seats. The Socialists lost most votes in middle-class urban areas, while holding their ground better in their rural strongholds. The Europe Ecology

104-416: The sole exception of an increase in 1994, falling from 60.7% turnout in the 1979 election to 43.1% in the latest election in 2004. [REDACTED] Nicolas Sarkozy 's governing Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) won a pleasing result, the first time the presidential party had won since the first European elections in 1979. Compared to the party's disastrous 2004 result, it gained 12 seats and over 11% in

117-517: Was a foreign correspondent for TF1 in the Middle East from 1976 to 1977. He was news anchor on TF1 from 1977 to 1980 and from 1980 to 1982 on FR3 . A member of the CDS (a member of the centre-right UDF , he was elected to replace his father, Pierre Baudis as mayor of Toulouse in the 1983 French municipal elections . In 1984, he was elected to the European Parliament , in 1986 he became President of

130-793: Was elected vice-president of the Commission of Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament and in November 2009 he was named rapporteur on the Association Agreement with Syria . Baudis was nominated by the prime minister to the new office of Defender of Rights , essentially an ombudsman role, and was appointed by the Council of State with effect from July 2011. 2009 European Parliament election in France European Parliament elections were held in France on Sunday 7 June 2009 to elect

143-547: Was re-elected, becoming the only Libertas.eu MEP elected in the European Union. On the left of the PS, the new Left Front formed around the French Communist Party and the smaller Left Party surpassed Olivier Besancenot 's New Anticapitalist Party . The Left Front and an ally overseas won 6.47% and 5 seats, while Besancenot's NPA won only 4.88% and no seats (despite polling better on aggregate than Libertas, which did win

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156-515: Was the French Defender of Rights (ombudsman). Formerly a journalist, politician and mayor of Toulouse , he had been a member of Liberal Democracy and later of the leading centre-right Union for a Popular Movement . Dominique Baudis was born in Paris . He was educated at Sciences Po where he graduated in 1968. His father, Pierre Baudis , served as the mayor of Toulouse . A journalist , he

169-463: Was the surprise of these elections, with a remarkable 16.28% and the same number of MEPs as the Socialist Party. The green coalition's result was the best result ever for any French Green party, beating out the previous record set by Antoine Waechter in the 1989 European elections – 10.59%. The gains made by the Greens also came from the centrist MoDem led by François Bayrou . The MoDem won only 8.45%,

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