Daniel Cohn-Bendit is a French-born German politician, active in both countries. He was a student leader during the unrest of May 1968 in France. He has been co-president of the group European Greens-European Free Alliance in the European Parliament since 2002. He is a Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and a member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. In 2010, he was involved in founding JCall, advocacy group based in Europe to lobby the European parliament on foreign policy issues concerning the Middle East.