Elected Marquillies mayor in 1995, he was re-elected following every municipal poll ever since.
He is also communal advisor of the Lille Metropole urban Community.
[1] On the occasion of the French legislative elections of 2007, he submitted his candidacy to the Nord's 11th constituency but was eliminated following the first round with 5,61 % of votes.
[2] During the Senate elections of 2011, he was elected top of the Nord department Communist Party list[3] and became Nord Senator on 25 September 2011.
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