Eric Defoort

Eric Defoort (27 June 1943 in Ypres, Belgium – 16 or 17 December 2016)[1][2] was a Flemish Belgian politician and president of the European Free Alliance.

[3] In 1982, he became the chief librarian and a professor of history at the Catholic University of Brussels.

At the EFA-General Assembly in Venice, March 2010, he was elected the new President of the European Free Alliance.

As historian he studied in depth the history of nationalism and published on topics like identity.

As president, he saw to the organisation and strategy of the European Free Alliance.