[1][2] Ugo Bernalicis was born into a family close to the communist movement, with a militant father, an elected grandfather and a great-grandfather who was deported to the Dachau concentration camp because of his political convictions.

In 2007, Ugo Bernalicis joined the Socialist Party and moved closer to Marie-Noëlle Lienemann and Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

He was a candidate in the 2012 legislative elections in the 2nd constituency of Nord, supported by the French Communist Party, the Communist Coordination, the Unitary Left and the Left Party, where he came in fourth place in the first round with 8.87% of votes.

[7] He also ran in the 2015 regional elections in Hauts-de-France, in 61st position on the list led by Sandrine Rousseau (Europe Ecology – The Greens, Left Party, New Deal), ranked fifth with 4.83% of the vote.

In the National Assembly, he sits on the Constitutional Acts, Legislation and General Administration Committee.