Born in Montauban 70 years ago Daniel Cohn-Bendit has taken French nationality. His parents were German refugees of Jewish origin and Dany rose to fame (infamy?) in 1968 as a leader in the student revolts which led to major changes to the education system and had a widespread impact throughout Europe. Dubbed "Dany le Rouge" he was expelled from France, having opted for German nationality to avoid military service.
Remaining radical, Dany became a militant ecologist and was elected as a Euro deputy in France and has now applied for French nationality to reflect, as he says, his triple identity: French, German and European.
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