Gérard Onesta (born 5 August 1960 in Albi) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the South West of France. Toulouse ( pronounced in standard French, and in the local accent ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced) is a city in southwest Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. For the city in Calabria Italy see Albi Italy. Albi is a commune in southern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A Member of the European Parliament ( English abbreviation MEP) is a member of the European Union 's legislative body the European Parliament. He is a member of the French Green Party, part of the European Greens. Les Verts (or The Greens are an Ecologist Political party to the Centre-left of the Political spectrum in France. The European Green Party (or European Greens or EGP) is the Green Political party at European level. On 20 July 2004 he was elected one of the 14 Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The President of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament. The European Parliament ( Europarl or EP) is the only directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU