Raymond Barre has had a long and distinguished career in government and academic and political life in France and in Europe. His academic career began at the Law and Economics Faculty of the University of Caen in 1950. From 1963 to 1994 he occupied the Chair of Political Economy at France's prestigious Institut de Sciences Politiques in Paris. He was named Professor Emeritus in 1994.

Raymond Barre was Vice-President of the Commission of the European Communities from 1967 to 1972, w... More >