Jean-Marie Cavada (born 24 February 1940 in Ăpinal, Vosges) is a French politician and former journalist and media executive who last served as a Member of the European Parliament for Ile de France from 2004 until 2019. Since 3 December 2011 he is president of the European Movement France. Cavada was born on 24 February 1940 in Ăpinal, Lorraine, to Spanish parents who disappeared during World War II. He was raised