A member of the European Parliament, representing North Western France, he is also a member of the European People's Party, a party which claims to occupy the political centre ground. He is also, however, a member of the splinter group called the Union for a Popular Movement; a somewhat right wing leaning Conservative Association whose original president Allain Juppe was forced to resign after being convicted on charges of corruption; several other members were also involved in police enquiries. French President Jacques Chirac was strongly supported by the UPM but his support for the proposed membership of Turkey in the EU last a lot of support and Nicolas Sarkozy took over the presidency of the party in 2004 as a steppingstone to the French presidency.

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Many honours and have been heaped upon Jean Paul Gauzes, all of a legal or political category. He is a Knight of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion D'honneur, Knight of the Order of Academic Palms. He has been a lecturer in social science, a mayor of St-Agathe-d'Ailermont, a Paris lawyer, an advisor in banking taxation, a departmental head in the Ministry for Education. As part of his duties as a member of the European Parliament he is a member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, is vice president of a commission of enquiry looking into the circumstances surrounding the fall of the Equitable Life Insurance Company and works with a number of delegations fostering friendly relationships with Eastern Europe and Iran.