Jacques Généreux (born 9 May 1956) is a French economist and politician. He is a reader of economics at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. Politically active, he opposed economic liberalism and he was close to Jean-Luc Mélenchon within the PS before having followed him to form the Left Party when he left the PS in November 2008.In 2009, he was selected to lead the Left Front list in the West constituency ahead of the 2009 European elections. Source: Wikipedia (en)