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alejandro cercas

alejandro cercas alonso -lrb- born 25 may 1949 , cáceres -rrb- is a spanish politician and member of the european parliament for the spanish socialist workers ' party , part of the party of european socialists .
cercas began his political career in 1982 when he was elected to the spanish congress of deputies , representing caceres and was re-elected at the subsequent elections in 1986 , 1989 , 1993 and 1996 .
in 2010 he signed the manifesto of the spinelli group positionning itself in favour of a federal europe .
