Francesco Ronchi is Administrator at the Directorate for Democracy Support of the European Parliament. Previously, he has been Deputy Chief of Staff in the office of the President of the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament. From 2011 to 2012 he served the United Nations as an electoral advisor in the Peace Building Mission for Ivory Coast. Since 2014 he has been Adjunct Professor at Sciences Po Paris where he teaches both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is also a regular a commentator on European affairs for venues including Le Figaro and The Wall Street Journal.