sentences:  After the death of her father, she joined the Democratic Front of Francophones (FDF), rising to become the leader of the party from 1977 to 1982, the first Belgian woman to lead a political party.She was a member of the European Parliament from 1977 to 1982, and again from 1994 to 1999.She headed the Parliament of the French Community of Belgium from 1988 to 1992.