Robert Tropeano is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Hérault

Hérault

Hérault is a department in the south of France named after the Hérault river.-History:Hérault is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

 department. He is a member of the European Democratic and Social Rally

European Democratic and Social Rally

The European Democratic and Social Rally is a social-liberal parliamentary group representing the Radical tradition in the French Senate.-Chamber of Deputies:...

 group in the Senate.

He entered the Senate in July 2006, following the death of Marcel Vidal, and sat as a Socialist

Socialist Party (France)

The Socialist Party is a social-democratic political party in France and the largest party of the French centre-left. It is one of the two major contemporary political parties in France, along with the center-right Union for a Popular Movement...

 Senator for the remainder of that term. For the elections of 2008

French Senate election, 2008

Indirect Senate elections were held for 114 of the 343 seats in the French Senate on 21 September 2008. With this election, the number of senators was increased from 331 to 343; Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin elected two senators each for the first time...

, he ran at the head of a 'renegade' Socialist Party list, which came second, behind the Union for a Popular Movement

Union for a Popular Movement

The Union for a Popular Movement is a centre-right political party in France, and one of the two major contemporary political parties in the country along with the center-left Socialist Party...

(UMP), but beating the official Socialist list. On 24 September 2008, he was expelled from the Socialist party for this act, and so sits with the miscellaneous groups making up EDSR.