Francis Wurtz is a French Member of the European Parliament. Elected in the Ile-de-France constituency on the French Communist Party (PCF) ticket, he sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group, and was been nominated by EUL/NGL as their candidate for President of the European Parliament in the elections to be conducted on July 20, 2004. He received 51 votes.

A university graduate in literature (philosophy), he worked for a time as a State school teacher. He has been a member of the central committee of the French Communist Party since 1979.