Daniel Freund

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Daniel Freund

MEP
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Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Parliamentary groupThe Greens/European Free Alliance
Personal details
Born (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 36)
Aachen, Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
Other political
affiliations		European Green Party
Children1 son, 1 daughter
Alma materLeipzig University
Paris Institute of Political Studies
George Washington University
Websitewww.danielfreund.eu

Daniel Freund (born 14 October 1984 in Aachen) is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since July 2019. He is a member of Alliance 90/The Greens (German: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen or Grüne) at national level, and sits with the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.

Education[]

Freund was born in Germany and earned an graduate degree in political science, economics, and law from Leipzig University, followed by a master's degree in public affairs from the Institute of Political Studies, Paris, during which he completed a study visit to the Elliott School of George Washington University. During his studies, Freund and his colleagues formed a European newspaper project called the European Daily, for which they were nominated for the European Charlemagne Youth Prize.[1]

Early career[]

After working as an intern at both the Federal Foreign Office and the EU Delegation in Hong Kong, and as a consultant at Deloitte, Freund worked in the office of Member of the European Parliament Gerald Häfner in Brussels from 2013 to 2014.[2] From July 2014 until May 2019, Freund worked for Transparency International's Brussels office, where he was Head of Advocacy for EU Integrity.[2][3]

Political career[]

Early beginnings[]

In 2005, Freund joined the Alliance 90/The Greens political party. From 2013 to 2019, he became active in the party's working group on European Affairs as a co-opted member and later as one of the committee's vice co-spokespersons.[4]

Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present[]

During the party's federal congress in November 2018 in Leipzig, Freund was elected to the 20th position on the party's list for the European Parliament elections of 2019.[5] His party, which is a member of the Greens / EFA Group, won 20.5% of the votes in the elections (21 of the 96 German mandates).[6]

Freund is a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. In this capacity, he has served as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on a 2020 scheme that linked member states’ access to the budget of the European Union to respecting the rule of law.[7] In the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, he is the coordinator for the Greens/EFA group[8] and a member of the Working Group on the Conference on the Future of Europe.[9] Furthermore Freund has been working on the establishment of an independent to track and sanction conflicts of interests in all EU institutions.[10] He is also a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism.[11]

In addition to his committee assignments, Freund is part of the Parliament's delegation to the EU-Montenegro Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee. He co-chairs the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption (alongside Roberta Metsola)[12] and is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[13]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "About | European Daily". 2014-02-21. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Daniel Freund". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ EU, Transparency International. "Transparency International EU". Transparency International EU. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  4. ^ "Curriculum vitae | Daniel FREUND | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. ^ "Grüne Europaliste". BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN (in German). Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  6. ^ "Ergebnisse - Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  7. ^ Maïa de La Baume and Lili Bayer (September 28, 2020), Germany seeks breakthrough on linking EU payouts to rule of law Politico Europe.
  8. ^ "Greens/EFA - Members". Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  9. ^ Maïa de La Baume (January 13, 2020), 20 MEPs to watch in 2020 Politico Europe.
  10. ^ "More transparency". Daniel Freund. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  11. ^ "Home | Daniel FREUND | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  12. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption.
  13. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
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