Daniel Freund
Daniel Freund | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
| Parliamentary group | The Greens/European Free Alliance |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 October 1984 Aachen |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens |
| Other political affiliations | European Green Party |
| Children | 1 son |
| Alma mater | Leipzig University Paris Institute of Political Studies George Washington University |
| Website | https://www.danielfreund.eu/ |
Daniel Freund (born 14 October 1984) is a German politician who has served 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 Aachen and earned an undergraduate 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]
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 Gerald Häfner MEP in Brussels from 2013 to 2014.[2] In July 2014, Freund moved to the Transparency International office in Brussels, where he was responsible for combating corruption among EU institutions until May 2019 as "Head of Advocacy for EU Integrity". As part of his work with Transparency International, Freund was responsible for EU Integrity Watch (www.integritywatch.eu), as well as the work on legislative transparency, conflicts of interest, lobbying, revolving doors and the legislative footprint. He is a regular speaker at international conferences and frequently appears in the media.[3]
European Parliament
In 2005, Freund joined the Alliance 90/The Greens political party. From 2013 to 2019, he became active in the party’s Committee on European Affairs as a co-opted member and later as one of the committee’s vice co-spokespersons[4]. During the party’s federal congress in November 2018 in Leipzig, he was elected to the 20th position on the party’s list for the European Parliament elections of 2019.[5] His party won 20.5% of the votes in Germany's European elections (21 of the 96 German mandates).[6] He joined the Greens / EFA Group and is a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Constitutional Affairs. He is also a substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism.[7]
References
- ^ "About | European Daily". web.archive.org. 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Daniel Freund". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ EU, Transparency International. "Transparency International EU". Transparency International EU. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Curriculum vitae | Daniel FREUND | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Grüne Europaliste". BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN (in German). Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Ergebnisse - Der Bundeswahlleiter". www.bundeswahlleiter.de. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Home | Daniel FREUND | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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