Daniel Freund

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.

Daniel Freund

MEP
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
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

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 ethics body 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]

References
  1. "About | European Daily". 2014-02-21. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "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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