ECON Vice-Chair Boeselager: Plans for European champions akin to ‘government capture’
Brussels policymakers’ growing emphasis on creating ‘European champions’ could lead to firms gaining monopolistic advantages that would ultimately harm the EU economy, warns the new first vice chair of the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON). Damian Boeselager (Greens/EFA), co-founder of the European federalist Volt party, told Euractiv in an interview that EU […]
Volt party elects Sophie IN ‘T Veld and the German Damian Boeselager
The Netherlands’ Sophie IN ‘T Veld and Germany’s Damian Boeselager were chosen by Volt in Brussels as lead candidates for the European Parliament election. Volt is a transnational political movement that brands itself as a ‘truly European Party’. Boeselager was the only Volt member elected in 2019. Now the party is running in 16 EU […]
European Data Sharing Champions podcast
In this EDSC podcast episode, Damian Boeselager, member of the EU Parliament and founder of the pan-European party VOLT, discusses the complexities of data regulation and the evolving landscape of digital rights. He highlights the Data Act, a comprehensive law aiming to regulate the flow of non-personal data across all sectors, distinguishing between different types […]
Volt Ihr mehr Europa? with Damian Boeselager
Damian Boeselager has been a member of the European Parliament since 2019. He represents Volt, which describes itself as “pan-European”, “pragmatic” and “progressive” party. We talk to him about his political vision for Europe, his concrete work in the EU Parliament and cycling in Copenhagen. Damian also talks about how he became politically active and […]
Understanding democracy: The European Union (DE)
Interview with ARD on the European Parliament, electoral law and EU reform. Starts at minute 23:17, https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/demokratie-verstehen/die-europaeische-union/ard-alpha/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvL2M4N2RhM2I0LWVlZjAtNDg1NS04OGFjLWViMzA3NGMxZGRiMg
Swipe for a job! How an EU Job Tinder could help German companies (DE)
Swipe for a job! How an EU Job Tinder could help German companies. BDA Agenda 16/23, Comment of the week, by Damian Boeselager, co-founder and MEP of the pan-European political party Volt. Full article here: https://arbeitgeber.de/eu-job-tinder-deutschen-firmen-helfen/
Closer to an agreement on EU Asylum reform (DE)
For a whole day, the Council and the EU Parliament struggled to reach a compromise. They succeeded on some points, such as the border procedure and crisis situations. Others remain disputed. (…) Damian Boeselager, who is negotiating for the Greens faction, said that he would not be surprised “if the Parliament moves more towards the […]
Ukraine: EU accession negotiations in sight?
EU Commission recommends accession talks with Ukraine: Interview with Damian Boeselager, Member of the European Parliament, Volt Here you can listen to the entire interview: https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr5/wdr5-europamagazin/audio-ukraine-eu-beitrittsverhandlungen-in-sicht-100.html
The Data Act – Opportunities and potential hurdles (DE)
The EP and Council reached an agreement on the Data Act. MEP Damian Boeselager (Volt) discusses what this means for businesses concretely with Tim Krögel, Head of the representation of the German Association of Crafts: https://www.zdh.de/ueber-uns/fachbereich-europapolitik/bruesseler-handwerksgespraech/der-data-act-chancen-und-moegliche-huerden-fuer-das-handwerk/?mtm_kwd=zdh&cHash=f3fc0b2619cf425554c01a57971c4807
Fight against division: How a former consultant wants to save Europel (DE)
Damian Boeselager has co-founded a pan-European party: he wants to unite Europe with Volt. But the challenges to achieve this are great. Read the full article here: https://www.24rhein.de/welt/politik/retten-will-kampf-gegen-die-spaltung-wie-ein-unternehmensberater-europa-92640145.html
