Marcel de Graaff

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Marcel de Graaff
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 February 2020
In office
1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019
Constituency Netherlands
Chair of Europe of Nations and Freedom
In office
15 June 2015 – 1 July 2019
Serving with Marine Le Pen, Nicolas Bay
Preceded by Position established
Parliamentary leader of the Party for Freedom in the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 1 July 2019
Preceded by Lucas Hartong[1]
Parliamentary Leader of the Party for Freedom in the Senate
In office
25 September 2012 – 10 June 2014
Preceded by Machiel de Graaf
Succeeded by Marjolein Faber
Member of the Senate of the Netherlands
In office
7 June 2011 – 1 July 2014
Personal details
Born M.J.R.L. de Graaff
(1962-04-07) 7 April 1962 (age 62)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Political party  Netherlands
Forum for Democracy
 European Union
Non-Inscrits
Alma mater Radboud University Nijmegen

M. J. R. L. "Marcel" de Graaff (Dutch: [ˈmɑrsɛl də ɣraːf]; born 7 April 1962) is a Dutch politician. He has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Netherlands since February 2020, and previously served between 2014 and 2019. He represented the Party for Freedom (PVV) and was co-president of the Europe of Nations and Freedom. De Graaff was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands for the PVV from 2011 to 2014.

Early life and career

Marcel de Graaff was born on 7 April 1962 in Rotterdam.[2] De Graaff studied theology at the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1981 and 1988.[3]

De Graaff worked as a consultant for IT & Operations from 1 August 1989.[3] He was a teacher of religion at a secondary school in Rotterdam from 1 January 2010 until 1 July 2010.[2] He also was a manager for KPN telecommunications company.[4]

Political career

De Graaff was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands representing the Party for Freedom from 7 June 2011 until 1 July 2014. He was parliamentary group leader of the PVV in the Senate from 25 September 2012 until 10 June 2014.[2]

De Graaff was the top candidate of the PVV for the 2014 European Parliament elections.[5] He became Member of the European Parliament for the Netherlands per 1 July 2014. He has also become the parliamentary group leader of the PVV in the European Parliament since the beginning of his term as an MEP.[2]

In 2015, far-right MEPs founded the Europe of Nations and Freedom group. Marine Le Pen and De Graaff have been its first co-presidents since 15 June 2015.[6] On 28 October 2015, De Graaff voted multiple times for Le Pen in her absence, which is against the European Parliament's rules. Parliament president Martin Schulz withheld € 1,530 in allowances as a punitive measure.[7]

De Graaff was the PVV leader for the 2019 European Parliament election.[8] The party did not obtain any seats in the election.[9] His term in the European Parliament ended on 1 July 2019.[2] In February 2020 it was announced that because of Brexit the PVV would obtain a seat in the European Parliament, which was assigned to De Graaff.[10] He was appointed per 1 February 2020.[11]

In 2022, he defected to Thierry Baudet's Forum for Democracy (FvD) party after expressing support for its more hardline stance against the COVID-19 vaccine and criticising the PVV's pro-vaccine policies.[12]

On 2 March 2022, he was one of 13 MEPs who voted against condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]

On 15 September 2022, he was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua for human rights violations, in particular the arrest of Bishop Rolando Álvarez. [14][15]

On 22 October 2022, he left Identity and Democracy group and announced his decision to become a Non-Inscrit member of European Parliament due to group's opposition of his stance on Russia.[16] Beforehand. his membership in Identity and Democracy was suspended.

Personal life

De Graaff is a Roman Catholic and lives in Rotterdam.[2] He is married to fellow politician Gabriëlle Popken.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Marcel de Graaff PVV-lijsttrekker Europees Parlement" (in Dutch), Nu.nl, 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Drs. M.J.R.L. (Marcel) de Graaff" (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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  4. ↑ Opgave van de financiële belangen van de leden (in Dutch), European Parliament. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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  6. ↑ Julie Levy-Abegnoli, "Far right MEPs form EU parliamentary group", The Parliament Magazine, 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Peter Teffer, "Dutch MEP to lose €1,530 in Le Pen voting penalty", EUobserver, 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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External links

  • Marcel de Graaff at the website of the European Parliament
  • Script error: No such module "In lang". Marcel de Graaff at the website of the European Parliament delegation of the Party for Freedom
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