Frank Engel (politician)

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Frank Engel (2019)

Frank Engel (born May 10, 1975 in Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourg politician . He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) in Luxembourg and the European People's Party in the European Parliament . On January 26, 2019, he was elected as the successor to Marc Spautz as the new party chairman of the CSV.

Life

After completing school at Diekirch High School from 1987 to 1994, Engel studied law at the University of Brussels and Metz and graduated in 1998. Engel then worked as an assistant to the politician Jacques Santer in the European Parliament from December 1999 to June 2001.

politics

Engel has been a member of the European Parliament for the CSV since 2009 and is a member of the EPP in the European Parliament .

Engel is Vice-Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China (D-CN), a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2). He is also a deputy member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and in the delegations for relations with the countries of Central America (DCAM), for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (DPAP) and in the Euro - Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT).

In addition to his work in the European Parliament, Frank Engel has been Honorary Consul of Armenia in Luxembourg since 2006 and contributed to the 2013 book on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict .

In December 2013, the Luxembourg District Court imposed a 28-month driving ban , including 24 months on probation and a fine, against Engel for drunk driving.

On February 20, 2017, Frank Engel, together with Eleni Theocharous and Jaromír Štětina, was an election observer at a constitutional referendum in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, now renamed the Artsakh Republic , almost entirely inhabited by Armenians and internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan . In an official statement, the three MPs praised the will of the "people of Arzach to actively shape their democracy". According to information from Frank Engel, the “terror regime of Baku” led by İlham Əliyev then applied via Interpol for the extradition of the European parliamentarians by “red tender”.

On September 3, 2017, he caused a stir with his controversial behavior on social media after he commented on the conduct of the Luxembourg government with a Nazi comparison .

Publications

Frank Engel has written three works on Europe and its financial and democratic crisis, in which he seeks ways to strengthen the Union again and finally to lead Europe out of the protracted crisis.

  • Europe in Great Crisis - A Drama in Three Acts (2009)
  • Overcoming Debt - A Budget for the Euro (2012)
  • Projet de Manifeste pour les États-Unis d'Europe (2013)

Web links

Commons : Frank Engel  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Engel. Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei. Retrieved September 21, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Yves Greis: CSV Congress elects new party leader and speaks out against populists in the EPP . DAY SHEET LU. January 27, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Entry on Frank Engel in the Members' database of the European Parliament
  4. ^ Frank Engel: The Karabakh Dilemma: Right to Self-Determination, Imperative of Territorial Integrity, or a Caucasian New Deal? In: Michael Kambeck, Sargis Ghazaryan (Ed.): Europe's Next Avoidable War Nagorno-Karabakh . Palgrave Macmillan, New York 2013, ISBN 978-0-230-30066-8 , pp. 204–210 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  5. ↑ Luxemburger Wort - Driving ban and fine for MEPs In: wort.lu , December 13, 2012, accessed on February 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ 24 months probation for angels In: tageblatt.lu , December 13, 2012, accessed on February 6, 2018.
  7. ^ Artsakh Votes for New Constitution, Officially Renames the Republic. The Armenian Weekly, February 22, 2017.
  8. ^ Constitution of the Republic of Artsakh. National Assembly of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the 6th convocation, Official website, 2017.
  9. ↑ "This is the height of political nonsense." The authorities in Azerbaijan want to arrest the Luxembourg MEP Frank Engel. The CSV man reacts to the reports on Facebook. L'Essentiel, February 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ Frank Engel causes a stir with a Facebook post In: tageblatt.lu , September 3, 2017, accessed on February 6, 2018.
  11. ↑ Spautz on Engel: “Unglückliche Wortwahl” In: tageblatt.lu , September 4, 2017, accessed on February 6, 2018.
  12. ↑ A budget for the euro . Website de Frank Engel. Retrieved September 21, 2013 .
  13. ↑ Overcoming Debt - A Budget for the Euro . Website de Frank Engel. Retrieved September 21, 2013 .
  14. ^ Projet de Manifeste pour les Etats-Unis d'Europe. Retrieved September 21, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Angel, Frank
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg politician, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Luxembourg