Fredrick Federley
Fredrick Federley | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Sweden | |
In office 1 July 2014 – 11 December 2020 | |
Succeeded by | Emma Wiesner |
Member of the Swedish Parliament for Stockholm Municipality | |
In office 17 September 2006 – 2 July 2014 | |
President of the Centre Party Youth | |
In office 9 September 2002 – 21 April 2007 | |
Preceded by | Malin Svensson |
Succeeded by | Magnus Andersson |
Personal details | |
Born | Fredrick Erik Federley 6 May 1978 Stockholm, Sweden |
Political party | Centre Party (1994–2020) |
Other political affiliations | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Before 2019) Renew Europe (2019–2020) |
Spouse | Johnny Kroneld (2012–2019) |
Education | Örebro University |
Website | Official website |
Fredrick Erik Federley (Swedish pronunciation:
Federley has held several posts within the Center Party. From 2002 to 2007, he was the chairman of the youth league, Centre Party Youth (CUF). He was first elected to the parliament of Sweden in 2006, and remained a member up until 2014 (with a parental leave in between).[3] In the 2014 European Parliament election, Federley passed the previous MEP for the Center Party Kent Johansson, in personal votes, whom he thereby replaced.
He was Vice President of the Renew Europe group in the European parliament since July 2019.[4] He left politics on 11 December 2020, after heavy criticism for having a relationship during 2020 with a man who was on parole for child rape.[5][6]
Youth and education
Federley was born in Munktorp in Köping Municipality, Västmanland County, but grew up in nearby Kungsör. He did his military service at Uppland Regiment (S1) in Enköping from 1997 to 1998. He later went on to study legal- and political science at Örebro University. He later moved to Jakobsberg and to work as a political editor of the newspaper Norrtelje Tidning .
Federley is openly gay.[7]
Political career
Career in local politics
Federley joined the Centre Party Youth during the
Member of the Swedish Parliament, 2006–2014
In the 2006 election Federley was elected a member of the Riksdag for the Stockholm Municipality constituency, along with the actress Solveig Ternström. He was a member of the Riksdag's Committee on Social Insurance and the Swedish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and a substitute to the Committee on European Union Affairs. He was re-elected in the 2010 election.
First mandate in the European Parliament, 2014–2019
Federley was elected
On 1 September 2015 Federley announced that he was running for President of the ALDE Party.[9] He later stepped down to candidate as vice president along with the presidential candidate Siim Kallas; Kallas did not make it, but Federley was elected vice president under the new president Hans van Baalen.
In addition to his committee assignments, Federley is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime).[10]
Second mandate in the European Parliament 2019–2020
In the 2019 European Parliament election Fredrick Federley was re-elected for a second term.[11] After the election the ALDE-group reformed and created the new Renew Europe group. Fredrick Federley ran for president of the group against, amongst others, Dacian Cioloș and Sophie in 't Veld but dropped out of the race after it was clear that Cioloș had secured enough votes to win.[12] He was subsequently appointed Vice president of the group[4] and in November 2019 he was appointed to Chair of the Renew Europe working group for Sustainability and structural policies, the working group that handles the majority of EU spending.[13]
He has taken seats as ordinary member of the
Resignation
On 11 December 2020, Federley resigned from all politics immediately. Emma Wiesner was announced as Federleys replacement in the European Parliament the same day.[14]
Political positions
When the Swedish Government announced that it intended to increase the penalty for purchasing sex from six months to one year's imprisonment, effective 1 July 2011,[15] and debated and voted on this on 12 May 2011, the vote was: For 282, Against 1.[16] The sole opponent was Federley, however he claimed that attempts were made to prevent him from speaking against the proposal by the Centre Party.[17]
In 2017, Federley was instrumental in blocking Five Star Movement from joining the ALDE group, which was widely interpreted as a first sign of organized rebellion against group leader Guy Verhofstadt.[18]
References
- Parliament of Sweden. Archivedfrom the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ Delling, Hannes (24 September 2015). "Federley: "Jag känner mig djupt hedrad"". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ^ "Fredrick Federley (C)". Sveriges Riksdag. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Federley vice ordförande för EU-liberaler". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ^ "Barnvåldtäkterna Federley höll hemliga – så avslöjades sambon".
- ^ "Fredrick Federley lämnar politiken". SVT Nyheter. 11 December 2020.
- ^ Swedish Politician Blames Drag Alter Ego for Accepting Free Trip Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine, The Advocate
- ^ "Fredrick Federley". Parlamentariker. Europaparlamentet. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ "Federley kandiderar till att bli liberal ledare i Europa". September 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
- ^ Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
- ^ "Personröster - Val 2019". data.val.se. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ David M. Herszenhorn and Maïa de La Baume (June 19, 2019), Ex-Romanian prime minister to lead centrist Renew Europe group Archived 2019-06-20 at the Wayback Machine Politico Europe.
- ^ "Federley ska samordna EU-frågor för liberala gruppen". Omni (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
- ^ Radio, Sveriges (11 December 2020). "Ny västmanlänning tar över efter Federley - P4 Västmanland". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Regeringskansliet, Regeringen och (8 March 2011). "Skärpt straff för köp av sexuell tjänst". Regeringskansliet. Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Riksdagens protokoll 2010/11:101 Torsdagen den 12 maj Protokoll 2010/11:101 - Riksdagen". www.riksdagen.se. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ "Federley stoppas från sexköpsdebatt. Expressen May 9 2011". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ The 40 MEPs who matter in 2017 Archived 2018-07-07 at the Wayback Machine Politico Europe, March 9, 2017.
External links
- www.federley.se Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, official website
- federley.blogspot.com, primary (political) blog
- Federleys andra sida, secondary (more personal) blog