Marcel de Graaff
Marcel de Graaff Parliamentary Leader of the Party for Freedom in the Senate | |
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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 7 April 1962 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Political party | Forum for Democracy (2022–present) |
Other political affiliations | Party for Freedom (2011–2022) |
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
De Graaff was the
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]
Forum for Democracy
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] He was suspended from Identity and Democracy later that year, and he decided to leave the group on 22 October due to their differing stances towards Russia. He became a Non-Inscrit member of European Parliament.[13]
De Graaff was one of 16 MEPs who voted against condemning President
De Graaff was planning to run for another term in the June 2024 European Parliament election in Belgium's Dutch-speaking electoral college. However, the Flanders chapter of Forum for Democracy, which had been founded in January 2024, did not manage to collect the required 5,000 signatures to participate.[19]
Personal life
De Graaff is a
Electoral history
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Year | Body | Party | Pos. | Votes | Result | Ref. | ||
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Party seats | Individual | |||||||
2012 | House of Representatives | Party for Freedom | 48 | 157 | 15 | Lost | [21] | |
2014 | European Parliament | Party for Freedom | 1 | 4 | Won | |||
2019 | European Parliament | Party for Freedom | 1 | Lost | ||||
2023 | Senate | Forum for Democracy | 13 | Lost | ||||
2023 | House of Representatives | Forum for Democracy | 45 | 71 | 3 | Lost | [22] |
References
- Nu.nl, 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "Drs. M.J.R.L. (Marcel) de Graaff" (in Dutch), Parlement & Politiek. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Drs. M.J.R.L. de Graaff (PVV)". Senate of the Netherlands. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ Opgave van de financiële belangen van de leden (in Dutch), European Parliament. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "De Graaff PVV-lijsttrekker in Europa" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ^ Julie Levy-Abegnoli, "Far right MEPs form EU parliamentary group", The Parliament Magazine, 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ Peter Teffer, "Dutch MEP to lose €1,530 in Le Pen voting penalty", EUobserver, 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "Marcel de Graaff opnieuw lijsttrekker PVV bij verkiezingen Europees Parlement" (in Dutch). Europa.nu. 25 March 2019. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020.
- ^ "PVV en SP likken wonden na mislopen Europese zetels" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019.
- ^ "Drie 'brexitzetels' Europees Parlement gaan naar PVV, VVD en ex-lid Forum" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Marcel de GRAAFF 9th parliamentary term". European Parliament. 7 April 1962. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Far-right Dutch MEP ditches Geert Wilders' party over its vaccination stance". www.politico.eu. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Twitter. Retrieved 14 November 2022.[dead link]
- ^ "European Parliament condemns growing repression of Catholic Church in Nicaragua, calls for release of bishop".
- ^ "Nicaragua, in particular the arrest of the bishop Rolando Álvarez" (PDF).
- ^ "Politie doorzoekt kantoor medewerker van FVD-Europarlementariër De Graaff" [Police searches office assistant FVD MEP De Graaff]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 29 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Ubbels, Ruurd (4 April 2024). "FVD'er Marcel de Graaff is zo pro-Poetin, dat zelfs zijn geestverwanten hem wantrouwen" [FVD member Marcel de Graaff is so pro-Putin that even his ideological peers distrust him]. Nederlands Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2024.
- NRC(in Dutch). Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "Vlaamse FvD niet verkiesbaar in Europees Parlement" [Flemish FVD not on the ballot in European Parliament election]. NOS (in Dutch). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Flour Bouma (28 August 2020). "PVV-Kamerlid Gabriëlle Popken verlaat Tweede Kamer". NRC (in Dutch). NRC Handelsblad. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Uitslag Tweede Kamerverkiezing 2012" [Results 2012 general election] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 17 September 2012. pp. 62–63. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ "Proces-verbaal van de uitslag van de verkiezing van de Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 2023 d.d. 4 december 2023" [Report of the results of the election of the House of Representatives on 4 December 2023] (PDF). Dutch Electoral Council (in Dutch). 4 December 2023. pp. 45–104, 213. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
External links
- Marcel de Graaff at the website of the European Parliament
- (in Dutch) Marcel de Graaff Archived 27 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine at the website of the European Parliament delegation of the Party for Freedom