Fredrick Federley

Fredrick Erik Federley (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈfrěːdrɪk fɛdɛrlɛj]; born 6 May 1978) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Sweden. He is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He was previously a member of the Parliament of Sweden 2006-2014[1] and MEP since 1 July 2014. On 24 September 2015 he was elected Second Vice Chairman of the Centre Party.[2]

Fredrick Federley

MEP
Federley in May 2019
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
ConstituencySweden
Member of the Swedish Parliament
In office
17 September 2006 – 2 July 2014
ConstituencyStockholm Municipality
Chairman of the Centre Youth Party
In office
9 September 2002 – 21 April 2007
Preceded byMalin Svensson
Succeeded byMagnus Andersson
Personal details
Born
Fredrick Erik Federley

(1978-05-06) 6 May 1978
Stockholm, Sweden
Political party Swedish
Centre Party
 EU
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
Spouse(s)Jonny K Federley (m. 2012)
Alma materÖrebro University
Websitewww.federley.se
Fredrick Federley speaking near Sergels torg in the 2014 European Parliament election

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.

Since July he is Vice President of the Renew Europe group in the European parliament[4].

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.[5]

Political career

Career in local politics

Federley joined the Centre Party Youth during the 1994 election, and started a local branch of the organization together with a friend. A year and a half later he became vice chairman of the Centre Party Youth Västmanland district, and the following year chairman of the district (a post he kept until October 2000). In the 1998 election he was elected a member of the municipal council in Kungsör. In the spring of 2000 he was elected vice chairman of the Centre Party Västmanland district (a post he kept until the spring of 2002). In the 2002 election he was the Centre Party candidate to receive most votes in the Västmanland County constituency, but due to the 8%-rule regarding personal votes the mandate instead went to the first name on the list. On 18 October 2002 Federley was unanimously elected new chairman of the Centre Party Youth, succeeding Malin Svensson. He had the post until May 2007, when Magnus Andersson was elected.

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 Member of the European Parliament in the elections held on 25 May 2014, defeating the incumbent Center Party MEP, Kent Johansson. In parliament, he has taken seats as ordinary member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Committee of inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector (EMIS); on ITRE, he serves as coordinator for ALDE. Federley is also a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). He is vice president for the European Parliament's delegation to the Pan-African Parliament.[6]

On 1 September 2015 Federley announced that he was running for President of the ALDE Party.[7] 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).[8]

Second mandate in the European Parliament 2019-present

In the 2019 European Parliament election Fredrick Federley was re-elected for a second term.[9] 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.[10] He was subsequently appointed Vice president of the group[11] 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[12].  

He has taken seats as ordinary member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and is a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI).

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,[13] and debated and voted on this on 12 May 2011, the vote was: For 282 Against 1.[14] The sole opponent was Federley, however he claimed that attempts were made to prevent him from speaking against the proposal by the Centre Party.[15]

In 2017, Federley was instrumental in blocking 5Star Movement from joining the ALDE group, which was widely interpreted as a first sign of organized rebellion against group leader Guy Verhofstadt.[16]

gollark: Yes it does. Anyway, ICMP(v6) perhaps?
gollark: Hmm. Aside from IRC, possibly SSH, and HTTP(S), what should Onstat monitor?
gollark: So you admit Macron has call/cc.
gollark: Yes.
gollark: And obviously macrons.

References
  1. "Fredrick Federley (c)". Parliament of Sweden. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
  2. "Federley: "Jag känner mig djupt hedrad"". SvD.se. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  3. "Fredrick Federley (C)". Sveriges Riksdag. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  4. "Federley vice ordförande för EU-liberaler". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  5. Swedish Politician Blames Drag Alter Ego for Accepting Free Trip, The Advocate
  6. "Fredrick Federley". Parlamentariker. Europaparlamentet. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  7. "Federley kandiderar till att bli liberal ledare i Europa". Retrieved 2015-09-11.
  8. Members of the European Parliament on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime) European Parliament.
  9. https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/personroster.html
  10. David M. Herszenhorn and Maïa de La Baume (June 19, 2019), Ex-Romanian prime minister to lead centrist Renew Europe group Politico Europe.
  11. "Federley vice ordförande för EU-liberaler". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  12. "Federley ska samordna EU-frågor för liberala gruppen". Omni (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  13. Skärpt straff för köp av sexuell tjänst. Prop. 2010/11:77 March 8 2011
  14. Riksdag proceedings May 12 2011
  15. Federley stoppas från sexköpsdebatt. Expressen May 9 2011
  16. The 40 MEPs who matter in 2017 Politico Europe, March 9, 2017.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Anna-Karin Hatt		 Second Vice Chairman of the Centre Party
2015—		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Malin Svensson		 Chairman of the Centre Party Youth
2002–2007		 Succeeded by
Magnus Andersson
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