Daniel FREUND
Germany · Centre-left · green politics, regionalism. Founded 1999 group page →
National party: GRÜNE.
Born 14 October 1984
Where they work
Committee
- Committee on Constitutional Affairs AFCO Member since 19 Jul 2024
- Committee on Budgetary Control CONT Member since 19 Jul 2024
- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE A substitute member can attend and vote in the committee or delegation when a full member of their group is absent. since 19 Jul 2024
A group of MEPs that keeps up relations with the parliament of a non-EU country or region.
- Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula DARP Vice-chair since 3 Oct 2024
- Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) DASE Member since 19 Sept 2024
Parliamentary assembly
- Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly DACP Member since 19 Sept 2024
- Delegation to the Caribbean-EU Parliamentary Assembly DCAB Member since 19 Sept 2024
An informal cross-party forum of MEPs on one theme. It is not a Parliament body and takes no decisions.
- Intergroup on Anti-Corruption IG10-01 Chair co since 16 Jan 2025
- Intergroup on LGBTIQ+ IG10-16 Member since 31 Jan 2025
- Intergroup on the Social Economy and Services of General Interest IG10-23 Member since 30 Jan 2025
Earlier this term (1)
- Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula DARP · Member 19 Sept 2024 – 2 Oct 2024
Topics they work on
Justice, rule of law & rights 34EU budget & funds 28Foreign affairs 16Economy & single market 12EU institutions & Parliament 12Digital, AI & data 10Climate & environment 7Defence & security 6Migration & asylum 5Jobs, social affairs & equality 5Agriculture, food & fisheries 2Energy 2Trade & customs 2Transport & tourism 1
Counted over the dossiers they speak on, lead, shadow or amend in committee, and the questions and motions they author.
Dossiers they lead, shadow or negotiate
| Since | Role | Dossier |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Protection of the Union’s financial interests in the post-2027 multiannual financial framework through the revision of the anti-fraud architecture 2026/2006 14 Oct 2026 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | Official delegation Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | — 14 Oct 2026 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee. Budgetary Control committee | — 6 Oct 2026 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee. Budgetary Control committee | Protection of the EU’s financial interests in Ukraine 2026/2139 6 Oct 2026 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | The Commission’s Rule of Law report – annual report 2026 2026/2144 6 Oct 2026 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Future revision of the EPPO Regulation 2026/2125 6 Oct 2026 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure on proxy voting during pregnancy and immediately after childbirth 2026/2105 14 Sept 2026 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Discharge 2025: General budget of the EU - Commission 2026/2079 14 Sept 2026 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Official delegation Constitutional Affairs committee | — 31 Aug 2026 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Official delegation DARP | 18th EU-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Inter-Parliamentary Meeting\nRiyadh and Jeddah\n19 - 21 July 2026 31 Aug 2026 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | Trilogue negotiator | Mr Freund is a shadow rapporteur in LIBE for Budgetary procedure 2027 - LIBE/10/06030\nThe file did not show in the LIBE e-portal file list hence I had to chose the free text option for the DACI. 2 Jul 2026 |
| 22 Jun 2026 | Opinion rapporteur Budgetary Control committee | — 22 Jun 2026 |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion Budgetary Control committee | Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 2025/0240 9 Jun 2026 |
| 4 May 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities 2025/0545 4 May 2026 |
| 4 May 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Combating VAT fraud – the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation when it comes to VAT fraud and its impact on the EU budget 2025/2121 4 May 2026 |
| 4 May 2026 | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion Budgetary Control committee | Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 2025/0240 4 May 2026 |
| 4 May 2026 | Official delegation DASE | 7th EU-Lao PDR Inter-Parliamentary Meeting (IPM) Vientiane and Luang Prabang Lao PDR\n25-27 May 2026 4 May 2026 |
| 4 May 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Protection of the Union’s financial interests in the post-2027 multiannual financial framework through the revision of the anti-fraud architecture 2026/2006 4 May 2026 |
| 16 Apr 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976 2025/0900 16 Apr 2026 |
| 1 Apr 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Amending the Act concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, annexed to Council Decision 76/787/ECSC, EEC, Euratom of 20 September 1976 2025/0900 1 Apr 2026 |
| 26 Jan 2026 | Opinion rapporteur Budgetary Control committee | Guidelines for the 2027 Budget - Section III 2025/2246 26 Jan 2026 |
| 15 Jan 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities 2025/0545 15 Jan 2026 |
| 15 Jan 2026 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Amendments to Parliament's Rules of Procedure concerning appointments to Union agencies and bodies (Rule 135) 2025/2262 15 Jan 2026 |
| 7 Jan 2026 | Opinion rapporteur Budgetary Control committee | Establishing the Erasmus+ programme for the period 2028-2034, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2021/817 and (EU) 2021/888 2025/0222 7 Jan 2026 |
| 5 Jan 2026 | Official delegation DCAB | first Caribbean-EU Parliamentary Assembly, which will take place from 16 to 18 February 2026, in St John's, Antigua and Barbuda 5 Jan 2026 |
| 7 Nov 2025 | Official delegation Constitutional Affairs committee | — 7 Nov 2025 |
| 15 Oct 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Amendment of the European Electoral act, allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth 2025/2195 15 Oct 2025 |
| 2 Oct 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | — 2 Oct 2025 |
| 22 Sept 2025 | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime 2025/2061 22 Sept 2025 |
| 2 Sept 2025 | Official delegation DACP | Participant in DACP fact-finding mission to Dili, Timor-Leste, from 12 to 18 September 2025 2 Sept 2025 |
| 29 Aug 2025 | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion Budgetary Control committee | General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 - all sections 2025/0210 29 Aug 2025 |
| 25 Aug 2025 | The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee. Budgetary Control committee | Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Commission 2025/2145 25 Aug 2025 |
| 17 Jun 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | Information security in the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union 2022/0084 17 Jun 2025 |
| 11 Jun 2025 | Official delegation | CONT mission to Ukraine 11 Jun 2025 |
| 15 May 2025 | Shadow rapporteur for an opinion Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime 2025/2061 15 May 2025 |
| 15 May 2025 | Official delegation Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | — 15 May 2025 |
| 15 May 2025 | Official delegation Budgetary Control committee | — 15 May 2025 |
| 14 May 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure concerning the declaration of input (Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure) 2025/2067 14 May 2025 |
| 8 May 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime 2025/2061 8 May 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Institutional aspects of the Report on the future of European Competitiveness (Draghi Report) 2025/2013 25 Mar 2025 |
| 18 Mar 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Partial renewal of Members of the Court of Auditors - RO nominee 2025/0801 18 Mar 2025 |
| 3 Mar 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Stock-taking of the European elections 2024 2025/2012 3 Mar 2025 |
| 3 Mar 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure implementing the Agreement establishing the Ethics Body 2025/2044 3 Mar 2025 |
| 11 Feb 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Draft opinion to BUDG on a revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (2024/2051(INI)) 2024/2051 11 Feb 2025 |
| 6 Feb 2025 | The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee. Budgetary Control committee | — 6 Feb 2025 |
| 29 Jan 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | BUDG/ECON INI report on RRF implementation 29 Jan 2025 |
| 29 Jan 2025 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Draft opinion on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova 29 Jan 2025 |
| 4 Dec 2024 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Constitutional Affairs committee | — 4 Dec 2024 |
| 29 Nov 2024 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | LIBE opinion to BUDG on ‘A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world’ (2024/2051(INI)) 2024/2051 29 Nov 2024 |
| 13 Nov 2024 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Shadow rapporteur for the file Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2023 (2024/2083(INI)) 2024/2083 13 Nov 2024 |
| 21 Oct 2024 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | LIBE own-initiative report on the Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report 21 Oct 2024 |
| 30 Sept 2024 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee | Report on the proposal for a Directive of the European parliament and of the Council on combating corruption, replacing Council Framework Decision 2003/568/JHA and the Convention on the fight against corruption involving officials of the European Communities or officials of Member States of the European Union and amending Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council – 2023/0135(COD) 2023/0135 30 Sept 2024 |
| 26 Sept 2024 | An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur. Budgetary Control committee | Discharge of the European Commission 2023 (For full transparency: my wife works in a non-managerial role in the European Commission) 26 Sept 2024 |
| 25 Sept 2024 | Delegation vice-chair DARP | — 25 Sept 2024 |
From the declarations of conflicts of interest members file before each appointment; delegation missions included.