Jules Maaten – between Europe and local • Table.Briefings

Jules Maaten sat in the European Parliament as a liberal MEP for ten years. Born in the Netherlands, he has now been representing the interests of the German Friedrich Naumann Foundation for over a decade and has headed its European office since 2022.

Dutchman Jules Maaten already worked at several political levels: as a local politician, as a Member of the European Parliament, and now, as Head of the European Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

Dutch-born Jules Maaten travels a lot. He moves between Brussels, where he heads the European Office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, the Netherlands, his home country, and Berlin as the center of German politics. The 62-year-old studied history and law at the Free University of Amsterdam. He joined the Young Liberals at the age of 16. The first European elections took place shortly afterward – a particularly politicizing time: „The first European elections were a breakthrough. I consciously experienced the development of a democratic Europe from the very beginning.“

Jules Maaten – between Europe and local politics

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