Diederik Samsom
Head of Cabinet, EVP Frans Timmerman, European Commission
Diederik Maarten Samsom (10 July 1971) is a Dutch environmentalist and former politician who led the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid) from 2012 to 2016. Since November 2019, Diederik Samsom is Head of Cabinet for Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans.
Elected to the House of Representatives between 30 January 2003 and 14 December 2016, he was elected PvdA parliamentary leader as well as party leader on 16 March 2012. Before his election to the House of Representatives, he was CEO of a green energy company and a campaigner for Greenpeace Netherlands.
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War in Ukraine: How to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels?
In this episode of Sound of Economics live we discussed whether REPowerEU can enable Europe to have affordable and secure energy supplies.
War in Ukraine: How to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels?
Can REPowerEU make sure that Europe has affordable and secure energy supplies in both the near and long term?
COP26: global stocktake and what’s next
Join us in this episode of the Sound of Economics Live as we contribute to the global stocktake of the climate summit.
COP26: global stocktake and what’s next
What happened and what didn’t happen at COP26?