Frans Timmermans

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He served as First Vice President to Jean-Claude Juncker and European Commissioner for Better Regulation, Interinstitutional Relations, the Rule of Law, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights from 2014 to 2019. In the European election, held in May 2019, he was the leading candidate of the Party of European Socialists (PES).

In the Second Rutte cabinet and State Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2010, Timmermans was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands from 2012 to 2014, and he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of European Affairs from 2005 to 2010. He served in the Dutch House of Representatives from 1998 to 2007 and then in 2012 and again from 2010 to 2012. He served in the Netherlands diplomatic service from 1987 to 1998, when he first became involved in politics.

Early life and education

Timmermans was born in Maastricht on May 6th, 1961, to a Roman Catholic family. He attended elementary school in Sint-Stevens-Woluwe, Belgium, before attending the private Saint George's English School in Rome, from 1972 to 1975. He attended Heerlen's Athenaeum Bernardinuscollege, where he stayed from 1975 to 1980.

Timmermans earned a degree in French Literature in 1980, where he graduated with an MA degree in French Literature. He enrolled at the Nancy University in Nancy, France, in 1984, where he studied European law, French Literature, and History, gaining a LL.M. In 1985, Eur and MA degrees were awarded. He was drafted in the Royal Netherlands Army as a private first class for the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service as a Russian Prisoner of War interrogator on January 6, 1986.

Timmermans is an English, French, German, Italian, and Russian speaker, despite being born in the Netherlands.

Personal life

Timmermans has married twice, having two children in his first marriage, a daughter (born 1986), and a son (born 1989). In 2000, the Timmermans remarried to Irene Timmermans; he and his second wife have a son (born 2004) and a daughter (born 2006). He appeared on Time 100, Time's annual list of the world's most influential people, and Politico Europe named him one of Europe's top 30 most influential people (in the "Doers" group) in 2021.

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Diplomatic career

Timmermans was suspended from military service in the Royal Netherlands Army on August 1, 1987. Timmermans joined the Dutch Civil Service as an officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Integration Department in The Hague, the Netherlands. He was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Dutch Embassy in Moscow, Russia, on July 1, 1990. He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Deputy Head of the Bureau for European Development Cooperation on September 1, 1993. He left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Assistant to European Commissioner Hans van den Broek on March 15, 1994. Timmermans moved from this role a year ago to become Senior Advisor and Private Secretary with Max van der Stoel, the High Commissioner for National Minorities of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. (OSCE).

Political career

Timmermans was elected a Member of the House of Representatives for the Labour Party in 1998 and installed as a Member of the House of Representatives on May 19, 1998. He served as the Deputy Chairman of the Commission for Foreign Affairs from November 2001 to September 2002, when he became the Chairman of the Commission for Economic Affairs until March 2003, when he became the Commission for Foreign Affairs' deputy Chairman from October 2002 until December 22, 2007. In the Convention on the Future of Europe, Timmermans represented the House of Representatives from March 2002 to July 2003. Timmermans served as a member of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly from September 1998 to February 22, 2007. After the 2002 and 2003 Dutch general elections, Timmermans was reelected to the House of Representatives.

Following the 2006 Dutch general election, the Labour Party, Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the ChristianUnion (CU) formed a coalition deal that culminated in the formation of the Cabinet Balkenende IV. Timmermans was appointed undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and was in charge of government policy's coordination to the European Union, and was given the diplomatic title of Minister of European Affairs during international visits. The Undersecretary for European Integration's time as Undersecretary for European Integration was to increase support for European integration. Both were done by increasing citizen knowledge of European policies and improving communication and public perception; rather than citizens, the aim should have been that education should have been more involved with Europe than ever before; While Timmermans and Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende successfully campaigned to ensure a greater presence in European Union decision-making processes, the Treaty of Lisbon was signed. NATO requested the Netherlands to extend its military presence in Task Force Uruzgan, which was announced in February 2010. The Labour Party is adamantly opposed the extension of the mission, and Cabinet Balkende IV withdrew its support after the Labour Party officially resigned without support from all Labour Party Cabinet members resigning on February 23, 2010.

Following the demise of Labour Party from the coalition government, the Cabinet Balkenende IV remained as a Demissionary Cabinet until the 2010 Dutch general election. Following a pact between the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (Vvd), Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the People's Party for Justice (PVV), the Labour Party became the official opposition in the '90s. Timmermans was elected to the House of Representatives on June 17th, 2010. He served as Parliamentary Spokesman for the Labour Party for Foreign Affairs and European Affairs during his second term as a member of the House of Representatives. Ronald Plasterk, a Labour politician, accused Timmermans of doing nothing for half a year in order to gain this position, which had initially been refused due to his previous work. He declined to comment.

The Cabinet Rutte I's fall from his reign as Prime Minister Rutte I's demise. Following a general election in 2012, the Labour Party and the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy developed a coalition deal, resulting in the formation of the Cabinet Rutte II, and Timmermans was named Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Timmermans as Minister of Foreign Affairs was charged with welcoming all attending representatives on March 24 and March 25th, 2014.

Timmermans slammed Geert Wilders' anti-Islamic banner in May 2014, saying that "the Netherlands cannot be held responsible for a single parliamentarian's adolescent conduct." Saudi Arabia has been "deeply offended by the sticker act," Timmermans said.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine on July 17th, killing 194 Dutch citizens. Following this, Timmermans arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday to speak with President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Arsenyuk to discuss the matter, and after that, on July 21, 2014, the United Nations Security Council in New York met in New York. Timmermans delivered an emotional address that was widely lauded by the international community. In his address, Dutch Prime Minister Rutte and the International Community are urged to assist the victims and open an investigation to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. "I call on the international community, on the Security Council, on anyone with influence on the situation on the ground: we want to bring the victims' remains home to their families without any further delay." They are entitled to be home." A statement made in his address about the careless way with which the local population was reported to have handled the bodies of the victims appeared to be inaccurate. In a letter to the Dutch parliament later today, Timmermans admitted it.

Timmermans called for an independent inquiry into Israel's conduct during the 2014 Israel–Gaza war in August.

Timmermans explains the interconnectedness between Israel and Europe in a speech to the Israel Council on Foreign Relations. These similarities, both culturally and politically, ensure that Europe holds Israel to a higher level: namely, as a European nation rather than a Middle Eastern country. Although this double standard may be mistook it for antisemitic, Timmermans points out that "there is no way we can detangle Israel's destiny from Europe's destiny." Timmermans emphasizes the fact that Europe must maintain positive relations with Israel in pointing out this connection. "While acknowledging how young people in Europe are suffering "rising disenchantment" to democracy, he asks the European Union to "help us find new, innovative ways of communicating this inherent human desire to be understood," to influence one's environment, which must be included in the decision process." He believes that the Netherlands can help fortify security guarantees for Israel, but Israel must be able to give Palestinians full and equal rights in the West Bank and Gaza.

Frans Timmermans was nominated by the Dutch Government as a prospective member of the European Commission under President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker in September 2014. Timmermans was elected First Vice President in Juncker's European Commission on November 1, 2014, and served as President Juncker's first deputy and right-hand man. Timmermans' collection includes improved regulation, inter-Institutional Collaboration, the rule of procedure, and the Fundamental Rights Charter.

Erdoan's Turkey "has made steady progress, especially in recent weeks, in meeting the visa benchmarks, according to Timmermans. As a matter of urgency, there is still work to be done, but if Turkey maintains the gains made, they will certainly meet the remaining benchmarks."

Timmermans have consistently slammed Poland's judiciary reform, saying that "these measures certainly raise the systemic risks to the deposition of law in Poland." In April 2019, the Commission initiated a new infringement lawsuit against Poland over its sovereignty of judges. "The new disciplinary system undermines Polish judges' political autonomy by failing to give them specific guarantees to shield them from political control, as required by the Court of Justice of the European Union."

Timmermans favoured the EU's migrant quotas. People coming to the EU "are fellow human beings who, I believe, are entitled to asylum as they flee the barbarism that the jihadists are inflicting on them," he said.

Frans Timmermans declared his candidacy for the presidency of the European Commission in October 2018 ahead of the 2019 European election. The Party of European Socialists proclaimed him as its candidate in December 2018. In Madrid, he was officially elected PES Common Candidate in February 2019. Timmermans said he planned to destabilize the EPP's status by forming a left coalition in the European Parliament. Despite finishing second in the national election behind the EPP, Manfred Weber, Timmermans, and occasionally Margrethe Vestager of the three most prominent European parties in parliament several times, the European Council initially planned to nominate Timmermans for the position of commission president mainly because of Weber's alleged international experience. However, when governments from Eastern Europe protested this decision because of their strong resistance against Timmerman's government's control of law and against reforms that are likely to jeopardize it in these countries, the Council almost unanimously approved Ursula von der Leyen as a compromise candidate in July 2019, a contentious measure since 2014. According to this, the sole abstention for her nomination came from Germany itself, because part of the German coalition government did not allow such a change. However, von der Leyen, who was later elected with a narrow majority in the European Parliament, has promised to push for a more effective introduction and formalization of the hoped-for parliamentary process, and she has confirmed that lead candidates Timmermans and Vestager will serve as vice presidents in her commission.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, asked Frans Timmermans to serve as First Vice President while also designating him as one of the three new Executive Vice Presidents of the European Commission in 2019. Timmermans, the European Green Deal's Executive Vice President, is in charge of the European Green Deal. In their first 100 days of office, Timmermans was also responsible for a European Green Deal and a European Climate Law.

Timmermans said in a tweet after speaking with Greta Thunberg, a Swedish environmental activist, that the Commission remains committed" to making the Common Agricultural Policy "fully meet the goals" of the European Green Deal.

"The best answer" to the 2021 global energy crisis, according to Timmermans, is to minimize our dependence on fossil fuels." Those who have slammed the European Green Deal were doing so "perhaps for political or occasionally economic reasons in safeguarding their vested interests," the minister said. According to Euractiv, Timmermans told the European Parliament in Strasbourg "that "about one fifth" of the energy price increase can be attributed to rising CO2 prices on the EU's carbon market.

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