Name Frank Engel | Role Member of Parliament | |
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Frank engel expresses his support for the recognition of nagorno karabakh
Frank Engel (born 10 May 1975) is a Luxembourgish politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Luxembourg. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party, part of the European People's Party.
Contents
- Frank engel expresses his support for the recognition of nagorno karabakh
- Background
- Politics
- References

Background
Frank Engel completed his primary and secondary education in Diekirch, Luxembourg. He studied law at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and received a maîtrise in private law from the Université de Metz. During his studies he became a member of the national committee of CSJ, the youth wing of CSV and was the president of several youth organisations, such as the National Union of Students, the National Youth Council and the European Federation of Christian Democrat Students (United Students for Europe).

After working as an independent consultant, he became the Editor in chief of CODEX, which is a website offering legal information. In 1999 he joined Jacques Santer's cabinet in the European Parliament and in 2001 he became the Secretary General of the CSV parliamentary group. He held the position until 2009, when he stood for the European elections for the first time and was elected to the European Parliament.
Politics

Frank Engel is the youngest MEP from his country and the head of the Luxembourgish EPP delegation.

At the European Parliament, he participates in the following committees:


He is also active in the following delegations:
Previously, he has been a member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL), of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (CRIS) and of the Special Committee on the Policy Challenges and Budgetary Resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (SURE).
He has written three books on European issues: the 'Europa in der großen Krise Ein Drama in drei Akten' ('Europe in the Great Crisis - A Drama in Three Acts') in 2009, 'Die Schulden überwinden - Ein Haushalt für den Euro' ('Overcome the debt - A budget for the euro') in 2012 and 'Projet de Manifeste pour les États-Unis d'Europe' ('Manifesto for a United States of Europe') in 2013.
Since 2006 he is the Honorary Consul of Armenia to Luxembourg. He has also contributed to the book "Europe's Next Avoidable War: Nagorno-Karabakh" with the chapter "The Karabakh Dilemma: Right to Self-Determination, Imperative of Territorial Integrity, or a Caucasian New Deal?".