Andrea Venzon
Andrea Venzon (Milan, 8 January 1992[1]) is an Italian politician.
In 2017, following the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, he founded Volt Europa together with Colombe Cahen-Salvador of France and the German Damian Boeselager. Following the 2019 European elections, however, Venzon and Cahen-Salvador left the "pan-European party" to dedicate themselves to another type of activism. In 2020, the two founded Atlas, a "global movement".[2]
Biography
[edit]Andrea Venzon was born in Milan to a family of Venetian origin; his father worked in a bank while his mother was an entrepreneur.[3] He graduated from Bocconi University, with a specialization at the London Business School, and he worked for two years as a consultant at McKinsey. He then decided to take a master's degree in public administration at Columbia University in New York.
Founding Volt
[edit]In 2017, in response to Brexit, he founded, together with French and German counterparts, a pan-European, federal[4][5] and progressive political movement aimed at countering individual nationalisms in the rest of the EU, characterizing the movement by the color purple, in reference to the Women's March on Washington in 2017.
The idea of Venzon and the other two founders was immediately to establish a European political party, attentive to the global political issues of the European Union so as to start a political debate common to the various member states.[6][7]
In the 2019 European elections, the Volt Europa party presented candidates for at least seven member states,[8] with the aim of being able to form an independent MEP group. The electoral outcome, however, led only to the German election of Boeselager, who then merged into the European Greens group (Greens/EFA), while continuing to maintain his membership in Volt. Following these events, both Venzon and Cahen-Salvador left Volt to devote themselves to other forms of political activism.
Founding Atlas
[edit]Thus in October 2019, Venzon announced Atlas (formerly NOW!), a global movement aimed at bringing together citizens from all over the world to counter the great challenges of our time, identified by the movement as issues such as nationalism, climate change and the lack of gender equality. Atlas was officially launched on January 1, 2020.[9]
In 2019, Venzon was placed by Forbes Italia among the 100 people under the age of 30 who could have the most influence in the near future.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Paniagua, Stiben Mesa (26 May 2019). "Andrea Venzon chi è | Fondatore del primo partito europeo" [Andrea Venzon who is | Founder of the first European party]. The Millennial (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Party politics is dying, so make citizen movements the new unifier - Guest comment: Andrea Venzon and Colombe Cahen-Salvador". www.economist.com. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Sorrentino, Riccardo (3 March 2019). "Venzon (Volt Europa): «Diamo voce ai giovani che credono nell'Ue e puntiamo sull'economia»" [Venzon (Volt Europa): «Let's give voice to young people who believe in the EU and focus on the economy»]. Il Sole 24 ORE (in Italian). Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Firenze, Venzon: "Perché noi, perché ora, perché è il momento..." - Repubblica.it" [Florence, Venzon: "Why us, why now, why is it time..." - Repubblica.it]. firenze.repubblica.it. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025 – via web.archive.org.
- ^ "Scende in campo la generazione Erasmus. Una conversazione con Andrea Venzon, presidente di Volt - European Circus - Blog - L'Espresso" [The Erasmus generation takes the field. A conversation with Andrea Venzon, president of Volt - European Circus - Blog - L'Espresso]. 2europeancircus.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Why the EU is witnessing the birth of real European politics | World news | The Guardian". www.theguardian.com. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Party politics is dying, so make citizen movements the new unifier - Guest comment: Andrea Venzon and Colombe Cahen-Salvador". www.economist.com. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Il movimento di un 27enne vuole cambiare la politica in Europa" [A 27-Year-Old's Movement Wants to Change Politics in Europe]. forbes.it. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "NOW!". www.now.world. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ "Forbes 100 30 Under 30 Italia 2019 | Forbes Italia". forbes.it. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- official site, andreavenzon.com.
- Recordings of interviews with Andrea Venzon, RadioRadicale.it