Andrea Venzon
Andrea Venzon (Milan, January 8th, 1992) [1] is an Italian politician and activist who founded the NOW![2], a global movement which official launch happened on January 1st, 2020. He previously founded and served as the first President of Volt Europa, the pan-European political party[3] that today sits in the European Parliament[4]
| Andrea Venzon | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 January 1992 Milan, Italy |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Italian |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Founding NOW! |
| Movement | political and social |
Biography[edit]
Andrea Venzon was born in Milan[1] from a family of Venetian origin. His father used to work in a bank, and his mother was an entrepreneur. Andrea studied at Bocconi University and London Business School. He then worked for two years as a consultant with McKinsey[5] before starting a Master in Public Administration at Columbia University.[6]
Career[edit]
In March 2017, supported by the French Colombe Cahen-Salvador and the German Damian Boeselager, Andrea Venzon launched Volt Europa - a new pan-European political movement.[7][8] Venzon said that the movement is "More than an idea, it was a necessity". He also added, "The British had just shocked the entire continent[9] by voting to leave the European Union, against all expectations. At that moment I realized that for my generation, it was time to stop watching and take an active part in defending the European project".[10] Under Andrea's leadership, Volt Europa mobilized 60,000 people[11] and received almost half a million votes[12] in the European Elections of May 2019, which resulted in its first sit in the European Parliament.[13]
In March 2019, Forbes included him as one of the 100 Italian leaders of the future.[14]
In October 2019, Venzon announced NOW![15], a global movement aimed at bringing citizens from all over the world to work together to tackle the great challenges of our time, identified by the movement in issues such as nationalism, climate change, and the lack of gender equality.[16] NOW! has been officially launched on January 1, 2020.[17] Its first campaign has been backed by Joshua Wong.[18]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Andrea Venzon", Wikipedia (in italiano), 2019-12-27, retrieved 2020-01-05
- ↑ "Party politics is dying, so make citizen movements the new unifier, Party politics is dying, so make citizen movements the new unifier". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ↑ Henley, Jon (2019-05-14). "Why the EU is witnessing the birth of real European politics". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ↑ "People". Volt Europe. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ↑ Forthomme, Claude (2019-02-28). "Volt Europa: An Electric Jolt to Wake Up Europe". Impakter. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ↑ Roberto, Luca (2019-02-01). "Andrea Venzon, europeista". Reporter nuovo (in italiano). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ↑ Settembre, Daniel (2018-03-28). "Il movimento di un 27enne vuole cambiare la politica in Europa". Forbes (in italiano). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ↑ Privitera, Greta (2018-10-25). "Volt, il nuovo partito dei Millenial, ha un messaggio per Luigi Di Maio". Vanity Fair (in italiano). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ↑ Venzon, Andrea (2019-04-30). "The UK will always be part of Europe, so vote for people like me who'll work with the EU". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ↑ Disegni, Simone (2018-02-21). "I millennial di Volt vogliono dare la scossa alla Ue: rilanceremo l'Europa". Corriere della Sera (in italiano). Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ↑ Wilczek, Tobias. "How youth influenced the EU election -- and could do the same in Canada". The Conversation. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ↑ "The Green Wave: A tsunami or just a storm in a teacup?". Green European Foundation. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ↑ "Pan-European party Volt wins first seat in EU Parliament". The Parliament Magazine. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ↑ Settembre, Daniel (2019-03-28). "Forbes Under 30 2019, chi sono i 100 giovani italiani che guideranno il futuro". Forbes (in italiano). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
- ↑ "Pan-European party Volt wins first seat in EU Parliament". The Parliament Magazine. 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2020-01-07. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Venzon, rea; Cahen-Salvador •, Colombe (2019-12-02). "It's Time for a New Global Movement". Fair Observer. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ↑ "NOW!". NOW!. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ↑ NOW! [@NOW4humanity] (2020-01-04). "Dear @joshuawongcf, thank you for signing our petition: we need fearless leaders like you to push superpowers like #China to take up responsibility and fight the global #ClimateEmergency. // #HongKongProtests #NSWfires #AustraliaOnFire #ClimateCrisis https://www.now.world/global_climate_emergency …" (Tweet). Retrieved 2020-01-05 – via Twitter.
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