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Wytze Russchen
Born (1970-12-22) 22 December 1970 (age 53)
Netherlands
OccupationWriter, lobbyist, politician
LanguageDutch

Wytze Russchen (born 22 December 1970) is a Dutch writer, lobbyist, and politician.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Russchen was born on 22 December 1970 in Friesland in the Netherlands. During his studies, he started working in the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg, first as an employee of the Euro Liberal Group and later as the political right-hand man of the late Willy De Clercq. For more than three years, he accompanied the former Belgian deputy prime minister, European commissioner and minister of state in his duties as Chairman of the Committee on International Trade and then of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market in Parliament.[4]

In 1999, he became a spokesperson and lobbyist for BusinessEurope, the association of European employers.[5] Two years later, he joined the employers' association VNO-NCW in The Hague. In 2004 he returned to Brussels to coordinate the Dutch Presidency of the European Council as Principal Secretary for European Affairs.[6] In 2005, he did the same during the Luxembourg EU presidency, but seconded to Luxembourg employers.[7] In 1999 and 2004 he was a candidate for the European Parliament. In 2006, he was a candidate for the Brussels parliament.[8]

Russchen was the founder of the Dutch Network Brussels, Political Café Brussels, Crazy Orange, former president of the VVD in Brussels and Belgium, and advisor to the Flemish Parkinson's League.[9]

In 2017, he was considered one of the most influential Dutch people in Brussels by the euknowhow.eu platform.[10]

References

  1. ^ "The disease forces a Brussels lobbyist out of the way". fd.nl. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Don't hide the Capital". wir-sind-europa.eu. April 25, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "DFormer VVD candidate Russchen does not vote VVD for the first time". wir-sind-omropfryslan.nl. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Sadée, Tijn (October 11, 2016). "whoever does not lobby loses here". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Wytze Russchen European Lobbyist Talks About Cultural Differences in Brussels". culturematters.com. October 11, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "Podcast: Parkinson's and loneliness". parkinsonslife.eu (in Dutch). October 22, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  7. ^ "Wytze Russchen, 'the oil man' (photos & report)". pamevenhuis.com (in French). October 11, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2023.
  8. ^ Y., J. (August 17, 2023). "Wytze Russchen" (in Dutch). hetsprekersburo.
  9. ^ Russchen, Wytze (May 24, 2022). "You can say things no one can say". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  10. ^ "most powerful dutch brussels". euknowhow.eu (in Dutch). October 11, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2023.

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