Short vita
As head of the Madrid office, David Henneberger directs the FNF projects in Spain, Italy, Portugal and leads a Mediterranean dialogue project linking Europe to MENA countries, Turkey and West Africa. He joined the foundation in 2009 and has worked since in Germany, Mexico, Central America, Indonesia, and South Africa. David describes himself as an entrepreneurial economist. He has co-founded impactful initiatives in field of start-ups and economic empowerment. They aim at creating economic growth and equal opportunities for all, among them being the Central American “Innovate Entrepreneurship Summit” and the “Euthenia Executive Women Network in the Mediterranean.
Contributions
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Give me Five - New elections arrive at the right moment for Portuguese liberals
Portugal will hold early elections for a new parliament next Sunday. The new elections had become necessary after the Socialists (“Partido Socialista," PS), governing since 2015, failed to get the 2022 budget through parliament.
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Spain does not calm down after the arrest of rapper. More serenity!
On the night of Sunday to Monday, Catalonia saw its sixth consecutive night of heavy riots after the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasél on Tuesday. He had not started a prison sentence to which he had been sentenced for "inciting terrorism and insulting the royal family and government institutions."
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It's complicated
The autonomous region of Catalonia elects a new regional parliament at the height of the 3rd corona wave. The favorite is Salvador Illa, former Spanish health minister and leading candidate of the socialist party. But even if his party were to win the election on Sunday, that would not guarantee participation in government, analyzes David Henneberger.
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Migration and More: EURO-MENA-SHOW Kick-off for Digital Mediterranean Cooperation in Pandemic Times
The FNF Regional Office for the MENA Region, the FNF Mediterranean Dialogue Project in Madrid and its partner Casa Árabe, the official Spanish institute for relations with the Arab world, organised the EURO-MENA SHOW on 15 July. In addition to solutions to current challenges such as migration, security and tourism, the event focused on connecting elements that underline the common history as well as the inextricably linked present of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
