Reinier van Lanschot

Reinier van Lanschot
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
16 July 2024
Parliamentary groupGreens–European Free Alliance
ConstituencyNetherlands
Co-President of Volt Europa
In office
October 2019 – June 2023
Personal details
Born (1989-09-07) 7 September 1989 (age 35)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
NationalityDutch
Political partyVolt (since 2018)
Volt Netherlands
ResidenceMaastricht
EducationBachelor's and Master's degree degree in law
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
University of Amsterdam

Reinier van Lanschot (born 7 September 1989) is a Dutch politician and one of Volt Netherlands Members of the European Parliament alongside Anna Strolenberg. In 2018, he co-founded Volt Netherlands with Laurens Dassen and served as its chairman during the party's first year.[1] He was the party's top candidate for the European Parliament in the 2019 election and again in the 2024 election. Van Lanschot was elected to the co-presidency of Volt Europa (together with Valerie Sternberg of Volt Germany) at the 2019 General Assembly in Sofia,[2] and re-elected for a second mandate (together with Francesca Romana D'Antuono of Volt Italy) at the 2021 Lisbon General Assembly.[3]

  1. ^ "Reinier van Lanschot: 'Volt is een politieke startup'". MT.nl (in Dutch). 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-08-24.
  2. ^ "European Board". Volt Europa. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
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