Dr. Walter Goetz, Head of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington D.C. , was the keynote speaker at the Miami-Florida Jean Monnet Center of Excellence two-day conference on “Democratic Values & Civic Participation in Europe and Beyond" on March 10, 2025. He addressed "The European Parliament’s role in upholding transatlantic democratic value."
Biography:
Dr. Walter Goetz, Head of the European Parliament Liaison Office, Washington D.C.
Walter Goetz was appointed as the Head of the European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington DC on September 1, 2023. He previously served as the Head of Cabinet of Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean. Goetz also worked as a civil servant in the Secretary General of the European Parliament in Brussels. From April to November 2019, he was Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), and from April 2012 to March 2019 he was the Head of the Secretariat of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN). From October 2009 to July 2011, he was the Head of the Secretariat of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (CRIS). Walter Goetz joined the European Parliament`s administration as an Administrator in the ITRE Secretariat in 2006 and later served in the Transatlantic Relations Unit of the European Parliament. From April 2003 to December 2005, he worked as an Administrator in the European Commission, where he was in charge of financial services in the Securities Market and Investment Services Provides Unit of DG MARKT. His career began in the German Federal Ministry of Finance in Bonn and Berlin in the years 1998 to 2003, where he held various positions as a desk officer in customs, fiscal policy and legal departments. He studied Law and Administrative Science in Konstanz and Speyer, Germany, and holds a PhD from the Faculty of Law of the University of Konstanz, Germany.
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