The EU and its Neighborhood Challenges
European and Eurasian Studies Series and Patrick McCarthy Memorial Series on Intellectuals and Politics
Supported by the Patrick McCarthy Fund
hosted by Professor
Michael Leigh
Christian Danielsson
European Commission, Sweden
Christian Danielsson is Director-General for Neigbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations at the European Commission.
He joined the European Commission in 1995 as a Member of the Cabinet of Commissioner Anita Gradin. Since then he has held several positions in the Commission, including Deputy Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Verheugen and Director in DG Enlargement. From 2008 to 2010 Danielsson was Permanent Representative for Sweden and in 2011 was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission. In 2013 he became Director-General for Enlargement and since 2015 has been Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations.
Before joining the Commission, Danielsson worked for the Swedish diplomatic service.
He is a graduate of Business Administration and Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.
