Roger Casale is an award-winning civil rights campaigner, founder and Secretary General of New Europeans and a director of Europe's People's Forum. His experience includes 8 years as a Member of Parliament in the UK, including 3 years as a Parliamentary Private Secretary in the UK Foreign Office. He has lived and worked in the UK, Germany and Italy, speaks four languages and in 2009 was awarded the Commendatore dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. He blogs for Europa United in a personal capacity.