Felix Klos


Felix Constantijn Olivier Klos[2019 European Parliament election|] is a Dutch-American historian, political scientist, and politician of the Democrats 66.

Education

Klos was educated at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford, and Middlebury College, Vermont. His academic work has focused on European integration. During his studies, he served as a Legislative Intern in the United States Senate, and as an International Office Intern for the Dutch social liberal party Democrats 66.

Political career

In 2019, Klos was a candidate for D66 in the
European Parliament elections
. In the run-up to the elections he made a bid for delegation leader for D66, but was not elected. Sophie in 't Veld was chosen as delegation leader. He was a candidate for the party in the 2025 parliamentary election. D66's election victory secured his seat in parliament.

Publications

Klos is the author of Churchill on Europe: The Untold Story of Churchill's European Project and Winston ChurchillFather of Europe. The Guardian described the book as "scintillating" and observed that it "shows very persuasively how Churchill supported a postwar union of European states and wanted Britain to play a leading part in it.". In addition to the books Klos published a number of newspaper and magazine articles regarding Churchill's European legacy in the perspective of the UK EU referendum in June 2016.