Florian Kommer is a policy advisor on the Middle East and North Africa.

As a policy advisor on European Politics he was formerly part of the department EU/North America of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation.

He studied Politics, Economics and Philosophy in Hamburg, Istanbul and Passau. Throughout his studies, he worked at the Institute for European Integration, in the German Parliament, with a daily newspaper and finally with the European Commission in Brussels. His focus is on the future of the EU and on European development cooperation.