Rasmus Andresen

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Rasmus Andresen
MEP
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Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1986-02-20) 20 February 1986 (age 38)
Essen, West Germany
Political partyFlag of Germany.svg  German
Alliance 90/The Greens
Flag of Europe.svg  EU
European Green Party
Alma mater Roskilde University

Rasmus Andresen (born 20 February 1986) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. [1]

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Biography

Andresen mainly grew up in Flensburg and belongs to the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig. [2] He graduated from Duborg-Skolen in Flensburg and later with a bachelor's degree from Roskilde University in Denmark.

Political career

From 2005 to 2019, Andresen served as a member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein, representing Flensburg. At the time of his first election, he was the parliament's youngest member at 23. From 2017 until 2019, he served as vice-president of the Landtag. [3]

Andresen has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European elections. He has since been serving on the Committee on Budgets. He is also his parliamentary group's coordinator on the committee. [4]

In addition to his committee assignments, Andresen is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Canada. [5] He is also a member of the European Internet Forum, [6] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption, [7] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity, [8] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights, [9] the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas [10] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages. [11]

Since 2021, Andresen has been leading the German delegation within the Greens–European Free Alliance group, succeeding Sven Giegold. [12]

Other activities

Political positions

In May 2021, Andresen joined a group of 39 mostly Green Party lawmakers from the European Parliament who in a letter urged the leaders of Germany, France and Italy not to support Arctic LNG 2, a $21 billion Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, due to climate change concerns. [14]

On March 16, 2021, Andresen took on a godparenthood for Igor Bancer, a singer and political prisoner from Belarus. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ↑ 2019 electoral campaign presentation, The Greens (in German)
  3. ↑ Andresen legt Mandat nieder Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein, press release of 1 July 2019.
  4. ↑ Koert Debeuf (22 November 2019), The EU debate on its own resources EUobserver .
  5. ↑ Rasmus Andresen European Parliament.
  6. ↑ Members European Internet Forum.
  7. ↑ Intergroup on Anti-Corruption European Parliament.
  8. ↑ Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity European Parliament.
  9. ↑ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  10. ↑ Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  11. ↑ Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages European Parliament.
  12. ↑ Nisa Khan (16 December 2021), Movers & Shakers The Parliament Magazine .
  13. ↑ Members Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM).
  14. ↑ Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (May 19, 2021), EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support Reuters .
  15. ↑ "Presseerklärung zu dem Musiker und politischen Gefangenen Igor Bancer/Ihar Bantsar" (in German). Audiolith Records. 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
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