Niklas Nienaß
Niklas Nienaß | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
In office 2 July 2019 – 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Marl, Germany | April 14, 1992
Political party | German Alliance 90/The Greens EU European Green Party |
Alma mater | University of Rostock |
Niklas Nienaß (born 14 April 1992) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.[1]
Political career
In parliament, Nienaß served on the Committee on Regional Development and the Committee on Culture and Education.[2] From 2021, he was part of the parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[3]
In addition to his committee assignments, Nienaß was part of the parliament's delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU-Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia.[4] He was also a member of the Spinelli Group,[5] the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[7] the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas[8] and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[9]
Political positions
In May 2021, Nienaß 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.[10]
References
- ^ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Niklas Nienaß European Parliament.
- ^ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe European Parliament.
- ^ Niklas Nienaß European Parliament.
- ^ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
- ^ Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
- ^ Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development European Parliament.
- ^ Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
- ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights
- ^ Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (May 19, 2021), EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support Reuters.
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