Katrin Langensiepen

Katrin Langensiepen (born 10 October 1979) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 elections.

Katrin Langensiepen

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1979-10-10) 10 October 1979
Langenhagen, West Germany
NationalityGerman
Political party German
Alliance 90/The Greens
 EU
European Green Party

In parliament, Langensiepen has since been serving on the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.[1] She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability[2] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Cancer.[3] Langensiepen is the first women Member of the European Parliament with a visible disability. Before her election to the European Parliament, Langensiepen had been serving as a member of the City Council of Hannover.[4] Langensiepen has called for reforms to the system of sheltered workshops in Europe, which offer vocational training to people with disabilities. According to Langensiepen "in Germany, we are talking about 300,000 people working in the sheltered workshops for one euro average per hour".[5]

Other activities

References
  1. "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020.
  3. Intergroup European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC).
  4. Doeleke, Karl (6 June 2020). "Früher Rat heute EU-Parlament – wie geht es Ihnen, Frau Langensiepen?". Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 29 December 2020. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  5. "Apostles of Intersectionality Challenge Europe – Transcript". EU Scream. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)


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