Terry Reintke

Theresa Reintke (born 9 May 1987) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Parliament from Germany since 2014. She is a member of the Alliance '90/The Greens, part of The Greens–European Free Alliance. From 2011 to 2013 she was the spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens.

Terry Reintke

MEP
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
1 July 2014
ConstituencyGermany
Personal details
Born
Theresa Reintke

(1987-05-09) 9 May 1987
Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Political party German
Alliance '90/The Greens
 EU
The Greens–European Free Alliance
Alma materFree University of Berlin
Websitewww.terryreintke.eu

Early life and education

Reintke was born and raised in Gelsenkirchen.[1][2] She studied political science at the Otto-Suhr-Institut of the Free University of Berlin, where her thesis was on "Local NGOs and sexualised violence in the Balkan conflicts".[3] She also worked as a researcher at the Bundestag for representative Ulrich Schneider.[1][4]

Political career

Reintke was a member of the executive board of German Green Youth from 2008 to 2009,[1] and from 2011 to 2013 was the spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens.[1][5]

Elected to the European Parliament in the 2014 European election, Reintke served as member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Regional Development during her first term. In 2019, she moved to the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. In addition to her committee assignments, Reintke is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[6] the European Parliament Intergroup on Youth Issues[7] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.[8]

Since the 2019 elections, Reintke has been serving as deputy chairwoman of the Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group, under the leadership of co-chairs Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts.[9]

Political positions

In 2021, Reintke joined forces with David McAllister and Radosław Sikorski in initiating a letter of 145 member of the European Parliament to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Education Commissioner Mariya Gabriel in which they called of for allowing Scotland and Wales to rejoin the European Union’s Erasmus+ mobility scheme.[10]

Controversy

In 2014, Reintke reported on her first week as a Member of the European Parliament in a widely discussed YouTube video with fellow Green representatives Jan Philipp Albrecht and Ska Keller,[11] which led to criticism of her ability to work with opponents.[12]

Recognition

In December 2017, Reintke was featured in TIME magazine's coverage of their Person of the Year issue, as part of the "Silence Breakers" honoured for speaking out against sexual abuse and harassment.[13]

References
  1. "Biographie: Terry Reintke", Hart aber fair, Das Erste, 22 October 2012 (in German).
  2. "Interview mit Terry Reintke: 'Eine Trennung von Patriotismus und Nationalismus ist sehr schwierig'", Grüne Jugend, 29 June 2012 (in German)
  3. "Verzeichnis der Absolventinnen und Absolventen und ihrer Diplomarbeitsthemen: Abschluss Wintersemester 2011/2012", OSI Club, retrieved 10 August 2014 (Microsoft Word) (in German)
  4. Ulrich Schneider personal website, retrieved 10 August 2014 (in German)
  5. "Executive Committee 2011", Federation of Young European Greens, archived at the Wayback Machine, 28 March 2012.
  6. Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  7. Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Youth Issues European Parliament.
  8. Members European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.
  9. Greens/EFA group positions elected Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA), press release of June 12, 2019.
  10. Cristina Gallardo (January 22, 2021), MEPs ask if Scotland, Wales can rejoin Erasmus student program Politico Europe.
  11. Sebastian Kempkens, "Grüne Europaabgeordnete auf YouTube: Juhuuuu, Terry", Der Spiegel, 7 July 2014 (in German)
  12. Jochen Bittner, "Auf der grünen Meinungsinsel", Editorial, Die Zeit, 10 July 2014 (in German)
  13. Zacharek, Stephanie; Dockterman, Eliana; Sweetland Edwards, Haley (6 December 2017). "TIME Person of the Year 2017". time.com. TIME magazine. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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