Tilly Metz

Tilly Metz (born 26 May 1967 in the Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish teacher and politician of the Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since June 2018.

Tilly Metz
Mayor of Weiler-la-Tour
In office
2005–2011
Personal details
Born (1967-05-26) May 26, 1967
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Political partyThe Greens
ResidenceLuxembourg City

Political career

Career in local politics

Metz served as chairman of the Luxembourg Greens between 2004 and 2009. From 2005 to 2011 she was Mayor of Weiler-la-Tour, succeeding Cécile Hemmen in office. From December 2017, she was a member of the City Council of Luxembourg. At the 2014 European Parliament election, when her party won a seat, Claude Turmes achieved the second highest number of votes on the Green list.[1]

Member of the European Parliament, 2018–present

After the death of Secretary of State Camille Gira in May 2018, Turmes returned to national politics and took over his post in the Bettel-Schneider government the following month. For him, Metz moved to the European Parliament on 20 June 2018. For the remainder of her term, she served as a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and was a member of the delegations for relations with India and the countries of the Andean Community.

Since the 2019 elections, Metz has been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety as well as on the Committee on Transport and Tourism. In 2020, she also joined the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport.[2]

In addition to her committee assignments, Metz has been part of the Parliament’s delegations for relations with the countries of Central America and to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat).[3] She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[4] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability,[5] the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals,[6] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[7]

Other activities

Metz served as President of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Luxembourg, Vice-President of the High Disability Council (CSPH) [8] and Member of the Board of Directors of a rehabilitation center in Luxembourg.

Controversy

In February 2019, Metz was one of four Green MEPs (the others being Molly Scott Cato, Michèle Rivasi, and Thomas Waitz) who were temporarily arrested after breaking into the Kleine Brogel Air Base to protest against the presence of U.S. B61 nuclear bombs on European soil; the protest followed the U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty earlier that month.[9]

Personal life

Metz lives in her hometown, is married and has an adult daughter.

References
  1. Wahlergebnisse der Europawahl 2014 auf der Website der luxemburgischen Regierung, abgerufen am 1. Februar 2019. (französisch)
  2. Members of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  3. Tilly Metz European Parliament.
  4. Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  5. Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020.
  6. Members European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
  7. MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
  8. Hoher Behindertenrat (CSPH) auf der Website des Ministeriums für Familie, Integration und die Großregion.
  9. Eline Schaart (February 20, 2019), 4 Green MEPs arrested after anti-nuclear protest at Belgian military base Politico Europe, October 1, 2019.
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