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Rasmus Andresen

German politician (born 1986) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rasmus Andresen
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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 was born in Essen.[2] He mainly grew up in Flensburg and belongs to the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig.[3] He graduated from Duborg-Skolen in Flensburg and later with a bachelor's degree from Roskilde University in Denmark.

Political career

From 2009 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.[4]

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.[5]

In addition to his committee assignments, Andresen is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Canada.[6] He is also a member of the European Internet Forum,[7] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption,[8] the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Racism and Diversity,[9] the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[10] the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas[11] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.[12]

Since 2021, Andresen has been leading the German delegation within the Greens–European Free Alliance group, succeeding Sven Giegold.[13]

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Other activities

  • Institut Solidarische Moderne (ISM), Member (since 2010)[14]

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.[15]

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

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References

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