Niklas Nienaß
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Assumed office
2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1992-04-14) April 14, 1992
Marl, Germany
Political party German
Alliance 90/The Greens
 EU
European Green Party
Alma materUniversity of Rostock

Niklas Nienaß (born 14 April 1992) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[1]

Political career

In parliament, Nienaß serves on the Committee on Regional Development and the Committee on Culture and Education.[2] Since 2021, he has been part of the parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[3]

In addition to his committee assignments, Nienaß is 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 is 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

  1. ↑ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Niklas Nienaß European Parliament.
  3. ↑ Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe European Parliament.
  4. ↑ Niklas Nienaß European Parliament.
  5. ↑ Board & Members Spinelli Group.
  6. ↑ Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
  7. ↑ Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development European Parliament.
  8. ↑ Members 2019-2024 European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas.
  9. ↑ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights
  10. ↑ 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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