Niklas Nienaß

{{Short description|German politician (born 1992)}}

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Alliance 90/The Greens
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European Green Party

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| term_start = 2 July 2019

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| alma_mater = University of Rostock

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Niklas Nienaß (born 14 April 1992) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/europawahlen/2019/gewaehlte/bund-99.html|title=Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge|work=Der Bundeswahlleiter|language=de|access-date=2 December 2019}}

Political career

In parliament, Nienaß served on the Committee on Regional Development and the Committee on Culture and Education.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197465/NIKLAS_NIENAS/home Niklas Nienaß] European Parliament. From 2021, he was part of the parliament's delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe.[https://conference-delegation.europarl.europa.eu/en/members.html Members of the delegation to the Conference on the Future of Europe] European Parliament.

In addition to his committee assignments, Nienaß was 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.[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197465/NIKLAS_NIENAS/home Niklas Nienaß] European Parliament. He was also a member of the Spinelli Group,[https://thespinelligroup.eu/board-members/ Board & Members] Spinelli Group. the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights,[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-childrens-rights.pdf Intergroup on Children’s Rights] European Parliament. the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development,[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/files/organisation-and-rules/organisation/intergroups/list-of-members-climate-change-biodiversity-and-sustainable-development.pdf Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development] European Parliament. the European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas[http://www.searica.eu/intergroup/members-2019-2024 Members 2019-2024] European Parliament Intergroup on Seas, Rivers, Islands and Coastal Areas. and the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights.[https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members] European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights

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.Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop (May 19, 2021), [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eu-lawmakers-urge-france-germany-italy-ditch-arctic-lng-2-support-2021-05-19/ EU lawmakers urge France, Germany, Italy to ditch Arctic LNG 2 support] Reuters.

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