Nela Riehl
Nela Riehl | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 September 1985 |
| Party | Volt Germany |
Other political affiliations | Greens-European Free Alliance |
Nela Riehl (born 11 September 1985) is a German politician and teacher who is a Member of the European Parliament for Volt Europa, elected in the 2024 European parliament election.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Riehl resides in Hamburg and is of Ghanaian descent.[1] She was the only black candidate in Germany during the 2024 European elections.[3]
Until a week before the election she was still working at a secondary school in Hamburg.[3] Her top issues have been promoting diversity and aiming for net-zero emissions.[2][4]
European Parliament
[edit]Upon entering the European Parliament, Riehl was elected Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Culture and Education.[5]
Sigma Boy Comments
[edit]On December 17, 2024, she accused the song "Sigma Boy" by Betsy and Maria Yankovskaya (a musical child duo) of communicating "patriarchal and pro-Russian worldviews".[6][7]
In 2025 Riehl was a joint winner of the MEP Award for Best Newcomer.[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Nela Riehl". Volt Deutschland (in German). Archived from the original on 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- 1 2 "2024 European elections, proposals for the future". euronews. 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- 1 2 Kähler, Jonas (2024-05-11). "Volt-Spitzenkandidatin Nela Riehl: "Ich bin ein Politikum"". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ↑ "Fra lærer til spidskandidat: Nela Riehl savnede repræsentation i politik og tog sagen i egen hånd". www.fla.de (in Danish). 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ↑ "Nela Riehl elected as Chair and Damian Boeselager as Co-Chair". Volt News. Volt Europa. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ Riehl, Nela (2024-12-17). "Verbatim report of proceedings - Russia's disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine". European Parliament (Debate Transcript). Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Napi abszurd: egy német EP-képviselő betiltatna egy tini slágert, mert orosz" [Daily absurdity: a German MEP would ban a teen hit because it's Russian]. www.magyarhirlap.hu (Magyar Hírlap) (Compact newspaper) (in Hungarian). Magyar Hírlap. 2025-01-26. Retrieved 2025-01-26.
- ↑ "Winners 2025". MEP Awards. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
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