Awards & Recognition
★Economic and Monetary Award Affairs, MEP Awards 2017
★Recognized as leading EU finance critic by industry publications
Notable Facts
→State Secretary in German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (2021-2024)
→Member of European Parliament (2009-2021) with focus on economic and monetary affairs
→Deputy Chair of Alliance 90/The Greens party since 2024
→Founding member of Attac Germany
→Coordinator for Greens/EFA group in European Parliament Economic Committee
→Led investigations into Panama Papers and financial sector regulation
→Over 61,500 Twitter followers as active policy communicator