Sabrina Repp Explained

Sabrina Repp
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Office:Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Termstart:16 July 2024
Birth Date:1 February 1999
Birth Place:Tessin, Germany
Party:Social Democratic Party (since 2019)
Otherparty:Party of European Socialists
Alma Mater:TU Dresden
University of Rostock

Sabrina Repp (born 1 February 1999) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). She was elected member of the European Parliament in 2024.[1]

Early life and career

Repp was born in Tessin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in 1999.[2] [3] Her father is a painter and her mother is a cleaner.[4] [5] She graduated from TU Dresden with a bachelor's degree in political science in 2021, and from the University of Rostock with a master's degree in political science in 2023.[3] She has been serving as deputy chair of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern branch of Jusos since 2022, and previously served as chair of Jusos in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (2019–2020), and as deputy chair of Jusos in Saxony (2019–2021).[3]

In October 2023, Repp was nominated as the European candidate for the SPD Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.[6] In January 2024, she was elected to 11th place on the national SPD list at a conference in Berlin. It is the first time in years that the SPD Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has been able to secure a safe place on the list.[7] In advance, the SPD Mecklenburg-Vorpommern had reached an agreement with the SPD of Saxony-Anhalt, which continues to not be directly represented in the European Parliament. The Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Manuela Schwesig, and the SPD's top candidate, Katarina Barley, supported Repp's candidacy.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Europawahl 2024: Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge. Federal Returning Officer.
  2. Web site: Sozialdemokraten bitten in Güstrow zum Gespräch. Nordkurier. April 22, 2024.
  3. Web site: Unsere Europaabgeordnete: Sabrina Repp. SPD Lübtheen.
  4. Web site: EU-Kandidatin Repp will Sitz für die SPD in Brüssel holen. Norddeutscher Rundfunk. May 21, 2024.
  5. Web site: Überraschung bei MV-SPD: Kandidatin für EU-Wahl vorn auf Bewerberliste. Norddeutscher Rundfunk. January 26, 2024.
  6. Web site: Ramp . Pele . Rostock: Sabrina Repp ist SPD-Kandidatin für Wahl zum Europaparlament . 2024-09-08 . www.ostsee-zeitung.de . de.
  7. Web site: NDR . Überraschung bei MV-SPD: Kandidatin für EU-Wahl vorn auf Bewerberliste . 2024-09-08 . www.ndr.de . de.
  8. Web site: 2024-03-06 . SPD-Europapolitikerin Barley macht Kandidatin aus MV Mut . 2024-09-08 . Süddeutsche.de . de.