Theresa Kalmer

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Theresa Kalmer (born March 21, 1991 in Munich ) is a German politician . From 2013 to 2015 she was the spokesperson for the Green Youth , the youth organization of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen .

Theresa Kalmer

Life

Kalmer grew up in Munich and Kornwestheim . She graduated from the Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium in Marbach (Neckar). There she attended the “International Fellowship Class”. After graduating from high school, Kalmer completed a voluntary social year . She is currently studying philosophy and political science at the University of Halle (Saale).

politics

Kalmer has been a member of the Green Youth since 2007. In April 2011 she was elected as an assessor to the federal board of the Green Youth. On November 2, 2013 she was elected spokeswoman for the Federal Association of Green Youth at the 41st Federal Congress of Green Youth in Gelsenkirchen. The re-election took place at the 43rd Federal Congress in Dresden in October 2014, again with no opposition. Kalmer is a member of the BUND . Her main topics are ecology , European politics and queer politics .

Kalmer is an opponent of the free trade agreement between the US and the EU ( TTIP ). At the European Green Party in February 2014, the Green Youth demanded that the Greens reject the agreement. The Green Youth could not enforce the stop position, but managed to tighten the position.

At the federal party conference of the Greens in Hamburg in November 2014, Kalmer criticized Winfried Kretschmann for the asylum compromise. In the decision to declare three Balkan states safe countries of origin , “red lines” were clearly exceeded. She described the decision as a "historic break in green refugee policy"

The Green Youth spoke on her 43rd national congress next humanitarian military assistance against the Islamic State of. Kalmer emphasized this demand several times and called for deminers and more political pressure on Turkey and Baghdad in the fight against IS.

In the 45/2015 edition of Spiegel, Kalmer called for the ruling Lord Mayor of Tübingen, Boris Palmer, to be excluded from the Green Party, because in connection with the refugee crisis he had made demands for a quota of refugees and a European border security force.

Web links

Commons : Theresa Kalmer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ IFC Marbach: Students of the school year 07/08 ( Memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ a b Green Youth: Theresa Kalmer ( Memento from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ T-Online: Green Youth elects new federal board ( memento of September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), November 3, 2013.
  4. ^ Theresa Kalmer: Völlig verhandelt , The European, November 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ Green Youth: Green Youth calls for TTIP rejection from Green Party , February 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ taz: Greens call for a complete restart , February 8, 2014.
  7. ↑ Tagesschau: A Little Bite ( Memento from November 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), November 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ Tagesspiegel: Greens celebrate Winfried Kretschmann , November 22, 2014.
  9. ^ Taz: For and against arms deliveries , November 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ Tagesschau: Kurds must be able to defend themselves ( memento from November 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), November 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ Dispute over refugee policy: Green youth want to throw Palmer out of the party , Spiegel from October 31, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Kalmer, Theresa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), spokeswoman for the Green Youth
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany