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Andreas Audretsch

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Andreas Audretsch
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
26 October 2021
Personal details
Born (1984-06-25) 25 June 1984 (age 40)
Stuttgart, Germany
Political partyAlliance 90/The Greens
Alma materUniversity of Potsdam

Andreas Audretsch (born 25 June 1984 in Stuttgart) is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens[1][2] who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election. He has also been Deputy Chairman of the Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group in the Bundestag since May 2022.[3][4]

Early life and education

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Audretsch studied Politics, Journalism and Sociology at the University of Münster before continuing his studies at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Potsdam until 2008.[5] He also earned a PhD at the University of Potsdam in political science.[5][6][7]

Life and career

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Following this, from 2006 to 2015, he worked as a radio journalist for Deutschlandradio and ARD radio, among others.[8][9] He carried out this work on a part-time basis from 2009, as he worked as a consultant in the German Bundestag from then until 2015.[10][11] In 2013 and 2014, he held a teaching position at the University of Lüneburg.[12] From 2015 to 2021, he worked as a press spokesperson in political communication for the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the Office of the Federal President and the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.[10][11]

In June 2020, together with historian Claudia Gatzka, he published the book "Schleichend an die Macht. Wie die Neue Rechte Geschichte instrumentalisiert, um Deutungshoheit über unsere Zukunft zu erlangen über den “massiven Angriff der Neuen Rechten auf unsere liberale Demokratie"".[8] In May 2022, his book Growing Together. A new progressive movement emerges was published.[13]

Political career

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Audretsch has been a member of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen since 2011 and has been involved with the party since 2009.[14][7]From 2013 to 2016, he was a member of the board and spokesperson for the board of the Greens in Berlin-Neukölln.[13][7] From 2015 to 2016, he was a member of the Green Party Council in Berlin.[12] From 2016 to 2021, he was a member of the state board of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Berlin.[15][14] In parliament, Audretsch has been a member of the Committee on Social Affairs since 2021.[16] In the 2021 Bundestag election, he ran in the Berlin-Neukölln constituency, where he came second behind Hakan Demir (SPD; 25.8'%) with 19.7% of the first votes and thus missed out on the direct mandate.[17] However, he entered the 20th German Bundestag via fourth place on his party's Berlin state list.[18] He is a full member of the Committee on Labor and Social Affairs and a deputy member of the Joint Committee, Mediation Committee[19][7] and Budget Committee.[20][7] Since 2022, he has been serving as one his parliamentary group's deputy chairs, under the leadership of co-chairs Britta Haßelmann and Katharina Dröge, where he oversees the group's activities on financial policy, economic and social affairs.[13]

Political positions

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In the 2021 federal elections, Audretsch focused on labour and social issues, the fight against right-wing extremism and "One World".[21] He also argued that the Berlin rent cap should be made possible by federal law, that protection against dismissal should be tightened and that tenant electricity should be made possible.[22] He also advocated the abolition of unemployment benefits II and a guaranteed livelihood.[22] He also believes that the minimum wage should be raised to twelve euros and that precarious work should be ended.[22] For the "fight against the right", he proposes a law to promote democracy.[22]

Memberships

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Audretsch has been a member of Ver.di since 2012.[7] He has been a Policy Fellow at the think tank "Das Progressive Zentrum" since 2017.[13]

Private life

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Audretsch has lived in Berlin-Neukölln since 2006.[23] He is homosexual.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Andreas Audretsch". Deutscher Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Andreas Audretsch". Alliance 90/The Greens Bundestag (in German). Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. ^ "»Streit um Haushalt 2025«". ardmediathek.de (in German). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ Husemann, Felix (18 March 2024). "»SPD und Grüne kritisiert CDU-Pläne für Bürgergeld-Reform«". rnd.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Dr. Andreas Audretsch". Das Progressive Zentrum. Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  6. ^ "»Dr. Andreas Audretsch«". progressives-zentrum.org (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "»Andreas Audretsch«". gruene-bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ a b Wienand, Lars (14 May 2024). "»"All das ist nur die Spitze des Eisbergs"«". t-online.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  9. ^ Reitz, Ulrich (11 May 2023). "»Analyse von Ulrich Reitz: Habeck zeigt, wie dünnhäutig Grüne bei Kritik werden«". focus.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b "»Neuaufstellung der Pressestelle im Bundesfamilienministerium«". bmfsfj.de (in German). 15 October 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  11. ^ a b "»Andreas Audretsch, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen«". bundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  12. ^ a b "»Über mich«". andreasaudretsch.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  13. ^ a b c d "»Unsere Referierenden und Moderierenden«". dena-kongress.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  14. ^ a b Beikler, Sabine (29 June 2020). "»Update/ Kampf um vordere Listenplätze Renate Künast will wieder in den Bundestag«". tagesspiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  15. ^ "»Stimmen zum "Baerplag"; Die einen sagen "Hochstapelei", die anderen "blanker Neid"«". focus.de (in German). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  16. ^ Andreas Audretsch Bundestag.
  17. ^ "»Bundestagswahl 2021«". bundeswahlleiterin.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  18. ^ "»Teilwiederholung der Bundestagswahl: Diese vier Berliner Abgeordneten sind raus!«". berliner-kurier.de (in German). 12 February 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  19. ^ "»Andreas Audretsch«". vermittlungsausschuss.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  20. ^ "»Grünen-Haushaltspolitiker kritisiert Bundeswehrpläne als »ungenügend««". spiegel.de (in German). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  21. ^ "»Andreas Audretsch: Zusammen wachsen. Eine neue progressive Bewegung entsteht ǀ Buchneuerscheinung«". news-research.net (in German). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  22. ^ a b c d "»Andreas Audretsch«". abgeordnetenwatch.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  23. ^ "»Andreas Audretsch«". dietz-verlag.de (in German). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  24. ^ "»Andreas Audretsch«". x.com (in German). 14 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
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