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Following the [[2019 European Parliament election|2019 elections]], Metz was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's four-year work program on digitization.<ref>Florian Eder (June 13, 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-presented-by-google-madrids-moment-parliament-working-groups-sneak-peak-happy-birthday-gdpr/ POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Madrid’s moment — Parliament working groups sneak peak — Happy birthday, GDPR] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>
Following the [[2019 European Parliament election|2019 elections]], Metz was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's four-year work program on digitization.<ref>Florian Eder (June 13, 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-presented-by-google-madrids-moment-parliament-working-groups-sneak-peak-happy-birthday-gdpr/ POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Madrid’s moment — Parliament working groups sneak peak — Happy birthday, GDPR] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>


Also since 2019, Metz has been serving on the [[Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]] as well as on the [[Committee on Transport and Tourism]]. She is a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Sustainable Development (AGRI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} AGRI {{!}} Committees {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/agri/about |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref> Since 2020, she has also been chairing the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport] [[European Parliament]], press release of July 9, 2020.</ref><ref>Max Zander (20 January 2022), [https://www.dw.com/en/eu-parliament-restricts-live-animal-transports/a-60488383 EU parliament restricts live animal transports] ''[[Deutsche Welle]]''.</ref> In 2022, she joined the Special Committee on the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/documents/PRIORITY_INFO/558/Composition%20nominative%20des%20commissions%20PEGA%20COVI%20ING2_24.03.2022_EN.pdf Members of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic] [[European Parliament]].</ref><ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220321IPR25923/parliament-names-meps-to-sit-on-three-new-committees Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees] [[European Parliament]], press release of 24 March 2022.</ref>
Also since 2019, Metz has been serving on the [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]] as well as on the [[Committee on Transport and Tourism]]. She is a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Sustainable Development (AGRI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=About {{!}} AGRI {{!}} Committees {{!}} European Parliament |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/agri/about |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.europarl.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref> Since 2020, she has also been chairing the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport.<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sed/doc/news/flash/24221/Full%20Members%20new%20committees_09-07-2020_en.pdf Members of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport] [[European Parliament]], press release of July 9, 2020.</ref><ref>Max Zander (20 January 2022), [https://www.dw.com/en/eu-parliament-restricts-live-animal-transports/a-60488383 EU parliament restricts live animal transports] ''[[Deutsche Welle]]''.</ref> In 2022, she joined the Special Committee on the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sedcms/documents/PRIORITY_INFO/558/Composition%20nominative%20des%20commissions%20PEGA%20COVI%20ING2_24.03.2022_EN.pdf Members of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic] [[European Parliament]].</ref><ref>[https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20220321IPR25923/parliament-names-meps-to-sit-on-three-new-committees Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees] [[European Parliament]], press release of 24 March 2022.</ref>


In addition to her committee assignments, Metz is chair of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of [[Central America]] and a member of the [[Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly]] (EuroLat).<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/193292/TILLY_METZ/home Tilly Metz] [[European Parliament]].</ref> She is also a member of the [[European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights]],<ref>[https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members] European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.</ref> the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability,<ref>[http://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom/news/bureau-disability-intergroup-european-parliament-established Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established] European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020.</ref> the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals,<ref>[http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ Members] European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.</ref> and the [[MEPs Against Cancer]] group.<ref>[https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature] [[MEPs Against Cancer]].</ref>
In addition to her committee assignments, Metz is chair of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of [[Central America]] and a member of the [[Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly]] (EuroLat).<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/193292/TILLY_METZ/home Tilly Metz] [[European Parliament]].</ref> She is also a member of the [[European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights]],<ref>[https://lgbti-ep.eu/who-we-are/members/ Members] European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.</ref> the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability,<ref>[http://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom/news/bureau-disability-intergroup-european-parliament-established Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established] European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020.</ref> the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals,<ref>[http://www.animalwelfareintergroup.eu/about-us/members/ Members] European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.</ref> and the [[MEPs Against Cancer]] group.<ref>[https://www.europeancancerleagues.org/meps-against-cancer-about-meps-against-cancer-2/ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature] [[MEPs Against Cancer]].</ref>

Revision as of 19:37, 8 July 2022

Tilly Metz
Mayor of Weiler-la-Tour
In office
2005–2011
Personal details
Born (1967-05-26) May 26, 1967 (age 57)
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Political partyThe Greens
ResidenceLuxembourg City

Tilly Metz (born 26 May 1967 in the Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish teacher and politician of the Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since June 2018. After teaching humanities and social sciences, she was deputy director of the Lycée Technique pour Professions Educatives et Sociales (LTPES) in Mersch. She is particularly known for her stance on animal welfare, health-related issues and human rights.

Political career

Career in local politics

During her studies in psychology and pedagogy Tilly Metz became involved in politics within the Luxembourg Socialist Party, via the Michel Welter Circle, which is mainly dedicated to health, education and disability issues.[1]

Metz served as chairman of the Luxembourg Greens between 2004 and 2009. From 2005 to 2011 she was Mayor of Weiler-la-Tour, succeeding Cécile Hemmen in office. She was the first woman mayor of the municipality and the first elected member of the Greens party.[2] From December 2017, she was a member of the City Council of Luxembourg. At the 2014 European Parliament election, when her party won a seat, Claude Turmes achieved the second highest number of votes on the Green list.[3]

Member of the European Parliament, 2018–present

After the death of Secretary of State Camille Gira in May 2018, Turmes returned to national politics and took over his post in the Bettel-Schneider government the following month. For him, Metz moved to the European Parliament on 20 June 2018. For the remainder of her term, she served as a member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy and was a member of the delegations for relations with India and the countries of the Andean Community.

Following the 2019 elections, Metz was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's four-year work program on digitization.[4]

Also since 2019, Metz has been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety as well as on the Committee on Transport and Tourism. She is a substitute member of the Committee on Agriculture and Sustainable Development (AGRI).[5] Since 2020, she has also been chairing the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport.[6][7] In 2022, she joined the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9]

In addition to her committee assignments, Metz is chair of the Parliament's delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and a member of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat).[10] She is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights,[11] the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability,[12] the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals,[13] and the MEPs Against Cancer group.[14]

Other activities

Metz served as president of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Luxembourg, vice-president of the High Disability Council (CSPH) [15] and member of the Board of Directors of a rehabilitation center in Luxembourg.

Positions taken

Environment

Having participated in the drafting of the report "Farm to fork", she denounces the increasingly intensive agricultural policy oriented towards exports, the consequences of which are harmful to the environment. Legislation aiming to reduce the use of pesticides comes up against the powerful lobbies of the agro-industry.[16]

Concerning the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which represents almost a third of the European Union's budget, Tilly Metz regrets the lack of ambition: "For the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (2021-2027), I would have liked to see clear political objectives that would contribute to achieving the EU's climate objectives, to curb the disappearance of species and to encourage small farms rather than multinationals. Unfortunately, neither the current nor the future CAP has achieved these goals.

As a member of the Transport and Tourism Committee[17] in the European Parliament, Tilly Metz is the voice of the Greens/EFA for a more sustainable tourism.[18] She also contributed to the legislation to set up a social climate fund[19] to compensate for the increase in energy prices that weighs on the most economically and socially disadvantaged households

Health

In the European Parliament and in particular in the ENVI Committee, Tilly Metz is actively working on health issues. She has been a shadow negotiator for the Greens/EFA Group on several occasions, including the vote on the report on a pharmaceutical strategy[20] and the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a stronger role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management as regards medicinal products and medical devices.

Tilly Metz was an alternate member of the Special Committee on Combating Cancer in Europe (BECA)[21], which was created in response to the growing prevalence of cancer in Europe. Indeed, it is estimated that 2.7 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed and 1.3 million people will have died of cancer in the EU by 2020.[22]

On the occasion of the creation of a special committee ''the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future''[23], Tilly Metz was chosen by the Greens/EFA Group to be the rapporteur on the future work of this health committee.

Human rights

Tilly Metz is involved in the cause of human rights, particularly as chair of the Delegation for Relations with Central American Countries (DCAM)[24] in the European Parliament. It informs itself and organizes work on the political, economic, social, legal and human rights situation in the nine partner countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Its priorities are the protection of human rights, the rights of women and the LGBTQ+ community, as well as the protection of indigenous peoples and environmental defenders in this region.

She was particularly impacted by the case of Aura Lolita Chavez during a visit to Guatemala in 2018.[25] This minority rights and environmental activist was a finalist for the Sakharov Prize in 2017.

Animal welfare

The fight for animal welfare is one that Tilly Metz has been particularly committed to in the early years of her mandate. She was appointed to head a commission of inquiry into the protection of animals during transport[26], the final report of which[27] was approved in December 2021. She said, "It is important to ensure the same level of protection for animals throughout the journey, just as it is essential that transporters and drivers have a single set of rules to follow in cross-border transport."[28] She denounced the excessive length of time that animals spend in transit. She also denounced the excessive duration of animal transports, especially during journeys beyond the borders of the European Union. The report denounces the lack of harmonization of rules, controls and sanction systems within the European Union. The report recommends the establishment of criteria for transport vehicles.

According to her, citizens' initiatives such as "End the Cage Age"[29], which received 1,397,113 signatures, had a real impact on the work of the European Commission, which initiates legislation applicable to the countries of the European Union. Tilly Metz believes that "for many citizens, the primary motivation for demanding stricter rules and more sanctions is an ethical concern, a desire to see animal suffering avoided or at least reduced. So for them, any improvement would be positive, in addition to reducing public health risks and environmental concerns.

Tilly Metz is also committed to opposing animal testing, believing that more efficient and ethical alternatives often exist. It is a victory for her that the European Parliament voted in favor of an action plan to phase out the use of animals for scientific experiments and tests.[30] However, the text adopted is not binding on the Member States.

Controversy

In February 2019, Metz was one of four Green MEPs (the others being Molly Scott Cato, Michèle Rivasi, and Thomas Waitz) who were temporarily arrested after breaking into the Kleine Brogel Air Base to protest the presence of U.S. B61 nuclear bombs on European soil; the protest followed the U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty earlier that month.[31]

Personal life

Metz lives in her hometown, is married and has an adult daughter.

References

  1. ^ "L'INTERVIEW DU MOIS Tilly Metz". issuu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  2. ^ "L'INTERVIEW DU MOIS Tilly Metz". issuu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  3. ^ Wahlergebnisse der Europawahl 2014 auf der Website der luxemburgischen Regierung, abgerufen am 1. Februar 2019. (französisch)
  4. ^ Florian Eder (June 13, 2019), POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Madrid’s moment — Parliament working groups sneak peak — Happy birthday, GDPR Politico Europe.
  5. ^ "About | AGRI | Committees | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  6. ^ Members of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport European Parliament, press release of July 9, 2020.
  7. ^ Max Zander (20 January 2022), EU parliament restricts live animal transports Deutsche Welle.
  8. ^ Members of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic European Parliament.
  9. ^ Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees European Parliament, press release of 24 March 2022.
  10. ^ Tilly Metz European Parliament.
  11. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.
  12. ^ Bureau of the Disability Intergroup of the European Parliament is established European Disability Forum, press release of 14 February 2020.
  13. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
  14. ^ MAC MEPs in the 2019-24 legislature MEPs Against Cancer.
  15. ^ Hoher Behindertenrat (CSPH) auf der Website des Ministeriums für Familie, Integration und die Großregion.
  16. ^ "De la ferme à la fourchette : au- delà des mythes". Verts/ALE (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  17. ^ "Highlights | Home | TRAN | Committees | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  18. ^ "REPORT on establishing an EU strategy for sustainable tourism". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  19. ^ Parliament, European. "Carriage details | Legislative Train Schedule". European Parliament. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  20. ^ "RAPPORT sur une stratégie pharmaceutique pour l'Europe". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  21. ^ "À propos | BECA | Commissions | Parlement européen". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  22. ^ "European Cancer Information System". ecis.jrc.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  23. ^ "Textes adoptés - Constitution d'une commission spéciale sur la pandémie de COVID-19: enseignements tirés et recommandations pour l'avenir - Jeudi 10 mars 2022". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  24. ^ "Home | DCAM | Delegations | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  25. ^ "déi Gréng". tillymetz.lu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  26. ^ "À ne pas manquer | Home | ANIT | Commissions | Parlement européen". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  27. ^ "Fiche de procédure: 2020/2269(INI) | Observatoire législatif | Parlement européen". oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  28. ^ "Transport d'animaux : des défaillances systématiques révélées (interview) | Actualité | Parlement européen". www.europarl.europa.eu (in French). 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  29. ^ "Undercover Investigation". www.endthecageage.eu. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  30. ^ Fortuna, Gerardo (2021-09-20). "MEPs prod Commission to chart animal testing phase out". www.euractiv.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  31. ^ Eline Schaart (February 20, 2019), 4 Green MEPs arrested after anti-nuclear protest at Belgian military base Politico Europe, October 1, 2019.
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