Rebekka Müller (born 1988 in

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) is a German politician of the

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party. She was the federal chairwoman of Volt from January 2022 to June 2023. She was also the party's federal lead candidate in the 2021 Bundestag elections and a member of the top quartet in the

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Career

Rebekka Müller initially studied

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at the

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from 2008 to 2011, where she completed her

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, and then went on to complete a

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at the private

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from 2011 to 2014. Müller then worked as a management consultant and project manager in the

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. As a result of

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, the election of

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and the

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protests, Müller decided she needed to become politically active herself and joined

in 2019. According to media reports, she gave up her job in 2020 to become a full-time volunteer. In 2020, Müller ran in the local elections in Cologne as a direct candidate for the Ehrenfeld 5 constituency and was number 5 on the party's list. During the local elections, she was the "city lead" in Cologne and responsible for the campaign. She has since been a member of the expert citizens' committee for real estate for the Volt parliamentary group on Cologne city council. In 2021, Müller was Volt's federal lead candidate in the Bundestag election alongside Bamberg city councillor Hans-Günter Brünker. Müller was federal chair of Volt Germany in 2022 together with Connor Geiger, and after his resignation in December 2022 from January to June 2023 together with Tim Marton. Together with JoinPolitics, she initiated the Team Europe support programme to promote political talent and, in particular, diversity in the political landscape. She announced that she would not be standing for the chairmanship again at the federal party conference on 24 June 2023 due to her planned candidacy for the European elections. Lara Neumann was elected as her successor. At the constellation meeting in

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on 16 September, Müller was elected as part of a top quartet for the

. The top quartet also includes

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and

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Political positions

Müller is particularly committed to

climate protection Climate change mitigation (or decarbonisation) is action to limit the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause climate change. Climate change mitigation actions include conserving energy and replacing fossil fuels with clean energy sour ...

. Her goal is to ensure that the 1.5° degree target is met and that Europe is CO2-neutral by 2035 and climate-neutral by 2040. To this end, it wants to expand socially designed CO2 pricing and

renewable energies Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind power, and hydropower. Bioenergy and ...

and promote affordable, climate-neutral housing. Müller sees digitalisation and

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

as a central building block for progress in climate protection and economic development. She wants to promote entrepreneurship and innovation. For example, start-ups are to be promoted by reducing bureaucracy and providing targeted venture capital in the early stages. Corporate taxes are to be harmonised within the EU.

European policy

Müller favours the establishment of a European republic with a government and prime minister elected by the

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, a European constitution and a common foreign and financial policy. The European Parliament should be given the right of initiative.

Personal life

Müller lives in Cologne. She is a

vegetarian Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the Eating, consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects as food, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slau ...

. Müller became the mother of a child in early 2023. Despite this, she remains politically active and is running for the

. In her opinion, motherhood should not be a career obstacle – as it is in other professions.

External links

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Rebekka 1988 births Politicians from Cologne Living people Volt Europa politicians Free University of Berlin alumni 21st-century German women politicians 21st-century German politicians