Emma Wiesner

{{Short description|Swedish politician (born 1992)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Emma Wiesner | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|size=100%|MEP}} | image = 1718294587532 20240613 Wiesner Emma SE 013.jpg | caption = | parliament = European | constituency_MP = [[Sweden (European Parliament constituency)|Sweden]] | term_start = 4 February 2021 | term_end = | parliamentary_group = [[Renew Europe]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|df=y|1992|11|11}}}} | birth_place = [[Västerås]], [[Sweden]] | party = [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre]] | occupation = Engineer, politician | alma_mater = [[Uppsala University]] | website = }}

'''Emma Wiesner''' (born 11 November 1992) is a Swedish politician for the [[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]], and former energy systems [[engineer]].<ref>Mia Bartoloni (January 22, 2021), [https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/movers-and-shakers-22-january-2021 Movers and Shakers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124104056/https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/movers-and-shakers-22-january-2021 |date=2021-01-24 }} ''[[The Parliament Magazine]]''.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/214839/EMMA_WIESNER/cv#detailedcardmep |title=Cirriculum Vitae - Emma Wiesner |website=European Parliament |access-date=7 October 2022 |archive-date=7 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007140924/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/214839/EMMA_WIESNER/cv#detailedcardmep |url-status=live}}</ref> Wiesner has been a [[Member of the European Parliament]] since 4 February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://valkompassen.svt.se/eu-2019/kandidat/emma-wiesner/|title=Emma Wiesner (C) - Valkompass EU-valet | SVT Nyheter|quote=valkompassen.svt.se|accessdate=11 December 2020|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510184732/https://valkompassen.svt.se/eu-2019/kandidat/emma-wiesner/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Political career == Wiesner started her political career as a 13 year old, after having seen [[Al Gore]]'s film ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''. After realizing that the [[environmental movement]] was her major political issue she chose to join the [[Green liberalism|green liberal]] Centre Party, where she began regional chairman for the youth wing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nohrstedt|first=Linda|title=Wiesner: "Jag tycker inte att kärnkraft är en EU-fråga"|url=https://www.nyteknik.se/ingenjorskarriar/wiesner-jag-tycker-inte-att-karnkraft-ar-en-eu-fraga-7008144|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Ny Teknik|language=sv|archive-date=2021-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204042625/https://www.nyteknik.se/ingenjorskarriar/wiesner-jag-tycker-inte-att-karnkraft-ar-en-eu-fraga-7008144|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the run-up to the [[2019 European Parliament election]], Wiesner was third on the Centre party list with a campaign slogan to bring "''new energy to Europe''" and wanting to increase the renewable energy in the union.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-10|title=Debatt: Vi behöver ny energi till Europa!|url=https://www.dt.se/artikel/debatt-vi-behover-ny-energi-till-europa|access-date=2021-02-08|website=dt.se|language=sv|archive-date=2021-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208210447/https://www.dt.se/artikel/debatt-vi-behover-ny-energi-till-europa|url-status=live}}</ref> The Centre party won two places in the election and even though Wiesner received more than 20,683 votes,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Personröster - Val 2019|url=https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/personroster.html#idC|access-date=2021-02-08|website=data.val.se|archive-date=2019-09-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921064223/https://data.val.se/val/ep2019/slutresultat/E/rike/personroster.html#idC|url-status=live}}</ref> it was not enough to reach over the threshold.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-31|title=Ingen kryssraket i EU-valet – trots att vissa var nära|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/ingen-kryssraket-i-eu-valet-trots-att-vissa-var-nara/|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Dagens Nyheter|language=sv|archive-date=2020-08-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811133234/https://www.dn.se/nyheter/politik/ingen-kryssraket-i-eu-valet-trots-att-vissa-var-nara/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2021–present: Member of the European Parliament === On 11 December 2020, it was announced that Wiesner was going to replace [[Fredrick Federley]]'s seat in the [[European Parliament]], after his resignation the same day.<ref>{{Cite AV media|last=Radio|first=Sveriges|title=Ny västmanlänning tar över efter Federley - P4 Västmanland|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7622890|accessdate=12 December 2020|website=Sveriges Radio|archive-date=6 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506211150/https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/7622890|url-status=live}}</ref> At 28 years of age, she became Sweden’s youngest member of the European Parliament.<ref>Mia Bartoloni (January 22, 2021), [https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/movers-and-shakers-22-january-2021 Movers and Shakers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124104056/https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/movers-and-shakers-22-january-2021 |date=2021-01-24 }} ''[[The Parliament Magazine]]''. Retrieved 24 January 2021.</ref>

In parliament Wiesner is a full member of the [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]] and the [[Committee on Fisheries]]. She is also a substitute member of the [[European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy|Industry, Research and Energy committee (ITRE)]], the [[European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development]] and the [[Special Committee for the Protection of Animals in Transport]] (ANIT)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Möt Emma Wiesner, ny Europaparlamentariker för Centerpartiet|url=https://www.centerpartiet.se/press/pressmeddelande/nyhetsarkiv-2021/2021-01-22-mot-emma-wiesner-ny-europaparlamentariker-for-centerpartiet|access-date=2021-02-08|website=centerpartiet.se|language=sv|archive-date=2021-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123061755/https://www.centerpartiet.se/press/pressmeddelande/nyhetsarkiv-2021/2021-01-22-mot-emma-wiesner-ny-europaparlamentariker-for-centerpartiet|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Mia Bartoloni (February 12, 2021), [https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/movers-and-shakers-12-february-2021 Movers & Shakers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212161322/https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/movers-and-shakers-12-february-2021 |date=2021-02-12 }} ''[[The Parliament Magazine]]''.</ref>

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