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Emma Wiesner becomes the new EU MP for the Center Party. Stock Photography.
When Fredrick Federley leaves the European Parliament, Emma Wiesner, 28, will take his place.
– I haven’t really worked with politics before, he tells TT.
In the EU elections in 2019, it finished third on the Center Party’s list and thus did not win either of the party’s two seats in parliament. But when the first name Fredrick Federley leaves all his political assignments, he is replaced by Emma Wiesner.
– Of course, they are very mixed feelings. The Center Party gets rid of a strong, impulsive and talented politician and representative, which of course is very boring, she says.
After Federley’s message arrived on Friday afternoon, the question was put to Wiesner, who quickly decided to say yes.
– It is a lot of fun and I am very proud to represent the Center Party in the European Parliament, she says.
Quit public relations jobs
Within the party, Wiesner has been involved in both youth and student unions, but never worked as a politician. Today she is vice president of the Center Party in the city of Stockholm, but does not have assignments in committees or municipal councils.
In the 2019 election campaign, he focused entirely on heart issues, climate and energy policy. After it became clear that she did not get a seat in the European Parliament, Emma Wiesner began working in public relations at the Northvolt battery company. When it’s time to move to Brussels, leave that job behind.
But this will not be the first time he has applied to Brussels. Wiesner has previously worked on energy issues at EU level, including for the Confederation of Swedish Companies. Before that, she trained as a civil engineer with a specialization in energy.
– I think it was one of the success factors in the 2019 electoral campaign, that I have a technical perspective rather than a political one, he says.
I want to change
TT: What topics will end up at the top of your agenda in Brussels?
– There is much to be done in the field of climate and energy. But I’ll go back to dealing with exactly what questions I should work on and what committee I should sit on.
TT: What do you want to change in the EU’s energy policy?
– 73 percent of current European energy is fossil. We are heavily dependent on fossil fuels and there is still a lot of support for it. And I’m passionate about changing that.
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