Lena Schilling (born 8 January 2001 in Vienna) is an Austrian climate activist.[1][2] She was the Austrian Green Party's top candidate for the 2024 European Parliament elections.[3]
Lena Schilling | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Austria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 January 2001 Vienna, Austria |
| Political party |  AustriaThe Greens – The Green Alternative  EUEuropean Green Party |
Life
editSchilling studies political science at the University of Vienna. She was a climate activist in the Fridays for Future movement. In 2019, she appeared at the Austrian Association of Municipalities conference, alongside the president and the chancellor of Austria, as well as the president of the National Council.[4]
She founded an the organisation Jugendrat ("youth council"),[5] which occupied the Vienna Lobautunnel construction site in protest.[6][7] She is the spokesperson for the “Austrian Supply Chain Act Initiative” with Veronika Bohrn Mena and Daniela Brodesser. At the beginning of 2021, she was described on FM4 as “perhaps the most politically active young woman in the country.” [5] At the end of 2021, she took part in a panel discussion in the “Im Zentrum” series.[8]
On 22 January 2024, she was selected by Werner Kogler, and on 24 February confirmed by the Green Federal Party Congress as the top candidate of the Austrian Greens for the 2024 European Parliament elections.[9][10][11]
In May 2024, Schilling dropped to the second last place in Austria's APA-OGM politician confidence index,[12] after it became public that she had talked to associates about leaving the Greens and switch to the Left party after the 2024 European Parliament elections. Schilling denied the allegations.[13][14]
As of May 2024, Schilling states her official occupations as author and dancing instructor.[15]
Controversy
editSince a report by the newspaper Der Standard, Lena Schilling has been under criticism regarding her integrity.[16]
On 7 May 2024, Der Standard published several allegations against Schilling following extensive research.[17][18] The investigation uncovered that Schilling falsely claimed that the partner of her former friend was to blame for a miscarriage due to domestic violence. A court injunction was signed by Lena Schilling. In another case, Schilling allegedly accused a TV journalist of sexual harassment; this was refuted by internal investigations. Schilling is also said to have invented her own love affair with a television journalist. When this was refuted, she accused the journalist of having relationships with other Green Party members.
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ Bischofberger, Conny (2022-02-06). "Rettet man so das Weltklima, Frau Schilling?". Kronen Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "Amalthea - Radikale Wende" (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ^ red, ORF at (2024-01-22). "EU-Wahl: Lena Schilling wird grüne Spitzenkandidatin". news.ORF.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "Gemeinden sind die Konstante in der Republik". KOMMUNAL.AT (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ a b "Women in Protest: Wer ist Lena Schilling?". fm4.ORF.at (in German). 2021-03-09. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "Jugendrat droht: Wird Lobau-Tunnel gebaut, machen wir zweites Hainburg!". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ josef.gebhard (2021-06-05). "Warum eine 20-jährige Studentin die Lobau besetzen will". kurier.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ ""IM ZENTRUM": Wie teuer muss Klimaschutz sein? Was die Energiewende uns alle kosten wird". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ Hofer, 24 02 2024 um 17:50 von Elisabeth (2024-02-24). "Die Grünen gehen mit Schilling in die EU-Wahl – und mit Sartre". Die Presse (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Grüne wählen Schilling mit 96,6 Prozent zur EU-Spitzenkandidatin". DER STANDARD (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ Bunke, Christian (2024-01-22). "Lena Schilling: "Politik ist kein Spiel"". news.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "Lena Schilling stürzt im Vertrauensindex ab". meinbezirk.at (in German). 17 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Grünen-Kandidatin Schilling überlegte, nach der EU-Wahl zu Linksfraktion zu wechseln". derstandard.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-22.
- ^ "Austria's Greens in shambles as EU election nears". politico.eu. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
- ^ Official candidate list of the 2024 EU election in Austria: https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/Europawahlen/Europawahl_2024/files/Verlautbarung_der_Bundeswahlbehoerde_EU_Wahl_2024.pdf
- ^ Katharina Mittelstaedt, Fabian Schmid (9 May 2024). "Worum es bei den Vorwürfen rund um Lena Schilling geht [What the accusations against Lena Schilling are all about]". derstandard.at (in German). Vienna: STANDARD Verlagsgesellschaft. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ "Lena Schillings EU-Kandidatur gerät in Turbulenzen".
- ^ "Fraktionswechsel?: Schilling bestreitet Vorwurf". 21 May 2024.
- ^ red (2024-03-30). ""Radikale Wende": Schul-Auftritt von Grüner regt auf". Heute.at (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "Radikale Wende - Weil wir eine Welt zu gewinnen haben - Übersicht - Salon International". W24 (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ WHL/HAR (2022-10-21). ""Radikale Wende": Buch von Klimaaktivistin Lena Schilling". Tiroler Tageszeitung Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ krone.at (2024-03-30). "Debatte um Lesung von Lena Schilling in Gymnasium". Kronen Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
- ^ "Junge Klima-Aktivistin stellt ihr Buch vor". Tips Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.