German Member of Parliament, Jürgen Trittin will visit the U.S. to attend the Autumn Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly from December 7th to 9th. While in Washington DC, Jürgen will also participate in an exclusive energy roundtable with leading US energy experts at the Brookings Institution on December 9th. He will share his insights on the experiences and challenges of the German energy transition as well as discuss how the recent Ukrainian crisis impacts the energy security debate in Europe and beyond.
Since 2014, Jürgen Trittin has been a Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the German Parliament. As a deputy member, he also serves on the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union and the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy. Moreover, he is a member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. Until 2013, he was Chairman of the Parliamentary Group Alliance 90/The Greens in the German Parliament. From 2005 to 2009, Jürgen Trittin served as Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Group Alliance 90/The Greens in the German Parliament, in charge of Foreign, Security and European Policy., From 1998 to 2005, he was Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. Jürgen Trittin has been a Member of the German Parliament since 2005. He studied Social Sciences in Göttingen, Germany.