Michael Bloss grew up in Stuttgart and studied International Relations and Globalisation and Development in Dresden and London. He worked as a consultant for the United Nations Development Group, in the regional parliament of Baden-Württemberg, and for the MEP Ska Keller in Brussels, before he was elected to the European Parliament in 2019. During the last legislative term, he was a full member of the Committee on Industry and Energy (ITRE) and a substitute member of the Committee on the Environment (ENVI). Moreover, he was the coordinator of the Climate Core Group and shadow rapporteur for the Industrial Strategy and the European Climate Law for the Greens/EFA Group.

Michael became engaged in the Greenpeace youth wing early on and then joined the youth organization of the German Greens, Grüne Jugend, in 2008. From 2013 to 2015 he was spokesperson of the Federation of Young European Greens and is currently a member of the party board of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen in his home region, Baden-Württemberg.