Thomas Waitz is an Austrian member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA group since November 2017, and co-chair of the European Green Party. His topics range from climate protection, the agricultural turnaround and animal welfare, to EU foreign and peace policy, especially regarding relations with the Western Balkans.

Prior to his work in Brussels, he was a green activist for years, on the board of the Green Education Foundation in Austria and chairman of the Green Farmers’ Association. When he is not attending committee meetings in the European Parliament, he works and lives on my farm, where he and his partner produce organic honey.