Katharina Dröge (born 16 September 1984) is a German economist and politician of

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (, ), often simply referred to as Greens (, ), is a Green (politics), green political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 by the merger of the Greens (formed in West Germany in 1980) and Alliance 90 (formed in East Ger ...

who has been serving as co-chair of the Green Party’s parliamentary group in the

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since 2021, alongside

Britta Haßelmann Britta Maria Haßelmann (born 10 December 1961) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as co-chair of the Green Party’s parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2021, alongside Katharina Dröge. From 2013 until ...

. She previously served as one of the group’s managers () from 2018 to 2021. She has been a member of the

since 2013.

Education and early career

On a scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Dröge studied economics at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne () is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in 1388. It closed in 1798 before being re-established in 1919. It is now one of the largest universities in Germany with around 45,187 students. The Universit ...

from 2004 to 2010. From 2010 until 2013, Dröge worked at the State Ministry of Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of

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Political career

Dröge has been a member of the German

since the 2013 elections, representing

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’s Ehrenfeld, Nippes, and Chorweiler districts. In parliament, she has since been serving on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy. She is also her parliamentary group's spokesperson on competition policy. In addition to her committee assignments, she is a member of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group. In the negotiations to form a so-called

traffic light coalition In German politics, a traffic light coalition () is a coalition government of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Alliance 90/The Greens. It is named after the parties' traditional colours, respectively red, y ...

of the

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(SPD), the Green Party and the FDP following the 2021 federal elections, Dröge led her party's delegation in the working group on labor policy; her co-chairs from the other parties were Hubertus Heil and Johannes Vogel. In September 2024, within a context of growing Islamophobia in Germany, Dröge drew criticism after claiming that "the poison of Islam reaches people's heads here", she later claimed that she had meant to say "

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" rather than "Islam".

Other activities

Regulatory agencies

* Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Post and Railway (BNetzA), Alternate Member of the Advisory Board (since 2014)

Non-profit organizations

Heinrich Böll Foundation The Heinrich Böll Foundation (German language, German: ''Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Eingetragener Verein, e.V.''; Abbreviation: HBS) is a German legally independent political foundation. Affiliated with Alliance '90/The Greens, Alliance 90/The Gr ...

, Member of the General Assembly *

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, Member * Terre des Femmes, Member *

German Foundation for World Population DSW () is an international private non-profit foundation addressing Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH) and population dynamics. DSW funds its project and advocacy work from private donations and the financial support of governments, foundations ...

(DSW), Member of the Parliamentary Advisory Board (since 2021)

Political positions

Within the Green Party, Dröge is considered to be part of its left wing.Valerie Höhne and Jonas Schaible (30 November 2021)
Neuaufstellung der Fraktion: Katharina Dröge will Grünen-Fraktionschefin werden
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Droge, Katharina 1984 births Living people 21st-century German women politicians Members of the Bundestag for North Rhine-Westphalia University of Cologne alumni Politicians from Münster Members of the Bundestag 2021–2025 Members of the Bundestag 2017–2021 Members of the Bundestag 2013–2017 Members of the Bundestag for Alliance 90/The Greens Members of the Bundestag 2025–2029