Tiemo Wölken

Member of the European Parliament

Tiemo Wölken is a young politician from northern Germany. He has been active in local politics since 2003 in his home region and holds a LL.M. in International Law from the University of Hull, England. Since 2016, he is a lawyer in addition to being a Member of the European Parliament. Tiemo is the S&D Coordinator in the Committee on legal affairs and a Member of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. In addition, he is the health spokesperson of the German S&D Delegation, the Vice Chair of the MEP AMR Interest Group and Co-Chair of the MEP working group on innovation, access to medicines and poverty-related diseases. Tiemo’s areas of expertise are environmental issues, healthcare, legal affairs, and all things digital – from eHealth to tackling geoblocking.