Romeo Franz

Romeo Franz (born 28 October 1966) is a German musician, human rights activist and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 3 July 2018. From 2003 until 2013, he was a board member of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma. In addition to his committee assignments, Franz is a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and the European Parliament Anti-Racism and Diversity Intergroup. He is a Romani man, a Sinto, and the son of a Holocaust survivor. He lost six aunts and uncles during the Holocaust – or the cruel antigypsyism the Roma Community experience on a daily basis. He is the first ever Sinto from Germany to be elected to the European Parliament. His predominant work is dedicated to bringing a law. He believes that only with legislative action will Romani people be able to exercise their rights as equal citizens and will we be able to ensure that our financial support gets to where it is urgently needed.