Ricarda Lang

Ricarda Lang (born 17 January 1994) is a German politician who served as co-leader of the Alliance 90/The Greens from 2022 to 2024, alongside Omid Nouripour.

[9][10] In early 2022, Lang became one of the six subjects of an embezzlement investigation launched by the Berlin public prosecutor’s office into the entire leadership board of the Green Party over the payment of so-called ‘corona bonuses,’ which had been paid in 2020 to all employees of the party’s federal office and at the same time to its board.

[5][12][13][14] She is critical of individualist approaches to policy; for example, to tackle climate change, she opposes focusing on individual consumption and advocates phasing out coal and ending subsidies to environmentally damaging industries.

"[15] Lang's political goals include an increase in Hartz IV payments, better pay for caregivers, limits on precariat employment, and more support for people living in rural areas.

[16] She supports the admission of climate refugees;[17] in particular, she proposes offering EU citizenship to residents of Pacific island nations whose territory is severely threatened by rising sea levels.

[18] Lang supports arms deliveries to Ukraine in the wake of the Russian incursion, calling in the fall of 2022 "that we need to deliver more weapons, that we need to speed up.