22 Facts About Caren Lay

Caren Nicole Lay was born on 11 December 1972 and is a German politician.

Caren Lay has been a member of the Bundestag since 2009 and has been deputy chairperson of the parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2017.

In November 2019, Lay unsuccessfully applied to succeed Sahra Wagenknecht as co-chairperson of the parliamentary group in the Bundestag.

Caren Lay was defeated by Amira Mohamed Ali in a competitive vote.

Caren Lay then moved to the Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture as a speechwriter for Renate Kunast, the Federal Minister responsible at the time.

Caren Lay was a member of the Landtag of Saxony from 2004 to 2009, deputy leader of the Left Party, and spokesperson for labor market policy.

Since 2009, Caren Lay has been a member of the Bundestag.

Caren Lay was elected to the Bundestag via the Saxony state list.

Since January 2016, Caren Lay has been spokesperson for rent, construction and housing policy for the parliamentary group Die Linke in the Bundestag.

In March 2014, the Bundestag lifted her immunity so that the Dresden public prosecutor's office could continue to investigate against her; Caren Lay had participated in a obstructing a Nazi demonstration in Dresden in 2011.

On 12 November 2019, Caren Lay unsuccessfully applied to succeed Sahra Wagenknecht as Co-Chairwoman of the Left Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag.

Caren Lay lost to Amira Mohamed Ali by 29 votes to 36.

From 2007 to 2018, Caren Lay was a member of the executive committee of the party.

Caren Lay was Federal Executive Director from 2010 to 2012, and then Deputy Chairwoman, from 2012 to 2018, of her party.

Caren Lay is considered a representative of the libertarian, undogmatic spectrum of her party.

Caren Lay is active in housing policy and has been the spokesperson for rent, construction and housing policy of the Die Linke parliamentary group in the Bundestag since 2016.

Caren Lay promotes a "red-red-green" government alliance at federal level.

Caren Lay is committed to stopping the decline of public housing.

Caren Lay demanded that the federal government set up a public housing program based on the Vienna model.

Caren Lay is committed to ensuring that public land is no longer privatized.

Caren Lay's opinion is that public land should only be granted with hereditary building lease.

Caren Lay regularly takes part in anti-Nazi protests, including a blockade against the annual Nazi march in Dresden in 2011.