Felix Reda is a German researcher and politician who was Member of the European Parliament from Germany.
12 Facts About Felix Reda
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Felix Reda was previously the president of Young Pirates of Europe.
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Felix Reda became a member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany when he was 16 years old.
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Felix Reda studied politics and publicity sciences at the University of Mainz.
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In 2009, Felix Reda started to become active for the national Pirate Party and from 2010 to 2012 he was chairperson of the Young Pirates.
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Felix Reda was a member of the Legal Affairs committee as well as a substitute member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Petitions committees.
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Felix Reda was on the Steering Committee of the Digital Agenda intergroup, a forum of MEPs interested in digital issues.
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In 2014, Felix Reda said that copyright reform would be his focus for the legislative term.
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In November 2014, Felix Reda was named rapporteur of the Parliament's review of 2001's Copyright Directive.
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In 2015, Felix Reda's report was passed by the legal affairs committee, but with an amendment that recommended restricting freedom of panorama in Europe.
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In 2019, Felix Reda was described as a leader in the protests against Article 13 of the proposed EU Copyright Directive, in which 100,000 people participated in street demonstrations on March 23,2019.
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On 26 January 2022, Reda announced that he is transgender and now uses the first name Felix.