19 Facts About Tilly Metz

Tilly Metz was born on 26 May 1967 and is a Luxembourgish politician of the Green Party.

Tilly Metz is particularly known for her stance on animal welfare, health-related issues and human rights.

In 2005, Tilly Metz was elected as mayor of the municipality of Weiler-la-Tour, from 2005 to 2011.

In 2018, Tilly Metz succeeded Claude Turmes in the European Parliament, who had to leave his duties to replace Camille Gira, who died on 16 May 2018.

In 2024, Tilly Metz assumed the role of first chair vice-president for the Subcommittee on Public Health.

Tilly Metz is a permanent member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, and the Delegation for relations with South Africa.

Tilly Metz is an alternate member of the Committee on Agriculture and Sustainable Development and the Committee on Transport and Tourism.

Tilly Metz chaired the special ANIT inquiry committee, which was created in June 2020, for a period of twelve months, and was responsible for examining allegations of infringements in the application of Union law on the protection of animals during transport and related operations inside and outside the Union.

Tilly Metz has contributed to the legislation aiming at setting up a social climate fund to compensate for the increase in energy prices that weighs on the most economically and socially disadvantaged households.

Tilly Metz is very involved in the cause of rare diseases and disabilities.

Tilly Metz was an alternate member of the Special Commission for Cancer Control in Europe, which was created in response to the growing prevalence of cancer in Europe.

Tilly Metz is involved in the cause of human rights, notably through her presidency of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America in the European Parliament.

Tilly Metz was particularly impacted by the case of Aura Lolita Chavez during a visit to Guatemala in 2018.

Tilly Metz was particularly committed to the fight for animal welfare in the early years of her term.

Tilly Metz was appointed as the head of commission of inquiry into the protection of animals during transport, the final report of which was approved in December 2021.

Tilly Metz denounces the lack of harmonization of rules, controls and sanction systems within the European Union.

Tilly Metz is opposing animal testing, believing that more efficient and ethical alternatives often exist.

Tilly Metz considers it a victory that the European Parliament voted in favor of an action plan to phase out the use of animals in scientific experiments and tests.

In February 2019, Tilly Metz demonstrated alongside two other MEPs from the Green Group ; as well as other Belgian activists from the organization Agir pour la Paix at the military base of Kleine-Brogel by blocking the runway for F16s.