Anna Strolenberg is one of the youngest Members of the European Parliament.
Her initial step into politics was as the campaign leader of Volt Netherlands, a new political party fighting for a stronger Europe. At the age of 24 she set up a successful national campaign that made her party get into the Dutch parliament.
She later worked as a press officer for the Dutch Council for Refugees. When the Dutch government fell in 2023, largely due to misinformed facts on migration, she tirelessly worked on debunking myths and putting forward positive stories about migration. The political climate became harsher, especially towards migrants, and facts in politics seemed to matter less. With a strong belief that politics should be based on facts and promote policies, she decided to run herself in the 2024 European Election. In the European Parliament she advocates for women's rights, fair migration policies and innovative agriculture.
Anna has a specific focus on making the online world safe for women. With the rise of AI, the problem is only getting worse, as technologies like deepfakes are being used to harass and silence women. Anna held a TEDx talk on the need for safe platforms and launched the Digital Wave of Feminism.
In all her work, she puts humanity first. She travelled to the borders in Bulgaria and multiple times to a migration detention centre in Albania, to monitor on the ground whether human rights of asylum seekers are respected. She travelled to Albania to support citizens in their fight against corruption and for a better future for the youth. She will continue to travel and support people – not power - as long as needed.
Anna believes that the biggest challenges facing her generation cannot be solved by one country alone. She is passionate about empowering young leaders from all over the world to work across borders and build a better future. She is based in Brussels and Rotterdam.