Lars Patrick Berg

Lars Patrick Berg (born 22 January 1966 in Frankfurt) is a German politician who was serving as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024. He was elected with the Alternative for Germany; he left the party and the Identity and Democracy group in the European Parliament to join the European Conservatives and Reformists in June 2021 and the Liberal Conservative Reformers party in Germany in July 2021.

Political views As a member of the state parliament

One focus of his political work in the constituency was the preservation of the police headquarters in Tuttlingen, which was to be closed in 2012 as part of the evaluation of the police structural reform. In addition, he advocated for the preservation of the Tuttlingen Danube dam in the summer months. Small inquiries from Berg included illegal entries across the borders between Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland as well as France, the number of child marriages and Salafism in Germany which he described as "an acute threat to our democracy". In the 16th parliamentary term of the state parliament, he asked the second most small questions among the members of the parliament.

As a Member of the European Parliament

Berg has shown his support for Morocco as one of the partners of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and in general of the European Neighbourhood Policy and for the EU-Morocco Agreement. On the subject of the Syrian conflict, Berg has sharply criticized Turkey's military actions against the Kurdish population. During a debate in the European Parliament, Berg spoke of the Kurds being betrayed after they had fought ISIS for us.