Petra Steger
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Petra Steger | |
|---|---|
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Austria |
| Member of the National Council | |
| In office 29 October 2013 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Markus Leinfellner |
| Constituency | Vienna |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1987 Eisenstadt, Burgenland, Austria |
| Party |  AustrianFreedom Party of Austria  EUPatriots.eu |
Petra Steger (born 4 October 1987) is an Austrian politician and member of the European Parliament for the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). She was a member of the National Council from 2023 to 2024. She is also a former professional basketball player.[1]
Steger was born in Vienna.[2] She was educated at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, where she studied business law and international business administration. While her father, then Vice-Chancellor Norbert Steger discouraged her from entering politics, Steger would join the FPÖ in 2008.[1][3]
Early political career
Member of the National Council
Steger was elected in the 2013 Austrian legislative election to the National Council. She would be re-elected in 2017 and 2019.[5]
In 2017, Steger supported a headscarf ban in the public service and said that she would also like to see a headscarf ban in schools and universities.[6]
Member of the European Parliament
Steger was elected in the 2024 European Parliament election as the second candidate on the FPÖ list, as the FPÖ swept to its first nationwide victory in history and won 6 seats.[7][8] In the National Council, she would be succeeded by Markus Leinfellner.[9]
In the European Parliament in December 2024, Steger called for the return of "around 100,000 Syrian asylum seekers in Austria".[10] At a campaign event for the far-right Alternative for Germany in January 2025, Steger described the European Parliament as the “heart of injustice”.[11]
Committees and Delegations
10th European Parliament
- Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
