Overview

• Rackete formally vacated her European Parliament seat on July 9 after one year to pass her mandate to a successor.
• She said her term was intended to drive a collective renewal of Die Linke through social movement engagement.
• The Left group and MEP Ilaria Salis hailed her as a “heroine” and pledged to carry on her climate, workers’ rights and migration reform agenda.
• Rackete is expected to resume street-level activism focused on environmental and migration campaigns.
• Right-wing MEPs including Susanna Ceccardi and Marco Squarta criticized her resignation for undermining border controls; Lega’s Roberto Vannacci drew condemnation over a body-shaming social media post.