Education
She studied politics and publicity sciences at the University of Mainz.
She studied politics and publicity sciences at the University of Mainz.
She is also the president of the Young Pirates of Europe. In 2009, Reda started to become active for the national Pirate Party and from 2010 to 2012 she was chairperson of the Young Pirates (Junge Piraten). In 2013, she was one of the co-founders of the Young Pirates of Europe.
She is on the Steering Committee of the Digital Agenda intergroup, a forum of MEPs interested in digital issues.
She has declared to make copyright reform her focus for the legislative term. In November 2014, Reda was named rapporteur of the Parliament"s review of 2001"s Copyright Directive.
Her draft report recommended the European Union-wide harmonisation of copyright exceptions, a reduction in term length, broad exceptions for educational purposes and a strengthening of authors" negotiating position in relation to publishers, among other measures. Stakeholder reaction varied: The German artist coalition Initiative Urheberrecht generally welcomed the draft, while the French collecting society SACD said it was "unacceptable".
Author and copyright activist Cory Doctorow called the proposals "amazingly sensible", while former Swedish Pirate Member of the European Parliament Amelia Andersdotter criticised them as too conservative.
In 2015, Reda"s proposal was accepted by the legal affairs committee, but with an amendment which would introduce non-commercial clause, effectively abolishing Freedom of panorama in Europe. Reda herself stated that this was not what she meant to propose. The amendment was later voted down by the European Parliament.
She has been a Member of the European Parliament representing Germany since 2014, and she also serves as a Vice-President of the Greens/EFA group. In the European Parliament, Reda joined the Greens/EFA group.
Reda became a member of the centre-left Social Democratic Party of Germany when she was 16 years old. She is a member of the Legal Affairs committee as well as a substitute member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection and Petitions committees.