Romeo Franz’s time in the European Parliament began in 2018, when the Green politician replaced his party colleague Jan Philipp Albrecht, who moved to the post of Minister for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalization in Schleswig-Holstein. Franz stood for election in 2019 and returned to parliament. He will no longer be represented in the new parliament. He gave it a try, ran for a promising position on the list, but did not make it. Franz now wants to devote himself to national initiatives for equal rights for Sinti and Roma.