Thomas MANN

Constituencies

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Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 2014/07/01 - 2019/07/01
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands Germany 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19

Groups

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PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2014/07/01 - 2019/07/01

Committees

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Temporary committee on employment	1994/07/21	1995/07/19
Member of	Committee on Social Affairs and Employment	1994/07/21	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Committee on Women's Rights	1994/07/21	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on Women's Rights	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2004/07/21	2004/07/21
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis	2010/03/08	2011/07/31
Member of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2012/01/19	2012/01/24
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2012/01/25	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2014/07/01	2017/01/18
Member of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2014/07/01	2017/01/18
Substitute of	Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect	2015/02/12	2015/11/30
Substitute of	Special Committee on Tax Rulings and Other Measures Similar in Nature or Effect (TAXE 2)	2015/12/02	2016/08/02
Substitute of	Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion	2016/06/24	2017/12/13
Substitute of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2017/01/19	2019/07/01
Member of	Committee on Employment and Social Affairs	2017/01/19	2019/07/01
Substitute of	Special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance	2018/03/14	2019/07/01

Delegations

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	1994/11/17	1995/07/11
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	1995/07/12	1997/01/15
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	1997/01/16	1997/01/29
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	1997/01/30	1997/10/13
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	1997/10/14	1999/02/23
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	1999/02/24	1999/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	1999/07/22	2002/01/14
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	2002/02/07	2004/07/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)	2004/09/15	2007/03/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia	2007/03/15	2009/07/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia	2009/09/16	2009/09/29
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with India	2009/09/16	2014/06/30
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia	2009/09/30	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia	2014/07/14	2017/10/24
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee	2014/07/14	2019/07/01
Member of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2014/07/14	2019/07/01
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia	2017/10/25	2019/07/01

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Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee Shadow	2018/2100(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Banking union - Annual report 2018
Opinion Committee Shadow	2018/0191(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Erasmus programme for education, training, youth and sport 2021–2027
Opinion Committee Shadow	2017/2173(DEC)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	2016 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Opinion Committee Shadow	2017/2172(DEC)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	2016 discharge: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
Opinion Committee Shadow	2017/2171(DEC)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	2016 discharge: European Banking Authority (EBA)
Responsible Committee Shadow	2016/2063(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	European Central Bank annual report for 2015
Opinion Committee Shadow	2016/0414(COD)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Countering money laundering by criminal law
Joint Responsible Committee	2016/0304(COD)	['EMPL', 'CULT']	Better services for skills and qualifications (Europass)
Responsible Committee Shadow	2015/2321(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market
Opinion Committee Shadow	2015/2257(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in VET – a lifelong learning approach
Opinion Committee Shadow	2015/2127(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual report 2014
Committee Opinion	2012/2234(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Agenda for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions
Responsible Committee Shadow	2012/0168(COD)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS): depositary functions, remuneration policies and sanctions
Committee Opinion	2011/0397(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Groundhandling services at Union airports
Responsible Committee	2010/2027(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Demographic challenge and solidarity between generations
Responsible Committee	2008/0070(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Vocational Education and Training, VET: European Credit system ECVET
Committee Opinion	2007/2092(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Airport capacity and groundhandling: towards a more efficient policy
Responsible Committee	2006/2002(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Creation of a European qualifications framework
Committee Opinion	2005/0248(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Education and lifelong learning: production and development of statistics
Committee Opinion	2005/0221(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Lifelong learning: key competences and access for all citizens
Former Committee Opinion	2003/0257(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Chemicals: classification, labelling, packaging, adaptation to the REACH Regulation (amend. Directive 67/548/EEC)
Former Committee Opinion	2003/0256(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH); European Chemicals Agency
Former Committee Opinion	2003/0256(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH); European Chemicals Agency
Responsible Committee	2002/2236(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	New proposals for the European employment strategy
Committee Opinion	2002/2152(INI)	FEMM Women's Rights and Gender Equality	The first five year evaluation of the employment guidelines
Former Committee Opinion	2002/2052(COS)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Community legislation: simplifying and improving the regulatory environment
Former Committee Opinion	2002/0072(COD)	FEMM Women's Rights and Gender Equality	Temporary agency work
Responsible Committee	1999/0225(CNS)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Equal treatment in employment and occupation. Employment Equality Directive
Committee Opinion	1998/2096(COS)	FEMM Women's Rights and Gender Equality	Social action programme 1998-2000
Committee Opinion	1995/2318(COS)	FEMM Women's Rights and Gender Equality	Citizen's network: fulfilling the potential of public passenger transport in Europe. Green paper

Activities

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Amendment Co-authors

Name	Group	Country	Ams
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH	PPE	Germany	282
Sven SCHULZE	PPE	Germany	251
Heinz K. BECKER	PPE	Austria	135
Csaba SÓGOR	PPE	Romania	104
Markus PIEPER	PPE	Germany	79
Georges BACH	PPE	Luxembourg	79
Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA	PPE	Poland	66
Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA	PPE	Poland	65
Krzysztof HETMAN	PPE	Poland	65
Marek PLURA	PPE	Poland	65
Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ	PPE	Czechia	59
Markus FERBER	PPE	Germany	53
Anja WEISGERBER	PPE-DE	Germany	51
Werner LANGEN	PPE	Germany	47
Sabine VERHEYEN	PPE	Germany	44
Patrick GAUBERT	PPE-DE	France	32
Dennis RADTKE	PPE	Germany	31
Anne SANDER	PPE	France	30
Jérôme LAVRILLEUX	PPE	France	30
Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER	PPE	France	30
Manfred WEBER	PPE-DE	Germany	29
Elmar BROK	PPE	Germany	21
Bendt BENDTSEN	PPE	Denmark	18
Sofia RIBEIRO	PPE	Portugal	17
Christa KLASS	PPE	Germany	15
Tunne KELAM	PPE	Estonia	14
Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG	S&D	Poland	14
Petra KAMMEREVERT	S&D	Germany	14
Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV	PPE	Bulgaria	14
Nathalie GRIESBECK	ALDE	France	13
Kinga GÁL	PPE	Hungary	11
Claude ROLIN	PPE	Belgium	11
Geoffroy DIDIER	PPE	France	10
Ivo VAJGL	ALDE	Slovenia	9
Martin KASTLER	PPE	Germany	7
David CASA	PPE	Malta	7
Gabriele STAUNER	PPE-DE	Germany	7
Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN	ALDE	Netherlands	6
Hermann WINKLER	PPE	Germany	5
Thomas ULMER	PPE	Germany	5
Ádám KÓSA	PPE	Hungary	5
Joachim ZELLER	PPE	Germany	4
Ingeborg GRÄSSLE	PPE	Germany	4
Henna VIRKKUNEN	PPE	Finland	4
Marijana PETIR	PPE	Croatia	4
Anna ZÁBORSKÁ	PPE	Slovakia	4
Thomas ULMER	PPE-DE	Germany	4
Marie PANAYOTOPOULOS-CASSIOTOU	PPE-DE	Greece	4
Milan CABRNOCH	PPE-DE	Czechia	4
Jeroen LENAERS	PPE	Netherlands	3
Henri WEBER	PSE	France	3
Sylvie GOULARD	ALDE	France	2
Herbert DORFMANN	PPE	Italy	2
Ivo BELET	PPE	Belgium	2
Patrick LE HYARIC	GUE/NGL	France	2
Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ	PPE	Spain	2
Reimer BÖGE	PPE	Germany	2
Evelyn REGNER	S&D	Austria	2
Tom VANDENKENDELAERE	PPE	Belgium	2
Ruth HIERONYMI	PPE-DE	Germany	2
Sven GIEGOLD	Verts/ALE	Germany	1
Peter LIESE	PPE	Germany	1
Sophie AUCONIE	PPE	France	1
Damien ABAD	PPE	France	1
Philippe LAMBERTS	Verts/ALE	Belgium	1
Jürgen KLUTE	GUE/NGL	Germany	1
Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN	PPE	Netherlands	1
Frédéric DAERDEN	S&D	Belgium	1
Marie-Christine VERGIAT	GUE/NGL	France	1
Kinga GÖNCZ	S&D	Hungary	1
Jan KOZŁOWSKI	PPE	Poland	1
Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO	PPE	Spain	1
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ	PPE	Czechia	1
Brando BENIFEI	S&D	Italy	1
Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ	ECR	Slovakia	1
Martina DLABAJOVÁ	ALDE	Czechia	1
Terry REINTKE	Verts/ALE	Germany	1
Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO	S&D	Spain	1
Jutta STEINRUCK	S&D	Germany	1
Agnes JONGERIUS	S&D	Netherlands	1
Javi LÓPEZ	S&D	Spain	1
Georgi PIRINSKI	S&D	Bulgaria	1
Siôn SIMON	S&D	United Kingdom	1
Marian HARKIN	ALDE	Ireland	1
Jana TOOM	ALDE	Estonia	1
Enrique CALVET CHAMBON	ALDE	Spain	1
Renate WEBER	ALDE	Romania	1
Karima DELLI	Verts/ALE	France	1
Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ	S&D	Lithuania	1
Maria ARENA	S&D	Belgium	1
Emilian PAVEL	S&D	Romania	1

By types

Amendments (1901)
Institutional motions (75)
Opinions (7)
Oral questions (2)
Plenary speeches (352)
Reports (7)
Shadow opinions (7)
Shadow reports (4)
Written declarations (8)
Written explanations (3)
Written questions (4)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
111	2016/0397(COD)	Social security coordination
76	2010/2239(INI)	Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems
61	2008/0140(CNS)
59	2017/0355(COD)	Transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union
56	2013/0110(COD)	Corporate governance: disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups
53	2016/0304(COD)	Better services for skills and qualifications (Europass)
42	2008/0193(COD)	Health and safety at work: workers who are pregnant, have recently given birth or are breastfeeding
39	2014/0091(COD)	Activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs). Recast
35	2011/0397(COD)	Groundhandling services at Union airports
35	2015/2321(INI)	Refugees: social inclusion and integration into the labour market
34	2012/0061(COD)	Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services: enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC
33	2016/0404(COD)	Proportionality test before adoption of new regulation of professions
31	2014/2222(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2015
28	2014/0120(COD)	Single-member private limited liability companies
26	2018/2100(INI)	Banking union - Annual report 2018
26	2017/0085(COD)	Work-life balance for parents and carers
26	2015/2255(INI)	Social dumping in the European Union
25	2016/2063(INI)	European Central Bank annual report for 2015
24	2009/2222(INI)	Future for social services of general interest
23	2016/2095(INI)	European pillar of social rights
23	2007/2238(INI)	Hedge funds and private equity
21	2014/2145(INI)	Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
20	2017/0143(COD)	Pan-European personal pension product (PEPP)
20	2016/2221(INI)	Working conditions and precarious employment
19	2015/0009(COD)	European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
19	2017/0121(COD)	Posting drivers in the road transport sector
18	2007/0300(CNS)	Guidelines for the employment policies 2008-2010
17	2011/2035(INI)	EC 5th cohesion report and strategy for the post-2013 cohesion policy
17	2018/0064(COD)	European Labour Authority
16	2012/2061(INI)	Information and consultation of workers, anticipation and management of restructuring
16	2015/2330(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2016
16	2014/2238(INI)	Green employment initiative: tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy
15	2009/0142(COD)	European Banking Authority (EBA): establishment
15	2013/2111(INI)	Social protection for all, including self-employed workers
15	2009/2220(INI)	Atypical contracts, secured professional paths, flexicurity and new forms of social dialogue
15	2015/2003(INI)	EU-China relations
15	2015/2127(INI)	European Investment Bank (EIB) - Annual report 2014
15	2018/0206(COD)	European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) 2021–2027
15	2016/2269(INI)	Combating inequalities as a lever to boost job creation and growth
15	2014/0124(COD)	European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work
15	2018/2121(INI)	Financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance
14	2013/0306(COD)	Money market funds
14	2009/0144(COD)	European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
14	2015/2257(INI)	Erasmus+ and other tools to foster mobility in VET – a lifelong learning approach
14	2008/2085(INI)	Challenges to collective agreements in the EU
13	2012/2097(INI)	Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery
13	2017/2124(INI)	European Central Bank annual report for 2016
12	2013/0214(COD)	European long-term investment funds
12	2011/0296(COD)	Markets in financial instruments; OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories
12	2009/0064(COD)	Alternative Investment Fund Managers
12	2010/0209(COD)	Intra-corporate transfer: conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals
12	2014/2228(INI)	Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
12	2008/2249(INI)	Social responsibility of subcontracting undertakings in production chains
11	2010/2074(INI)	Basel II and revision of the Capital Requirements Directives (CRD 4)
11	2011/0268(COD)	European Social Fund (ESF) 2014-2020
11	2016/0070(COD)	Posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services
11	2014/2255(INI)	Report on the implementation, results and overall assessment of the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations
10	2011/0361(COD)	Credit rating agencies: integrity, transparency, responsibility, good governance and independence of activities
10	2011/0152(COD)	Minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields)
10	2016/0360A(COD)	Capital Requirements Regulation: leverage ratio, net stable funding ratio, requirements for own funds and eligible liabilities, counterparty credit risk, market risk, exposures to central counterparties, exposures to collective investment undertakings, large exposures, reporting and disclosure requirements
10	2015/2010(INL)	Bringing transparency, coordination and convergence to corporate tax policies in the Union
10	2008/2237(INI)	Small Business Act
9	2009/2090(INI)	ECB annual report for 2008
9	2012/2234(INI)	Agenda for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions
9	2011/0435(COD)	Recognition of professional qualifications: European Professional Card supported by the Internal Market Information System (IMI)
9	2010/2301(INI)	EU and China: unbalanced trade?
9	2018/0191(COD)	Erasmus programme for education, training, youth and sport 2021–2027
9	2015/2116(INI)	Application of the Council Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (Employment Equality Directive)
9	2015/2320(INI)	How best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)?
9	2015/2107(INI)	EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020
9	2015/0051(NLE)	Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States in 2015
9	2014/0002(COD)	European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and further integration of labour markets
8	2010/0250(COD)	OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR, European Market Infrastructure Regulation)
8	2012/2098(INI)	Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth
8	2011/2147(INI)	Mid-term review of the European strategy 2007-2012 on health and safety at work
8	2010/2027(INI)	Demographic challenge and solidarity between generations
8	2017/0136(COD)	EMIR and ESMA Regulations: procedures and authorities involved for the authorisation of CCPs and requirements for the recognition of third-country CCPs
8	2017/2171(DEC)	2016 discharge: European Banking Authority (EBA)
8	2016/0414(COD)	Countering money laundering by criminal law
8	2016/0282(COD)	Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union: simplification
8	2016/2061(INI)	Need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the gender pension gap
8	2015/2097(INI)	Report on the application of Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC
8	2015/2007(INI)	Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age
8	2016/2038(INI)	Tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect
8	2008/2334(INI)	Report on a European Economic Recovery Plan
8	2004/0209(COD)	Organisation of working time
8	2008/2107(INI)	ECB annual report for 2007
7	2011/0202(COD)	Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms. Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)
7	2009/0140(COD)	Macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
7	2010/2010(INI)	Developing the job potential of a new sustainable economy
7	2017/2172(DEC)	2016 discharge: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
7	2015/0226(COD)	General framework for securitisation and specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation
7	2015/2147(INI)	Towards a digital single market act
7	2008/0153(COD)	Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS): coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions. Recast
6	2010/2008(INI)	Derivatives markets: future policy actions
6	2009/0099(COD)	Financial institutions: capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations; supervisory review of remuneration policies
6	2011/2024(INI)	Implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC
6	2011/2088(INI)	Tackling early school leaving
6	2010/0242(COD)	European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012)
6	2008/0195(COD)	Organisation of working time: persons performing mobile road transport activities
6	2016/0364(COD)	Capital Requirements Directive: exempted entities, financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies, remuneration, supervisory measures and powers and capital conservation measures
6	2017/0102(COD)	European Solidarity Corps
6	2008/0130(CNS)
5	2011/0261(CNS)	Common system of financial transaction tax
5	2011/0386(COD)	Economic governance: common provisions for monitoring and assessing draft budgetary plans and ensuring the correction of excessive deficit in the euro area. 'Two pack'
5	2011/2072(INI)	Facing the challenge of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities
5	2010/2272(INI)	Mobility and inclusion of people with disabilities and the European disability strategy 2010-2020
5	2008/0247(COD)	Rail transport: European rail network for competitive freight
5	2016/2099(INI)	Annual report on the financial activities of the European Investment Bank
5	2015/2327(INI)	Erasmus+
5	2015/2105(INI)	New forward-looking and innovative future strategy on trade and investment
5	2015/2233(INI)	Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
5	2015/2094(INI)	Women domestic workers and carers in the EU
5	2014/2245(INI)	Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union
4	2012/2028(INI)	Feasibility of introducing stability bonds
4	2011/0298(COD)	Markets in financial instruments. Recast
4	2011/0006(COD)	European Supervisory Authorities: powers of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority
4	2010/2302(INI)	Credit rating agencies: future perspectives
4	2010/0160(COD)	Credit rating agencies: supervision
4	2010/2016(INI)	Guaranteeing independent impact assessments
4	2011/0269(COD)	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) 2014-2020
4	2011/2052(INI)	European Platform against poverty and social exclusion
4	2010/2205(INI)	External dimension of social policy, promoting labour and social standards and the European Corporate Social Responsibility
4	2010/2273(INI)	Promoting workers' mobility within the European Union
4	2010/2138(INI)	Equality between women and men in the European Union — 2010
4	2018/0178(COD)	Framework to facilitate sustainable investment
4	2018/2101(INI)	ECB - Annual report 2017
4	2017/2173(DEC)	2016 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
4	2017/2071(INI)	Financial activities of the European Investment Bank. Annual report
4	2016/2270(INI)	Minimum income policies as a tool to tackle poverty
4	2015/2038(INI)	Implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility
4	2008/0070(COD)	Vocational Education and Training, VET: European Credit system ECVET
3	2011/2156(INI)	ECB annual report for 2010
3	2010/0073(COD)	European environmental economic accounts
3	2010/0380(COD)	Social security: coordination of social security systems and implementation
3	2010/0210(COD)	Seasonal employment: conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals
3	2010/2018(INI)	Precarious women workers
3	2010/2039(INI)	Role of minimum income in combating poverty and promoting an inclusive society in Europe
3	2014/0020(COD)	Structural measures improving the resilience of EU credit institutions
3	2013/0314(COD)	Indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts
3	2014/2157(INI)	European Central Bank - 2013 annual report
3	2018/0212(COD)	European Investment Stabilisation Function 2021–2027
3	2008/0267(COD)	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF): revision of rules
3	2008/2330(INI)	Renewed social agenda
3	2008/2225(INI)	Multilingualism: an asset for Europe and a shared commitment
3	2008/2035(INI)	Stepping up the fight against undeclared work
3	2018/2514(RSP)	Resolution on the cases of the human rights activists Wu Gan, Xie Yang, Lee Ming-che and Tashi Wangchuk, and the Tibetan monk Choekyi
2	2010/0207(COD)	Deposit guarantee schemes. Recast
2	2011/0270(COD)	Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) 2014-2020
2	2011/2116(INI)	Statute for a European cooperative society with regard to the involvement of employees
2	2007/0229(COD)	Migration policy: single application procedure for a single permit to reside and work, common set of rights for third-country workers
2	2016/2101(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2016 priorities
2	2015/2324(INI)	EU strategy for the Alpine region
2	2014/2237(INI)	Reducing inequalities with a special focus on child poverty
2	2007/0229(CNS)
2	2007/2290(INI)	Future of social security systems and pensions: their financing and the trend towards individualisation
2	2005/0214(COD)	Improving the acquisition and preservation of supplementary pension rights in order to enhance worker mobility
2	2005/0282(COD)	Motor vehicles: type approval with respect to emissions and on access to repair information
2	2006/2002(INI)	Creation of a European qualifications framework
2	2009/2069(DEC)	2008 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
2	2009/0005(COD)	Reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States
2	2009/2735(RSP)	Resolution on Sri Lanka
2	2016/2872(RSP)	Resolution on European Voluntary Service and the promotion of volunteering in Europe
2	2018/2863(RSP)	Resolution on mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
2	2018/2861(RSP)	Resolution on the deterioration of media freedom in Belarus, notably the case of Charter 97
2	2018/2515(RSP)	Resolution on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
2	2018/2513(RSP)	Resolution on Nigeria
2	2017/2563(RSP)	Resolution on the situation of human rights and democracy in Nicaragua – the case of Francisca Ramirez
2	2017/2565(RSP)	Resolution on Guatemala, notably the situation of human rights defenders
2	2017/2564(RSP)	Resolution on executions in Kuwait and Bahrain
2	2017/2508(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Burundi
2	2017/2507(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in the Central African Republic
2	2017/2506(RSP)	Resolution on Indonesia, notably the case of Hosea Yeimo and Ismael Alua and the Governor of Jakarta
2	2016/3026(RSP)	Resolution on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti
2	2016/3027(RSP)	Resolution on the situation of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar
2	2016/3028(RSP)	Resolution on mass graves in Iraq
2	2016/2912(RSP)	Resolution on Thailand, notably the situation of Andy Hall
2	2016/2911(RSP)	Resolution on Sudan
2	2016/2910(RSP)	Resolution on Rwanda, the case of Victoire Ingabire
2	2016/2882(RSP)	Resolution on Zimbabwe
2	2016/2880(RSP)	Resolution on the Philippines
2	2016/2881(RSP)	Resolution on Somalia
2	2015/2766(RSP)	Resolution on the situation of two Christian pastors in Sudan
2	2015/2756(RSP)	Resolution on Cambodia’s draft laws on NGOs and trade unions
2	2015/2732(RSP)	Resolution on Syria: situation in Palmyra and the case of Mazen Darwish
2	2015/2730(RSP)	Resolution on recent revelations on high-level corruption cases in FIFA
2	2015/2589(RSP)	Resolution on the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and progress of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact
1	2011/0295(COD)	Market abuse
1	2011/2071(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination
1	2010/2095(INI)	Industrial policy for the globalised era
1	2010/2053(INI)	Implementation of the Services Directive 2006/123/EC
1	2009/2219(INI)	Human rights, social and environmental standards in international trade agreements
1	2009/0096(COD)	European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion
1	2016/2062(INI)	Aviation strategy for Europe
1	2016/2307(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2017
1	2015/2344(INI)	Budgetary capacity for the Eurozone
1	2014/2236(INI)	Social entrepreneurship and social innovation in combatting unemployment
1	2015/0026(COD)	Youth Employment Initiative: additional initial prefinancing amount paid to operational programmes
1	2013/0390(COD)	Seafarers
1	2009/2550(RSP)	Resolution on the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising and dialogue between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Chinese Government
1	2009/2527(RSP)	Resolution on Sri Lanka
1	2008/2210(INI)	Wilderness in Europe
1	2008/0087(CNS)	EC/Ukraine Partnership and Cooperation Agreement: preservation of commitments on trade in services
1	2008/2617(RSP)	Resolution on Bangladesh
1	2008/2602(RSP)	Resolution on the continued detention of political prisoners in Burma
1	2007/0278(COD)	European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (2010)
1	2008/2575(RSP)	Resolution on the tragic situation in Burma
1	2007/2202(INI)	Progress made in equal opportunities and non-discrimination in the EU (transposition of Directives 2000/43/EC and 2000/78/EC)
1	2007/2156(INI)	Demographic future of Europe
1	2008/2507(RSP)	Resolution on the arrest of the Chinese dissident Hu Jia
1	2007/2209(INI)	Common principles on flexicurity
1	2006/0163(COD)	European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning
1	2007/2092(INI)	Airport capacity and groundhandling: towards a more efficient policy
1	2007/2553(RSP)	Resolution on the human rights situation in the Philippines
1	2006/2130(INI)	Future of professional football in Europe
1	2006/2133(INI)	Corporate social responsibility: implementing the partnership for growth and jobs
1	2007/2518(RSP)	Resolution on the dialogue between the Chinese Government and the Dalai Lama's envoys
1	2006/2678(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Burma/Myanmar
1	2006/0033(COD)	Establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)
1	2006/2663(RSP)	Resolution on Bangladesh
1	2006/2647(RSP)	Resolution on Tibet
1	2006/2038(INI)	Application of Directive 96/71/EC on the posting of workers
1	2004/0218(COD)	Financial Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+) 2007-2013
1	2005/0221(COD)	Lifelong learning: key competences and access for all citizens
1	2006/2621(RSP)	Resolution on Sri Lanka
1	2005/2161(INI)	European Union and China relations
1	2005/2248(INI)	European social model for the future
1	2006/2081(INI)	Towards further consolidation in the European financial services industry
1	2006/2573(RSP)	Resolution on situation and human rights on Nepal
1	2006/2036(INI)	The transitional arrangements restricting the free movement of workers on European Union labour markets
1	2004/2199(INI)	More environmentally-friendly fishing methods
1	2004/0001(COD)	Services in the internal market. Services Directive
1	1992/0449B(COD)	Safety and health at work: exposure of workers to optical radiations
1	2005/2123(INI)	Implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises
1	2014/2007(INI)	Employment and social aspects of the role and operations of the Troika (ECB, Commission and IMF) with regard to euro area programme countries
1	2013/2872(RSP)	Resolution on recent cases of violence and persecution against Christians, notably in Maaloula (Syria) and Peshawar (Pakistan) and the case of Pastor Saeed Abedini (Iran)
1	2013/2021(INI)	Reforming the structure of the EU banking sector
1	2012/2100(INI)	Regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union
1	2013/2537(RSP)	Resolution on recent attacks on medical aid workers in Pakistan
1	2012/2260(INL)	Better governance for the single market
1	2012/2150(INI)	European Semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2012 priorities
1	2010/0267(COD)	Common agricultural policy CAP: common rules for support schemes for farmers
1	2011/0117(COD)	Scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP)
1	2012/2647(RSP)	Resolution on ‘Towards a job-rich recovery'
1	2009/2212(INL)	Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry
1	2011/2068(INI)	Resource-efficient Europe
1	2011/0390(CNS)	Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States in 2012
1	2011/2094(INI)	Annual report on EU competition policy
1	2011/2874(RSP)	Resolution on Tibet, in particular self-immolation by nuns and monks
1	2011/0147(COD)	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF): temporary derogation
1	2010/2242(INI)	Financial, economic and social crisis: recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken. Final report
1	2010/0306(NLE)	Management of spent fuel and radioactive waste: EU legal framework
1	2011/2657(RSP)	Resolution on the ban of the elections for the Tibetan government in exile in Nepal
1	2010/2050(INI)	EU's approach towards Iran
1	2010/2105(INI)	Innovative financing at a global and European level
1	2011/2522(RSP)	Resolution on Pakistan, in particular the murder of Governor Salmaan Taseer
1	2008/0227(COD)	Metrology
1	2010/2965(RSP)	Resolution on Tibet: plans to make Chinese the main language of instruction
1	2008/0257(COD)	Medicinal products for human use: pharmacovigilance of products
1	2009/0188(NLE)	EU/Japan agreement: mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
1	2010/0115(NLE)	Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States. Part II of the Europe 2020 Integrated Guidelines
1	2010/2769(RSP)	Resolution on North Korea
1	2009/0161(COD)	Financial supervision: powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority
1	2009/2062(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure: adaptation of the Rules to the Treaty of Lisbon
1	2010/2665(RSP)	Resolution on Thailand
1	2010/2702(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Burma/Myanmar
1	2009/2235(INI)	Contribution of the cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon objectives
1	2010/2594(RSP)	Resolution on the regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
1	2010/2553(RSP)	Resolution on Burma
1	2009/0007(CNS)	Mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures
1	2009/2778(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Laos and Vietnam
1	2019/2690(RSP)	Resolution on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities
1	2016/0280(COD)	Copyright in the digital single market
1	2017/2274(INI)	State of EU-China relations
1	2017/0090(COD)	European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR): clearing obligation, reporting requirements, risk-mitigation techniques, trade repositories
1	2017/2226(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2018
1	2017/2072(INI)	Banking union. Annual report 2017
1	2017/2039(INI)	Implementation of the youth employment initiative in the Member States
1	2017/2013(INI)	Inquiry into money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion
1	2016/0276(COD)	European Fund for Strategic Investments: extension of duration; technical enhancements for the Fund and the European Investment Advisory Hub
1	2016/2146(INI)	Annual report of the activities of the Committee on Petitions 2015
1	2016/0011(CNS)	Rules against tax avoidance practices that directly affect the functioning of the internal market
1	2015/2115(INI)	European Central Bank annual report for 2014
1	2015/2114(INI)	Arms export: implementation of Common Position 2008/944/CFSP
1	2015/2066(INI)	Tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect
1	2014/0017(COD)	Transparency of securities financing transactions and of reuse
1	2015/2833(RSP)	Resolution on migration and refugees in Europe
1	2014/2235(INI)	Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis
1	2013/0025(COD)	Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
1	2014/2156(INI)	European Investment Bank - 2013 annual report
1	2014/2216(INI)	Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter
1	2014/2861(RSP)	EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020
1	2014/2059(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities
1	1998/2074(INI)	Jobs of the future in Europe
1	2002/2236(INI)	New proposals for the European employment strategy
1	1999/0225(CNS)	Equal treatment in employment and occupation. Employment Equality Directive
1	2012/0168(COD)	Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS): depositary functions, remuneration policies and sanctions
1	2018/2862(RSP)	Resolution on the UAE, notably the situation of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
1	2016/2754(RSP)	Resolution on Tajikistan: situation of prisoners of conscience
1	2016/2755(RSP)	Resolution on Vietnam
1	2016/2753(RSP)	Resolution on Cambodia
1	2016/2649(RSP)	Resolution on Nigeria
1	2016/2648(RSP)	Resolution on Honduras: situation of human rights defenders
1	2016/2644(RSP)	Resolution on Pakistan, in particular the attack in Lahore
1	2016/2609(RSP)	Resolution on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
1	2016/2608(RSP)	Resolution on Egypt, notably the case of Giulio Regeni
1	2016/2607(RSP)	Resolution on freedom of expression in Kazakhstan
1	2016/2522(RSP)	Resolution on Estonian and UK seamen under detention in India
1	2016/2521(RSP)	Resolution on North Korea
1	2016/2520(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Ethiopia
1	2015/3018(RSP)	Resolution on Malaysia
1	2015/3017(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in the Maldives
1	2015/3016(RSP)	Resolution on Ibrahim Halawa, potentially facing the death penalty
1	2015/2969(RSP)	Resolution on the political situation in Cambodia
1	2015/2968(RSP)	Resolution on Afghanistan, in particular the killings in the province of Zabul
1	2015/2970(RSP)	Resolution on freedom of expression in Bangladesh
1	2015/2876(RSP)	Resolution on the mass displacement of children in Nigeria as a result of Boko Haram attacks
1	2015/2875(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Thailand
1	2015/2874(RSP)	Resolution on the Central African Republic
1	2015/2883(RSP)	Resolution on the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr
1	2015/2734(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Nepal following the earthquakes
1	2015/2733(RSP)	Resolution on Paraguay: legal aspects related to child pregnancy

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Born

1946/01/28 - Naumburg/Saale

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

1965-1965 : Secondary school, other (secondary-school level): grammar school for modern languages
1965-1968 : Non-university post-secondary education, other (non-university post-secondary level): Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Professional career

1968-1988 : Assistant copywriter in advertising and marketing agencies in Frankfurt, designer and copywriter, creative director (private sector)

Political career

1975-1979 : Member of the German Council of the Junge Union
1986-1999 : Member of the executive, Main-Taunus CDU
1991-1999 : Local Vice-Chair, Main-Taunus CDU
1975-1979 : Federal Chair, Junge Arbeitnehmerschaft (Young Employees’ Association)
1975-1985 : Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the CDA
1977-2014 : District Chair, Untermain CDA
1985-1998 : Municipal councillor in Schwalbach am Taunus
1994-2014 : Member of the European Parliament
1994-1995 : Deputy coordinator, Ad Hoc Committee on Employment
1999-2004 : Deputy coordinator, EPP-ED, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
2009-2014 : Chair of the European Parliament’s Tibet Intergroup
2009-2014 : Vice-Chair, Employment and Social Committee
2009-2014 : Substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
07/10/2009-31/07/2011 : Member of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis

Other activities

1995-2014 : District Chair, Main-Taunus Europa Union
1996-1998 : Vice-Chair, Hesse regional branch, Europa Union, Germany
1998-2014 : Chair, Hesse regional branch, Europa Union, Germany
1998-2014 : Member of the National Bureau, Europa Union, Germany
2003-2014 : Federal Vice-Chair, Europa Union, Germany
2004-2014 : Member of Hesse Radio Broadcasting Council

Honours

Federal Order of Merit for services to human rights and social policy

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Other activities: 1995-2014 : District Chair, Main-Taunus Europa Union 1996-1998 : Vice-Chair, Hesse regional branch, Europa Union, Germany 1998-2014 : Chair, Hesse regional branch, Europa Union, Germany 1998-2014 : Member of the National Bureau, Europa Union, Germany 2003-2014 : Federal Vice-Chair, Europa Union, Germany 2004-2014 : Member of Hesse Radio Broadcasting Council

Professional career: 1968-1988 : Assistant copywriter in advertising and marketing agencies in Frankfurt, designer and copywriter, creative director (private sector)

Political career: 1975-1979 : Member of the German Council of the Junge Union 1986-1999 : Member of the executive, Main-Taunus CDU 1991-1999 : Local Vice-Chair, Main-Taunus CDU 1975-1979 : Federal Chair, Junge Arbeitnehmerschaft (Young Employees’ Association) 1975-1985 : Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the CDA 1977-2014 : District Chair, Untermain CDA 1985-1998 : Municipal councillor in Schwalbach am Taunus 1994-2014 : Member of the European Parliament 1994-1995 : Deputy coordinator, Ad Hoc Committee on Employment 1999-2004 : Deputy coordinator, EPP-ED, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 2009-2014 : Chair of the European Parliament’s Tibet Intergroup 2009-2014 : Vice-Chair, Employment and Social Committee 2009-2014 : Substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 07/10/2009-31/07/2011 : Member of the Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis

Education (qualifications and diplomas): 1965-1965 : Secondary school, other (secondary-school level): grammar school for modern languages 1965-1968 : Non-university post-secondary education, other (non-university post-secondary level): Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Honours: Federal Order of Merit for services to human rights and social policy

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CV/0	School-leaving certificate. Training as business manager. Assistant copywriter in advertising and marketing agencies in Frankfurt. Designer and copywriter, creative director.
CV/1	Member of the German Council of the Junge Union (1975-1979). Member, Main-Taunus CDU executive (1986-1999). District Vice-Chairman, Main-Taunus CDU (since 1995).
CV/2	Municipal councillor in Schwalbach/Taunus (1985-1998).
CV/3	Federal Chairman of the young employees' association (1975-1979). Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the CDA (1975-1985). Chairman, CDA district committee, Untermain (since 1977).
CV/4	District chairman, Europa Union, Main-Taunus (since 1995). Vice-Chairman, Hesse regional branch, Europa Union, Germany (1996-1998). Chairman, Hesse regional branch, Europa Union of Germany (since 1998). Member, Executive Committee, Europa Union of Germany (since 1998). Federal Vice-Chairman, Europa Union of Germany (since 2003). Executive member, Union of European Federalists (since 2004).
CV/5	Member of the Hesse Radio Broadcasting Council (since 2004).
CV/6	Member of the European Parliament (since 1994). Deputy coordinator, Ad Hoc Committee on Employment (1994-1995). EPP Group deputy coordinator, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (1999-2004). President, European Parliament Tibet Intergroup (since 1999).
CV/7	Federal Order of Merit (2002) for services to human rights and social policy.

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School-leaving certificate. Training as business manager. Assistant copywriter in advertising and marketing agencies in Frankfurt. Designer and copywriter, creative director.
Member of the German Council of the Junge Union (1975-1979). Member, Main-Taunus CDU executive (1986-1999). District Vice-Chairman, Main-Taunus CDU (since 1995).
Municipal councillor in Schwalbach/Taunus (1985-1998).
Federal Chairman of the young employees' association (1975-1979). Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the CDA (1975-1985). Chairman, CDA district committee, Untermain (since 1977).
District chairman, Europa Union, Main-Taunus (since 1995). Vice-Chairman, Hesse regional branch, Europa Union, Germany (1996-1998). Chairman, Hesse regional branch, Europa Union of Germany (since 1998). Member, Executive Committee, Europa Union of Germany (since 1998). Federal Vice-Chairman, Europa Union of Germany (since 2003). Executive member, Union of European Federalists (since 2004).
Member of the Hesse Radio Broadcasting Council (since 2004).
Member of the European Parliament (since 1994). Deputy coordinator, Ad Hoc Committee on Employment (1994-1995). EPP Group deputy coordinator, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (1999-2004). President, European Parliament Tibet Intergroup (since 1999).
Federal Order of Merit (2002) for services to human rights and social policy.