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Constituencies

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Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Germany 2014/07/01 - 2019/07/01
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Germany 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Germany 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Germany 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19

Groups

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PSE Member Group of the Party of European Socialists 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
PSE Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
S&D Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
S&D Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament 2014/07/01 - 2019/07/01

EP staff

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Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2004/07/28 - 2007/01/15
Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2007/01/31 - 2009/07/13
Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2009/07/16 - 2012/01/18
Member of Conference of Delegation Chairs 2014/10/16 - 2019/07/01

Committees

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Budgets	1999/07/22	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2002/01/17	2002/01/20
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2002/01/21	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2004/07/21	2004/07/21
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Chair of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Chair of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Chair of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Chair of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Member of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2014/07/01	2017/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2014/07/08	2017/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2014/07/08	2017/01/18
Member of	Committee on Constitutional Affairs	2017/01/19	2019/07/01
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2017/01/19	2019/07/01
Member of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2017/01/19	2019/07/01

Delegations

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	1999/10/06	2002/01/14
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee	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
Substitute of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2004/09/15	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with India	2007/03/15	2007/03/15
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia	2007/03/15	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with India	2007/05/14	2009/07/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with India	2009/09/16	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	2014/06/30
Member of	Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China	2014/07/14	2014/10/15
Substitute of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2014/07/14	2019/07/01
Chair of	Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China	2014/10/16	2019/07/01

Contact

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Brussels

Phone: 0032 2 28 45842
Fax: 0032 2 28 49842
Office: Bât. Altiero Spinelli 12G265
Full Address
- City: Bruxelles/Brussel
- Zip: B-1047
- Street: 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

Strasbourg

Phone: 0033 3 88 1 75842
Fax: 0033 3 88 1 79842
Office: Bât. Louise Weiss T07011
Full Address
- City: Strasbourg
- Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
- Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Postal

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Altiero Spinelli 12G265
1047 Brussels

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee	2018/2598(RSP)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Resolution on the 2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24)
Opinion Committee Shadow	2018/2099(INI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Annual report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy
Joint Responsible Committee	2018/2096(INI)	['AFCO', 'PETI']	Ombudsman’s strategic inquiry OI/2/2017 on the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU
Opinion Committee Shadow	2018/2046(BUD)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	2019 general budget: all sections
Responsible Committee Shadow	2018/0811(CNS)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	European Investment Bank (EIB): amendment of the Statute
Responsible Committee	2017/3019(RSP)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Reform of the electoral law of the European Union
Responsible Committee Shadow	2017/2274(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	State of EU-China relations
Opinion Committee Shadow	2017/2274(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	State of EU-China relations
Joint Responsible Committee	2017/2272(INI)	['AFET', 'ENVI']	Climate diplomacy
Responsible Committee Shadow	2017/0016(NLE)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer: Kigali amendment
Responsible Committee	2016/2814(RSP)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Resolution on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco (COP22)
Opinion Committee Shadow	2016/2018(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on better law-making
Opinion Committee Shadow	2016/0382(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Recast
Responsible Committee Shadow	2015/2041(INI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions
Responsible Committee	2015/2035(INL)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Reform of the electoral law of the European Union
Responsible Committee Shadow	2015/2003(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	EU-China relations
Responsible Committee	2015/0907(APP)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage: reform
Responsible Committee	2014/2931(RPS)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Draft Council directive on laying down calculation methods and reporting requirements pursuant to Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels
Responsible Committee	2014/2777(RSP)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Resolution on the 2014 UN Climate Change Conference – COP 20 in Lima, Peru (1-12 December 2014)
Responsible Committee Shadow	2014/2248(INI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Possible evolutions and adjustments of the current institutional set up of the European Union
Responsible Committee Shadow	2013/2130(INI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon with respect to the European Parliament
Responsible Committee Shadow	2013/2031(REG)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 7: waiver and defence of parliamentary immunity
Responsible Committee Shadow	2012/2104(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness
Opinion Committee Shadow	2012/2103(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Energy roadmap 2050, a future with energy
Responsible Committee Shadow	2012/0337(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020: 'Living well, within the limits of our planet'. 7th Environment Action Programme
Responsible Committee Shadow	2012/0305(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Fluorinated greenhouse gases
Responsible Committee	2011/2194(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Review of the 6th environment action programme and the setting of priorities for the 7th environment action programme
Responsible Committee Shadow	2011/2030(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Committee Opinion	2010/2103(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	International trade policy in the context of climate change imperatives
Committee Opinion	2010/2021(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Power of legislative delegation
Responsible Committee	2010/0073(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	European environmental economic accounts
Committee Opinion	2010/0051(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers, 'Comitology Regulation'
Responsible Committee	2010/0016(NLE)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention): Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Committee Opinion	2009/2096(INI)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Sustainable future for transport
Responsible Committee	2009/0146(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Animal and public health: third countries authorised to import certain animals and fresh meat, and the veterinary certification requirements
Committee Opinion	2009/0048(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Adapting a number of instruments to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, "omnibus" Regulation, Part Five
Responsible Committee	2008/2320(ACI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Financial framework 2007-2013: Emergency Aid Reserve in 2008 (amend. Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management)
Responsible Committee	2008/2063(INI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Parliament's new role and responsibilities implementing the Treaty of Lisbon
Responsible Committee	2008/2016(REG)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 19: duties of the President, interpretation
Responsible Committee	2007/2222(ACI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Communicating Europe in partnership. Political declaration
Responsible Committee	2007/2218(ACI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Committee Opinion	2007/2205(INI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Defence of the prerogatives of the European Parliament before the national courts
Responsible Committee	2007/0820(CNS)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	General budget of the European Communities: financial regulation, funding of political parties at European level
Responsible Committee	2007/0808(CNS)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Convening of the Intergovernmental Conference IGC: Parliament's opinion (Article 48 TEC)
Responsible Committee	2007/0130(COD)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Regulations governing political parties at European level and rules regarding their funding
Responsible Committee	2006/2287(REG)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	EP Rules of Procedure, Rules 15 and 182(1): election of Quaestors and committee bureaux
Responsible Committee	2006/2139(REG)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Rules of Procedure, Rule 166: points of order, interpretation
Responsible Committee	2005/2224(INI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Report on European political parties
Responsible Committee	2005/2125(ACI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Joint declaration on practical arrangements for the codecision procedure (Article 251 of the EC Treaty)
Responsible Committee	2005/2076(ACI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Framework agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission: revision
Responsible Committee	2003/0039(COD)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Political parties at European level: statute and financing
Responsible Committee	2001/2180(INI)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	The future of the European Union
Responsible Committee	1999/2135(COS)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Preparing the next intergovernmental Conference for the year 2000
Responsible Committee	1999/0825(CNS)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Intergovernmental Conference IGC: revision of the Treaties, the financial interests and the European Prosecutor
Former Responsible Committee	1999/0825(CNS)	AFCO Constitutional Affairs	Intergovernmental Conference IGC: revision of the Treaties, the financial interests and the European Prosecutor

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Amendment Co-authors

Name	Group	Country	Ams
Nicola CAPUTO	S&D	Italy	517
Nessa CHILDERS	S&D	Ireland	419
Jytte GUTELAND	S&D	Sweden	391
Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ	S&D	Spain	357
Carlos ZORRINHO	S&D	Portugal	340
Kathleen VAN BREMPT	S&D	Belgium	332
Simona BONAFÈ	S&D	Italy	273
Tibor SZANYI	S&D	Hungary	255
Pavel POC	S&D	Czechia	253
Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO	S&D	Spain	244
Massimo PAOLUCCI	S&D	Italy	242
Pervenche BERÈS	S&D	France	241
Theresa GRIFFIN	S&D	United Kingdom	238
Mercedes BRESSO	S&D	Italy	234
Damiano ZOFFOLI	S&D	Italy	220
Miriam DALLI	S&D	Malta	220
José BLANCO LÓPEZ	S&D	Spain	213
Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN	S&D	Germany	207
Olle LUDVIGSSON	S&D	Sweden	203
Tiemo WÖLKEN	S&D	Germany	201
Jeppe KOFOD	S&D	Denmark	194
Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU	S&D	Romania	193
Jude KIRTON-DARLING	S&D	United Kingdom	187
Enrique GUERRERO SALOM	S&D	Spain	185
Susanne MELIOR	S&D	Germany	183
Edouard MARTIN	S&D	France	179
Seb DANCE	S&D	United Kingdom	176
Flavio ZANONATO	S&D	Italy	174
Clare MOODY	S&D	United Kingdom	168
Csaba MOLNÁR	S&D	Hungary	159
Karin KADENBACH	S&D	Austria	154
Miroslav POCHE	S&D	Czechia	149
Renata BRIANO	S&D	Italy	137
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY	ALDE	Netherlands	136
Pedro SILVA PEREIRA	S&D	Portugal	135
Nikos ANDROULAKIS	S&D	Greece	128
Judith A. MERKIES	S&D	Netherlands	126
Christel SCHALDEMOSE	S&D	Denmark	124
Matthias GROOTE	S&D	Germany	121
Biljana BORZAN	S&D	Croatia	113
Margrete AUKEN	Verts/ALE	Denmark	107
Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS	S&D	Greece	105
Gilles PARGNEAUX	S&D	France	100
Åsa WESTLUND	S&D	Sweden	95
Daciana Octavia SÂRBU	S&D	Romania	92
Eugen FREUND	S&D	Austria	86
Elena GENTILE	S&D	Italy	80
Marita ULVSKOG	S&D	Sweden	77
Victor BOŞTINARU	S&D	Romania	76
Patrizia TOIA	S&D	Italy	73
Roberto GUALTIERI	S&D	Italy	73
Karl-Heinz FLORENZ	PPE	Germany	72
Vital MOREIRA	S&D	Portugal	72
Satu HASSI	Verts/ALE	Finland	71
Dan JØRGENSEN	S&D	Denmark	71
Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS	S&D	Portugal	71
Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS	ALDE	Greece	69
Ulrike RODUST	S&D	Germany	69
Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI	S&D	Finland	68
Britta THOMSEN	S&D	Denmark	64
Claudia ȚAPARDEL	S&D	Romania	63
Paul BRANNEN	S&D	United Kingdom	61
Kriton ARSENIS	S&D	Greece	60
Vittorio PRODI	S&D	Italy	59
Monika BEŇOVÁ	S&D	Slovakia	58
Guillaume BALAS	S&D	France	55
Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY	S&D	France	55
Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ	S&D	Spain	52
Teresa RIERA MADURELL	S&D	Spain	49
Eric ANDRIEU	S&D	France	48
Marc TARABELLA	S&D	Belgium	47
Richard CORBETT	S&D	United Kingdom	43
Jean-Paul DENANOT	S&D	France	40
Soraya POST	S&D	Sweden	37
Arne LIETZ	S&D	Germany	35
Corinne LEPAGE	ALDE	France	34
Elena VALENCIANO	S&D	Spain	34
Sylvie GUILLAUME	S&D	France	34
Linda McAVAN	S&D	United Kingdom	32
Zigmantas BALČYTIS	S&D	Lithuania	29
Doru-Claudian FRUNZULICĂ	S&D	Romania	29
Liliana RODRIGUES	S&D	Portugal	29
Maria NOICHL	S&D	Germany	28
Liisa JAAKONSAARI	S&D	Finland	26
Martina WERNER	S&D	Germany	26
Victor NEGRESCU	???	???	26
Dan NICA	S&D	Romania	24
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ	S&D	Spain	21
Tonino PICULA	S&D	Croatia	20
Gabriele PREUSS	S&D	Germany	18
Enrico GASBARRA	S&D	Italy	18
Ana GOMES	PSE	Portugal	18
Ismail ERTUG	S&D	Germany	17
Vladko Todorov PANAYOTOV	ALDE	Bulgaria	17
Knut FLECKENSTEIN	S&D	Germany	16
Bernd LANGE	S&D	Germany	16
Bas EICKHOUT	Verts/ALE	Netherlands	15
Vural ÖGER	PSE	Germany	15
David MARTIN	S&D	United Kingdom	13
Caterina CHINNICI	S&D	Italy	13
Momchil NEKOV	S&D	Bulgaria	13
Sir Graham WATSON	ALDE	United Kingdom	12
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN	PPE	Finland	12
Ana GOMES	S&D	Portugal	12
Justas Vincas PALECKIS	S&D	Lithuania	12
Peter LIESE	PPE	Germany	12
Adam GIEREK	S&D	Poland	11
Evgeni KIRILOV	PSE	Bulgaria	11
Csaba Sándor TABAJDI	S&D	Hungary	10
Marisa MATIAS	GUE/NGL	Portugal	10
Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS	ALDE	Germany	10
Jutta HAUG	S&D	Germany	10
Jens GEIER	S&D	Germany	10
Anja WEISGERBER	PPE	Germany	9
Thomas ULMER	PPE	Germany	9
Elena Oana ANTONESCU	PPE	Romania	9
Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK	PPE	Slovakia	9
Isabella DE MONTE	S&D	Italy	9
Siôn SIMON	S&D	United Kingdom	9
Véronique DE KEYSER	PSE	Belgium	9
Richard HOWITT	PSE	United Kingdom	9
Peter KOUROUMBASHEV	S&D	Bulgaria	8
Carlos CARNERO GONZÁLEZ	PSE	Spain	8
Andrea ZANONI	ALDE	Italy	7
Horst SCHNELLHARDT	PPE	Germany	7
Michail TREMOPOULOS	Verts/ALE	Greece	7
Catherine BEARDER	ALDE	United Kingdom	7
Elmar BROK	PPE	Germany	6
Eva KAILI	S&D	Greece	6
María MUÑIZ DE URQUIZA	S&D	Spain	5
Andrew DUFF	ALDE	United Kingdom	5
Ska KELLER	Verts/ALE	Germany	5
Maria da Graça CARVALHO	PPE	Portugal	5
Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES	PPE	Spain	5
Davor ŠKRLEC	Verts/ALE	Croatia	5
Péter NIEDERMÜLLER	S&D	Hungary	5
Josef WEIDENHOLZER	S&D	Austria	5
Aloyzas SAKALAS	PSE	Lithuania	5
Keith TAYLOR	Verts/ALE	United Kingdom	4
Gaston FRANCO	PPE	France	4
Anna ROSBACH	ECR	Denmark	4
Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT	S&D	Germany	4
Sandrine BÉLIER	Verts/ALE	France	4
Constanze KREHL	S&D	Germany	4
Paolo DE CASTRO	S&D	Italy	4
Sylvie GOULARD	ALDE	France	4
Barbara SPINELLI	GUE/NGL	Italy	4
Sven GIEGOLD	Verts/ALE	Germany	4
Pia Elda LOCATELLI	PSE	Italy	4
Göran FÄRM	S&D	Sweden	3
Anna HEDH	S&D	Sweden	3
Jens NILSSON	S&D	Sweden	3
Tanja FAJON	S&D	Slovenia	3
Richard HOWITT	S&D	United Kingdom	3
Corina CREȚU	S&D	Romania	3
Kinga GÁL	PPE	Hungary	3
Bairbre de BRÚN	GUE/NGL	United Kingdom	3
Rainer WIELAND	PPE	Germany	3
Constance LE GRIP	PPE	France	3
Neena GILL	S&D	United Kingdom	3
Ivo BELET	PPE	Belgium	3
Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET	PPE	Spain	3
José Inácio FARIA	ALDE	Portugal	3
Mady DELVAUX	S&D	Luxembourg	3
Mario PIRILLO	S&D	Italy	2
Anni PODIMATA	S&D	Greece	2
Zita GURMAI	S&D	Hungary	2
Andrey KOVATCHEV	PPE	Bulgaria	2
Renate SOMMER	PPE	Germany	2
Peter JAHR	PPE	Germany	2
Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ	S&D	Austria	2
Pascal DURAND	Verts/ALE	France	2
Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF	ALDE	Germany	2
Jas GAWRONSKI	PPE-DE	Italy	2
Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART	PPE	Spain	1
Fiona HALL	ALDE	United Kingdom	1
Anne DELVAUX	PPE	Belgium	1
Sophie AUCONIE	PPE	France	1
János ÁDER	PPE	Hungary	1
Rebecca HARMS	Verts/ALE	Germany	1
Dimitrios DROUTSAS	S&D	Greece	1
Helmut SCHOLZ	GUE/NGL	Germany	1
Alojz PETERLE	PPE	Slovenia	1
Andrejs MAMIKINS	S&D	Latvia	1
Pier Antonio PANZERI	S&D	Italy	1
Kati PIRI	S&D	Netherlands	1
Michel DANTIN	PPE	France	1
Lucy ANDERSON	S&D	United Kingdom	1
Frédérique RIES	ALDE	Belgium	1
Mark DEMESMAEKER	ECR	Belgium	1
Piernicola PEDICINI	EFDD	Italy	1
Massimiliano SALINI	PPE	Italy	1
Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK	PPE	Netherlands	1
Benedek JÁVOR	Verts/ALE	Hungary	1
Marijana PETIR	PPE	Croatia	1
Dario TAMBURRANO	EFDD	Italy	1
Reinhard BÜTIKOFER	Verts/ALE	Germany	1
Molly SCOTT CATO	Verts/ALE	United Kingdom	1
David BORRELLI	EFDD	Italy	1
Jonás FERNÁNDEZ	S&D	Spain	1

By types

Amendments (2394)
Individual motions (1)
Institutional motions (26)
Opinions (6)
Oral questions (16)
Plenary speeches (298)
Reports (24)
Shadow opinions (6)
Shadow reports (12)
Written declarations (15)
Written questions (13)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
171	2016/0375(COD)	Governance of the energy union and climate action
127	2016/0382(COD)	Promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Recast
112	2012/0337(COD)	General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020: 'Living well, within the limits of our planet'. 7th Environment Action Programme
95	2014/2248(INI)	Possible evolutions and adjustments of the current institutional set up of the European Union
77	2013/2135(INI)	2030 framework for climate and energy policies
74	2017/2055(INI)	International ocean governance: an agenda for the future of our oceans in the context of the 2030 SDGs
70	2012/2104(INI)	Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness
68	2012/0305(COD)	Fluorinated greenhouse gases
55	2015/0148(COD)	Enhancing cost-effective emission reductions and low carbon investments; Modernisation Fund
48	2013/2185(INI)	Relations between the European Parliament and the national parliaments
48	2017/2274(INI)	State of EU-China relations
48	2015/2003(INI)	EU-China relations
46	2012/0288(COD)	Fuels and energy from renewable sources: transition to biofuels to deliver greenhouse gas savings
44	2018/2094(INI)	State of the debate on the future of Europe
42	2018/2974(RSP)
41	2015/2041(INI)	Transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions
33	2017/2272(INI)	Climate diplomacy
33	2015/0275(COD)	Waste: resource efficiency. Circular economy package
33	2013/0443(COD)	Reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants
29	2018/0172(COD)	Reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment
29	2018/2598(RSP)	Resolution on the 2018 UN Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland (COP24)
29	2018/2035(INI)	European strategy for plastics in a circular economy
29	2014/2228(INI)	Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
29	2017/2089(INI)	Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU institutional framework
27	2016/2223(INI)	Initiative on resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety
26	2016/2018(INI)	Interpretation and implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on better law-making
25	2013/2130(INI)	Implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon with respect to the European Parliament
24	2011/2012(INI)	Analysis of options to move beyond 20% greenhouse gas emission reductions and assessing the risk of carbon leakage
21	2013/2006(INI)	Reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability
21	2015/2272(INI)	EU in a changing global environment - a more connected, contested and complex world
21	2017/2037(INI)	Role of cities in the institutional framework of the Union
20	2011/2194(INI)	Review of the 6th environment action programme and the setting of priorities for the 7th environment action programme
20	2017/2204(INI)	Hong Kong, 20 years after handover. Recommendation to the Council, the Commission, and the EEAS
20	2015/2112(INI)	Towards a new international climate agreement in Paris
19	2018/0209(COD)	Programme for the environment and climate action (LIFE) 2021–2027
19	2016/0376(COD)	Energy efficiency
18	2018/0216(COD)	Support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP strategic plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 2021–2027
17	2017/0220(COD)	European citizens’ initiative
17	2007/2271(INI)	Commission's 2007 enlargement strategy paper
16	2011/2056(INI)	Effective raw materials strategy for Europe
15	2012/0297(COD)	Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment: provisions concerning the quality of the EIA
15	2017/2009(INI)	EU action for sustainability
15	2014/2208(INI)	Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy
14	2012/0190(COD)	Reducing CO2 emissions from new passenger cars: modalities for reaching the 2020 target
14	2011/2068(INI)	Resource-efficient Europe
14	2011/2095(INI)	Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
14	2016/0231(COD)	Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030
12	2008/0241(COD)	Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast
12	2017/0293(COD)	Emission performance standards for new passenger cars and for new light commercial vehicles. Recast
12	2014/0011(COD)	Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme: establishment and operation of a market stability reserve
12	2008/2067(INI)	Perspectives for developing the civil dialogue under the Treaty of Lisbon
11	2009/2108(INI)	Report on the implementation of EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity
11	2018/2093(INI)	Differentiated integration
11	2017/2024(INL)	Revision of Regulation (EU) No 211/2011 on the citizens’ initiative
11	2014/2145(INI)	Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
11	2008/2063(INI)	Parliament's new role and responsibilities implementing the Treaty of Lisbon
10	2011/0429(COD)	Water policy: priority substances
10	2011/2308(INI)	Environmental impacts of shale gas and shale oil extraction activities
10	2016/0230(COD)	2030 climate and energy framework: inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry
10	2016/2058(INI)	EU strategy on heating and cooling
10	2014/2223(INI)	New EU forest strategy: for forests and the forest-based sector
10	2015/2035(INL)	Reform of the electoral law of the European Union
10	2008/2111(INI)	European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly
9	2012/0191(COD)	Reducing CO2 emissions from new light commercial vehicles: modalities for reaching the 2020 target
9	2012/2103(INI)	Energy roadmap 2050, a future with energy
9	2008/0256(COD)	Medicinal products for human use: information on products subject to medical prescription
9	2012/2034(INI)	Relations between the European Parliament and the institutions representing the national governments
9	2015/2343(INI)	Constitutional, legal and institutional implications of a common security and defence policy: possibilities offered by the Lisbon Treaty
9	2017/2052(INI)	Next MFF: preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
9	2016/2149(INI)	Implementation of the Treaty provisions concerning national parliaments
9	2017/2011(INI)	Monitoring the application of EU law 2015
9	2007/2115(INI)	Development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions
8	2009/2152(INI)	Report on the Commission White Paper: 'Adapting to climate change: towards a European framework for action'
8	2018/2119(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: annual growth survey 2019
8	2016/0380(COD)	Common rules for the internal market in electricity. Recast
8	2016/2052(INI)	European defence union
8	2015/2254(INL)	Establishment of an EU mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights
8	2014/2257(INI)	European citizens' initiative
8	2008/2120(INI)	Development of the relations between the European Parliament and national parliaments under the Treaty of Lisbon
7	2012/2295(INI)	Innovating for sustainable growth: a bioeconomy for Europe
7	2010/0073(COD)	European environmental economic accounts
7	2010/2103(INI)	International trade policy in the context of climate change imperatives
7	2016/0000(INI)
7	2014/2150(INI)	Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
7	2018/2112(INI)	Implementation of the Treaty provisions concerning enhanced cooperation
7	2018/2099(INI)	Annual report on the implementation of the common security and defence policy
6	2013/2034(INI)	68th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Recommendation to the Council
6	2011/2030(INI)	66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
6	2010/0306(NLE)	Management of spent fuel and radioactive waste: EU legal framework
6	2010/2088(INI)	GDP and beyond - Measuring progress in a changing world
6	2010/0051(COD)	Mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers, 'Comitology Regulation'
6	2008/0198(COD)	Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market
6	2018/2040(INI)	Recommendation to the Council on the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
6	2017/2025(INI)	EU political relations with India
6	2018/0166R(APP)	Interim report on MFF 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position in view of an agreement
6	2017/2087(INI)	Implementation of the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC)
6	2017/2006(INI)	Role of EU regions and cities in implementing the COP 21 Paris Agreement on Climate Change
6	2017/2030(INI)	Implementation of the 7th environment action programme
6	2008/2201(INI)	Development of the UN Human Rights Council, including the role of the EU
6	2007/0211(CNS)	Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking
5	2013/2945(RSP)	Resolution on the 2013 progress report on Turkey
5	2012/2078(INI)	Constitutional problems of a multitier governance in the European Union
5	2017/2041(INI)	Recommendation to the Council on the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly
5	2015/0149(COD)	Energy efficiency labelling
5	2018/2113(INI)	Implementation of the Treaty provisions on Parliament’s power of political control over the Commission
5	2017/2273(INI)	Monitoring the application of EU law 2016
5	2017/2131(INL)	Situation in Hungary
5	2017/2069(INI)	Strengthening citizens’ rights in a Union of democratic change. EU citizenship report 2017
5	2016/2055(INI)	Role of whistle-blowers in the protection of EU's financial interests
5	2015/2344(INI)	Budgetary capacity for the Eurozone
5	2016/2005(ACI)	Interinstitutional agreement on better law-making
5	2017/2510(RSP)	Resolution on the rule of law crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Gabon
5	2007/0130(COD)	Regulations governing political parties at European level and rules regarding their funding
4	2011/2109(INI)	EU support for the ICC: facing challenges and overcoming difficulties
4	2011/0406(COD)	Financing instrument for development cooperation 2014-2020
4	2011/0339(COD)	Third programme for the Union's action in the field of health (2014-2020)
4	2007/0286(COD)	Industrial emissions - Integrated pollution prevention and control. Recast
4	2008/0240(COD)	Electrical and electronic equipment: restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances. Recast
4	2008/0261(COD)	Medicinal products for human use: prevention of the entry into the legal supply chain of falsified medicinal products
4	2016/2036(INI)	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy
4	2017/2054(INL)	Composition of the European Parliament
4	2014/2249(INI)	Improving the functioning of the European Union building on the potential of the Lisbon Treaty
4	2015/2040(INI)	Procedures and practices regarding commissioner hearings, lessons to be taken from the 2014 process
4	2008/2073(INI)	Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the development of the institutional balance of the European Union
4	2016/2814(RSP)	Resolution on the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco (COP22)
3	2012/2036(INI)	67th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Recommendation to the Council
3	2013/0152(COD)	EU guarantee to the European Investment Bank (EIB) against losses under financing operations supporting investment projects outside the Union (2014-2020)
3	2010/2211(INI)	Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
3	2012/2308(INI)	Location of the seats of the European Union's institutions
3	2012/2309(INI)	Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections
3	2014/2219(INI)	Annual report from the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to the European Parliament
3	2017/2084(INI)	Accelerating clean energy innovation
3	2015/0272(COD)	End-of-life vehicles; batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators; waste electrical and electronic equipment: resource efficiency. Circular economy package
3	2018/2096(INI)	Ombudsman’s strategic inquiry OI/2/2017 on the transparency of legislative discussions in the preparatory bodies of the Council of the EU
3	2017/2233(ACI)	Review of the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission
3	2014/2252(INI)	Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality
3	2008/2224(INI)	Active dialogue with citizens on Europe
3	2018/2863(RSP)	Resolution on mass arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and Kazakhs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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
3	2008/2169(INL)	Guidelines for a proposal of a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the citizens' initiative, pursuant to Article 11(4) of the Treaty on the European Union
3	2007/2218(ACI)	Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
3	2007/0808(CNS)	Convening of the Intergovernmental Conference IGC: Parliament's opinion (Article 48 TEC)
3	2005/2242(INI)	Kashmir: present situation and future prospects
3	2005/2224(INI)	Report on European political parties
3	2009/2614(RSP)	Resolution on the EU strategy for the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP 15)
2	2010/2020(INI)	Recommendation to the Council on the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
2	2010/0821(NLE)	Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU)
2	2012/0202(COD)	Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading: timing of auctions
2	2011/0428(COD)	Programme for the environment and climate action, LIFE 2014-2020
2	2011/2051(INI)	CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
2	2012/0237(COD)	European political parties and European political foundations: statute and funding
2	2016/2308(INI)	2016 Commission report on Turkey
2	2015/2104(INI)	Role of the EU within the UN - how to better achieve EU foreign policy goals
2	2015/2001(INI)	State of EU-Russia relations
2	2018/0178(COD)	Framework to facilitate sustainable investment
2	2015/0276(COD)	Packaging and packaging waste: resource efficiency. Circular economy package
2	2015/2232(INI)	Implementation report on the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU)
2	2015/2113(INI)	Towards a European energy union
2	2010/0208(COD)	Genetically modified organisms (GMOs): possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory
2	2018/2114(INI)	Implementation of the legal provisions and the joint statement ensuring the parliamentary scrutiny over decentralised agencies
2	2018/2170(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure: revision
2	2009/2000(INI)	European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 64th Session of the UN General Assembly
2	2008/2186(DEC)	2007 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2	2008/2135(INI)	EU-India Free Trade Agreement
2	2019/2690(RSP)	Resolution on China, notably the situation of religious and ethnic minorities
2	2015/0907(APP)	Election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage: reform
2	2017/3019(RSP)	Reform of the electoral law of the European Union
2	2013/0371(COD)	Packaging and packaging waste: reduction of the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags
2	2014/2777(RSP)	Resolution on the 2014 UN Climate Change Conference – COP 20 in Lima, Peru (1-12 December 2014)
2	2007/2124(REG)	General review of the Rules of Procedure
2	2006/2201(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 29: formation of political groups
2	2005/2125(ACI)	Joint declaration on practical arrangements for the codecision procedure (Article 251 of the EC Treaty)
2	2005/2146(INI)	Period of reflection: structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on the European Union
2	2009/2134(INL)	Proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976
2	2009/2619(RSP)	Resolution on the outcome of the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP 15)
2	1999/0825(CNS)	Intergovernmental Conference IGC: revision of the Treaties, the financial interests and the European Prosecutor
2	2017/2830(RSP)	Resolution on Gabon: repression of the opposition
2	2016/3026(RSP)	Resolution on the cases of the Larung Gar Tibetan Buddhist Academy and Ilham Tohti
2	2016/2558(RSP)	Resolution on the case of the missing book publishers in Hong Kong
2	2016/2557(RSP)	Resolution on Bahrain: the case of Mohammed Ramadan
2	2016/2556(RSP)	Resolution on the human rights situation in Crimea, in particular of the Crimean Tatars
2	2015/2592(RSP)	Resolution on the murder of the Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and the state of democracy in Russia
1	2011/0172(COD)	Energy efficiency
1	2009/2153(INI)	Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
1	2009/2230(INI)	European Union strategy for the Baltic Sea region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy
1	2008/0238(COD)	Standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation
1	0000/2013(INI)
1	2016/2020(INI)	Recommendation on the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly
1	2018/0196(COD)	Common provisions on European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund Plus, Cohesion Fund, and European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and financial rules for those and for Asylum and Migration Fund, Internal Security Fund and Border Management and Visa Instrument 2021–2027
1	2018/2589(RSP)	Resolution on implementation of the circular economy package: options to address the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation
1	2016/0379(COD)	Internal market for electricity. Recast
1	2015/0274(COD)	Landfill of waste: resource efficiency. Circular economy package
1	2015/0009(COD)	European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
1	2015/2322(INI)	Towards a new energy market design
1	2008/2015(INI)
1	2016/0351(COD)	Protection against dumped and subsidised imports from countries not members of the EU
1	2017/2620(RSP)	Resolution on the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany (COP23)
1	2014/0151(NLE)	EU/Iceland agreement: Iceland's participation in the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
1	2015/2566(RSO)	Decision on setting up a special committee on tax rulings and other measures similar in nature or effect, its powers, numerical strength and term of office
1	2006/2209(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure: revision of the petition process
1	2009/2559(RSP)	Resolution on the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka
1	2008/2099(INI)	Reaping the full benefits of the digital dividend in Europe: a common approach to the use of the spectrum released by the digital switchover
1	2008/2617(RSP)	Resolution on Bangladesh
1	2007/2272(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure: work of the plenary and initiative reports
1	2007/2169(INL)	Proposal to amend the Treaty provisions concerning the composition of the European Parliament
1	2007/2087(INI)	Road map for the Union's constitutional process
1	2006/2226(INI)	Institutional aspects of the European Union's capacity to integrate new Member States
1	2006/2617(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in the Middle East
1	2006/2516(RSP)	Resolution on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
1	2006/2028(ACI)	Budgetary discipline and sound financial management as well as financial perspectives 2007-2013
1	2005/2214(INI)	Outcome of the screening of legislative proposals pending before the Legislator
1	2004/0001(COD)	Services in the internal market. Services Directive
1	2013/2982(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Sri Lanka
1	2011/0309(COD)	Safety of offshore oil and gas operations
1	2012/2309(INL)	Composition of the European Parliament with a view to the 2014 elections
1	2012/2066(INI)	Protection of public health from endocrine disrupters
1	2011/2733(RSP)	Resolution on developing a common EU position ahead of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
1	2011/2023(INI)	Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance
1	2010/0074(COD)	Citizens' initiative
1	2010/2764(RSP)	Resolution on the climate change conference in Cancun (COP16)
1	2010/2873(RSP)	Resolution on EU action on oil exploration and extraction in Europe
1	2009/0076(COD)	Making available on the market and use of biocidal products
1	2008/0002(COD)	Novel foods
1	2009/2096(INI)	Sustainable future for transport
1	2010/2679(RSP)	Resolution on the draft Commission directive amending the Annexes to Directive 95/2/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners and repealing Decision 2004/374/EC
1	2010/2021(INI)	Power of legislative delegation
1	2009/0077(COD)	Animal health requirements: non-commercial movement of pet animals
1	2003/0039(COD)	Political parties at European level: statute and financing
1	2001/2180(INI)	The future of the European Union
1	1999/2135(COS)	Preparing the next intergovernmental Conference for the year 2000
1	2008/2320(ACI)	Financial framework 2007-2013: Emergency Aid Reserve in 2008 (amend. Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management)
1	2007/2222(ACI)	Communicating Europe in partnership. Political declaration
1	2007/0820(CNS)	General budget of the European Communities: financial regulation, funding of political parties at European level
1	2006/2287(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rules 15 and 182(1): election of Quaestors and committee bureaux
1	2005/2076(ACI)	Framework agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission: revision
1	2010/0016(NLE)	Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention): Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management
1	2009/0146(COD)	Animal and public health: third countries authorised to import certain animals and fresh meat, and the veterinary certification requirements
1	2018/0811(CNS)	European Investment Bank (EIB): amendment of the Statute
1	2017/0016(NLE)	Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer: Kigali amendment
1	2013/2031(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 7: waiver and defence of parliamentary immunity
1	2018/2046(BUD)	2019 general budget: all sections
1	2017/2754(RSP)	Resolution on the cases of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che
1	2016/3029(RSP)	Resolution on support for the thalidomide survivors
1	2014/2841(RSP)	Resolution on the situation in Ukraine and the state of play of EU-Russia relations
1	2014/2717(RSP)	Resolution on Ukraine
1	2018/2858(RSP)	Resolution on animal welfare, antimicrobial use and the environmental impact of industrial broiler farming

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CV/0	First state law examination (1972). Graduate of the Collège de l'Europe, Bruges (1973). Second state law examination (1976). Lawyer in Freiburg/Breisgau (1977-1984).
CV/1	European affairs secretary of the SPD youth organisation (1977-1979). Member of the SPD's environment commission (1981-1985). Member of the Saarland regional executive of the SPD (1985-1999). Member of the SPD's European affairs commission (1996-1998).
CV/2	Vice-President of the European Environmental Bureau, Brussels (1979-1984). President of the Union of European Federalists (since 1997). Vice-President, International European Movement (since 2003).
CV/3	Member of Püttlingen (Saarland) council (since 1999). Member, Saarland Regional Assembly (1985-1999); Chairman, European affairs committee (1994-1999). Minister of the Environment, Saarland (1985-1994).
CV/4	Vice-Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Affairs (2002-2004). Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Affairs (since 2004).
CV/5	Member, Committee on the Regions (1995-1999). Member, Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (1995-1999).
CV/6	Member of cultural, social and sporting organisations. Vice-President of Eurosolar e.V.
CV/7	Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
CV/8	German Environment Foundation Prize (1985).

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First state law examination (1972). Graduate of the Collège de l'Europe, Bruges (1973). Second state law examination (1976). Lawyer in Freiburg/Breisgau (1977-1984).
European affairs secretary of the SPD youth organisation (1977-1979). Member of the SPD's environment commission (1981-1985). Member of the Saarland regional executive of the SPD (1985-1999). Member of the SPD's European affairs commission (1996-1998).
Vice-President of the European Environmental Bureau, Brussels (1979-1984). President of the Union of European Federalists (since 1997). Vice-President, International European Movement (since 2003).
Member of Püttlingen (Saarland) council (since 1999). Member, Saarland Regional Assembly (1985-1999); Chairman, European affairs committee (1994-1999). Minister of the Environment, Saarland (1985-1994).
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Affairs (2002-2004). Chairman, Committee on Constitutional Affairs (since 2004).
Member, Committee on the Regions (1995-1999). Member, Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities (1995-1999).
Member of cultural, social and sporting organisations. Vice-President of Eurosolar e.V.
Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
German Environment Foundation Prize (1985).