Renate Sommer

Renate Sommer, MEP

Renate Sommer (born 10 September 1958, Bochum) is an MEP (1999- ) from Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Vice-Chair:

22.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

Member:

20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism

06.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism

07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

15.09.2004 / 21.09.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Transport and Tourism

14.07.2009 / 15.09.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

16.09.2009 / ... : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)

Substitute:

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

13.12.2000 / 29.11.2001 : Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)

15.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya)

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted against the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.
• Voted against the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.
• Voted in favour of the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amendment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.
• Voted against the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.
• Voted against the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.
• Voted against the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.
• Voted against the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.
• Voted against the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted against the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.

Election Campaign 2009

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• to provide leadership in lobbying transparency and ethics,
• to provide leadership in reforming financial architecture,
• to promote a full-scale rethink of the EU trade policy,
• to promote corporate accountability.

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Studied agriculture. Dipl.-Ing. Agr. (1984).
• Doctorate in international nutrition, Bonn University (1996).
• Academic assistant, Bonn University Department of Agriculture.
• Agricultural policy officer, German rural youth academy, German Farmers' Union, Bonn.
• Member of Herne District CDU (environmental and European policies) (since 1993).
• Vice-Chair, CDU group on Herne municipal council (since 1997).
• Founder member, Herne Europa Union (1994).
• Vice-Chair, Herne Europa Union (since 1994).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Herne town councillor (1994-1999).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

10E154

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45383

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49383

Email:

renate.sommer AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.renate-sommer.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Renate Sommer, 04 December 2008, accessed 24 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Renate Sommer, accessed 24 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Renate Sommer, accessed 05 December 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 24 March 2009.