Evelyne Gebhardt

Evelyne Gebhardt, MEP

Evelyne Gebhardt (born 19 January 1954, Montreuil-sous-Bois, France) is an MEP from Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) since 19.07.1994.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Member, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
• Substitute, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Substitute, Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

Former Affiliations

• Member, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Member, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
• Substitute, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Evelyne Gebhardt, 23 June 2009, accessed 23 November 2009.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted in favour of 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 against 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 in favour of 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 in favour of 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 in favour of 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 in favour of 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 in favour of 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.

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Baccalaureate at the Lycée Lamartine in Paris (1972).
• Degree in literature at the Sorbonne, Paris (1975).
• Freelance translator (since 1977).
• Has lectured in Germany and abroad (on gender equality, civil rights, biotechnology and genetic engineering).
• Has worked as an expert in South America and Africa for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
• Member of the Baden-Württemberg SPD Land Executive Committee (since 1989).
• Federal Vice-Chairwoman of the Working Party of Social-Democratic Women (since 1992).
• Chairwoman of the Baden-Württemberg SPD European Advisory Committee.
• Member of the executive of the European women's organisation 'Grain de Sel' (Paris) (since 1993).
• Member of the Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin (academy of medical ethics) (since 1997).
• Board member of the association on young people's art colleges (since 1999).
• Member of the Marie Schlei Association and of 'Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie'.
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).
• Federal Cross of Merit with ribbon (1999).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

12G346

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45466

Fax:

+32 (0)2 28 49466

Email:

evelyne.gebhardt AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.evelyne-gebhardt-fuer-europa.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Evelyne Gebhardt, 07 January 2009, accessed 09 March 2009.
• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Evelyne Gebhardt, 23 June 2009, accessed 23 November 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Evelyne Gebhardt, accessed 09 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Evelyne Gebhardt, accessed 17 November 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 09 March 2009.