Hartmut Nassauer

Hartmut Nassauer

Hartmut Nassauer (born 17 October 1942, Marburg/Lahn) is a former MEP (1994-2009) from Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

In 2007 he was one of 11 MEPs on the Steering Committee of European Friends of Israel.

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Chair:

22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea

07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, south-east Asia and the Republic of Korea

21.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Vice-Chair:

15.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

Member:

19.07.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)

21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs

17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with Israel

12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with Israel

16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with the Transcaucasian republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs

14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with the Transcaucasian republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with the Transcaucasian republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

20.07.1999 / 11.10.1999 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs

22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Conference of Delegation Chairmen

12.10.1999 / 07.03.2002 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs

07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Conference of Delegation Chairmen

08.03.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

20.07.2004 / 30.08.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

31.08.2004 / 14.11.2006 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

15.09.2004 / 20.09.2004 : Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

22.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Conference of Delegation Chairmen

15.11.2006 / 14.02.2007 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Legal Affairs

Substitute:

21.07.1994 / 31.01.1996 : Committee on Budgets

21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament

01.02.1996 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights

16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament

16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market

22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Mercosur

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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

14.03.2007 / 28.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Mercosur

15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Lawyer, accredited at Kassel Regional Court, Address of the Chamber of Barristers: Friedrichtstr. 28 D- 34117 Kassel

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 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 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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• First state law examination (1968).
• Second state law examination (1972).
• Judge of the provincial court of Kassel (1972).
• Member of the bureau of the Hesse CDU (since 1992).
• Member (1974-1994) and Vice-President (1991-1994) of the Hesse Landtag.
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).
• Chairman of the CDU/CSU Group in the European Parliament (1999-2006).
• Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (since 1999).
• Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament.

Contact

Address:

Phone:

Email:

info@hartmut-nassauer.de

Website:

http://www.hartmut-nassauer.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Hartmut Nassauer, 17 February 2009, accessed 23 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Hartmut Nassauer, accessed 23 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Hartmut Nassauer, accessed 02 December 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 23 March 2009.