Lissy Gröner

Lissy Gröner

Lissy Gröner (born 31 May 1954, Langenfeld) is a former MEP from Social Democratic Party of Germany, who served four consecutive terms between 1989-2009.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
• Member, Committee on Culture and Education
• Member, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Budgets
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Letting holiday accommodation.

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 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 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 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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Activities:

Vice-President of SIW (Socialist International Women);

PSE coordinator on the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities;

Vice-Chairwoman of the Children's Alliance;

Member of the board of the Association of Social-Democratic Women.

• Member of:

SPD since 1971;

Workers' Welfare (AW);

BUND (Association for Nature and Environmental Protection);

IFFF (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom).

• PSE spokeswoman on women's rights;
• Spokeswoman for SPD Members of the European Parliament on youth policy.
• Rapporteur for:

EU budget on women's interests;

The 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing and Beijing +10;

Problems of children in the European Community; problems of children in the European Community;

Poverty among women in Europe;

The Youth Action Programme 2000-2006;

On the Youth in Action programme, 2007-2013; co-rapporteur on the European Institute for Gender Equality.

• Member of the European Parliament (since 1989).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

12G218

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45412

Email:

lissy.groener@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.lissy-groener.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Lissy Gröner, 10 December 2008, accessed 09 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Lissy Gröner, accessed 09 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Lissy Gröner, accessed 17 November 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 09 March 2009.