Reimer Böge

Reimer Böge, MEP

Reimer Böge (born 18 December 1951, Hasenmoor) is a German MEP from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

Affiliations

• Vice-Chairman, Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
• Member, Committee on Budgets
• Substitute, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Japan

Former Affiliations

• Chairman, Committee on Budgets
• Member, Conference of Committee Chairmen
• Member, Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
• Substitute, Committee on Fisheries
• Substitute, Committee on International Trade
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Canada

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Agricultural engineer
• Farmer

Paid Functions or Activities:

• President, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Tierzüchter e.V. (German Animal Breeders Federation) (http://www.adt.de/home_gb.html)
• Member of supervisory board, Vereinigten Tierversicherung e.V. (Animal Insurance Company PLC)

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Abstained from voting 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 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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Degree in agricultural engineering (1976). Farmer (since 1975).
• Member of the CDU Regional Executive (since 1989).
• Deputy Land Chairman of Schleswig-Holstein CDU (since 1997).
• Chairman of the BSE Committee of Inquiry (1996-1997).
• Rapporteur for the BSE Committee (1997).
• First Vice-Chairman, Committee on Budgets (1999-2004).
• Standing rapporteur on the financing of enlargement (1999-2004).
• Standing rapporteur on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013 (since 2004).
• President of the European Council of Young Farmers (1977-1980).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1989).
• President of the German Stockbreeders' Association e.V. (since 2001).
• Order of Merit with Ribbon, Federal Republic of Germany (1998).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

15E254

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45326

Fax:

+32 (0)2 28 49326

Email:

reimer.boege@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.reimerboege.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Reimer Böge, 11 December 2008, accessed 26 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Reimer Böge, accessed 26 February 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 26 February 2009.
• Reimer Böge MdEP, Biographie, accessed 26 February 2009.