Axel Voss

Axel Voss, MEP

Axel Voss (born 07 April 1963, Hameln) is an MEP for Germany from Christian Democratic Union of Germany since June 2009.

Affiliations

• Member, LIBE Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Member, XXXX Special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering
• Member, D-CL Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Member, DLAT Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, JURI Committee on Legal Affairs
• Substitute, PETI Committee on Petitions
• Substitute, DMER Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

(A) Occupation(s) during the three-year period before taking up office with the Parliament, and membership during that period of any boards or committees of companies, non-governmental organisations, associations or other bodies established in law:

• Lawyer (income category 2)
• University lecturer (income category 1)

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Election Campaign 2009

Axel Voss has not yet pledged to any of the four issues presented by the Election Campaign:

• 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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Studied law at the Universities of Trier, Munich, Freiburg and Paris (1983-1990); first state law examination, specialisation: European and international law (1990); trainee, Koblenz Supreme Provincial Court of Appeal district (1991-1994); second state law examination, specialisation: European law and international relations (1994). Specialised and programme aspects of project management/writing on the European subsidiarity principle for a television report for CineDokumentFilm, Munich (1994-1995). Lawyer (since 1994). Taught European affairs at Remagen Technical College (2000-2009).
• Member of the CDU, Bonn District Assocation; district chair, Bonn CDU (2004-2009); deputy district chair of the CDU in the Middle Rhine area (since 2005).
• Citizens' adviser of the European Commission, Commission Representation in the Federal Republic of Germany (1994-2000).
• Member, Lutheran Working Party (EAK). Member, Municipal Policy Association (KPV). Member of the Bonn CDU small businesses association. Chairman of the Association for the Promotion of Bisperode Manor. Member, German-Australian Lawyers' Association (DAUSJV e.V.). Member, Wiesse Müüs Carnival Association, Bonn. Member, Bonn/Cape Coast (Ghana) Partnership Association.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

15E146

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32(0)2 28 45302

Fax

+32(0)2 28 49302

Email:

axel.voss AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://axel-voss-europa.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• Axel Voss, Axel Voss MdEP, undated, accessed 02 April 2012.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Axel Voss, accessed 02 April 2011.