Michael Cramer

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Michael Cramer, MEP

Michael Cramer (born 16 June 1949, Gevelsberg) is a German MEP from Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen (Alliance '90/ The Greens).

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
• Member, Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Member of European Parliament

Paid Functions or Activities:

• Member of European Parliament
• Author's share of profit from the "bikeline" bike-tour books, Esterbauer Verlag
• Lectures in the framework of my position as delegate

Financial Support Received in Connection with Political Activities:

Financial:

• For lectures, in the form of professional fee - granted by Velokonzept Saade GmbH, Berlin | Pleon Agentur, Graz | Steirische Verkehrsverbund GmbH, Graz | Daimler AG, Stuttgart | Heidelberger Zement, Heidelberg

In terms of material:

• Travel kosts - granted by Eurotrans 2008, Warschau | Community of European Railway and Infrastructure (CER), Brussels | Reseau ferré de France, Paris | Netzwerk für Demokratie, Sonneberg | Bombardier Transportation, Paris | European Intermodal Association, Brussels | Territori e memorie, Bologna | Stiftung Aufarbeitung, Suhl | Rail Forum, Warsaw | Russia Economic Forum, Rome | Die Grünen, Malta | Mo.Ve Forum, Mailand | Interporto, Bologna

Record of Parliamentary Votes

Election Campaign 2009

Michael Cramer has pledged to promote all 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

• Studies: music, sport, education in Mainz (1969-1974).
• Grammar school teacher in Berlin-Neukölln (1975-1995).
• Teaching jobs at the Otto Suhr Institute of the Free University of Berlin (1994-1996).
• Member of the Berlin Chamber of Deputies and transport policy spokesman for Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen (1989-2004).
• Chairman, Transport and Industry Committee (1989-1991).

Publications

• Berliner Mauer-Radweg (2001)
• Berlin Wall Trail (2003)
• San Francisco Bay Trail (2004)
• "Deutsch-Deutscher Radweg" (2007), Esterbauer-Verlag

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

08H247

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45779

Email:

michael.cramer@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.michael-cramer.eu

Resources

• Election Campaign, Michael Cramer, accessed 30 May 2009.
• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Michael Cramer, 06 January 2009, accessed 06 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Michael Cramer, accessed 06 March 2009.