Dagmar Roth-Behrendt

Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, MEP

Dagmar Roth-Behrendt (born 21 February 1953, Frankfurt/Main) is an MEP (1989- ) from Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Chair:

24.04.1997 / 19.11.1997 : Temporary committee instructed to monitor the action taken on the recommendations made concerning BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

Vice-President:

20.07.2004 / 15.01.2007 : European Parliament

20.07.2004 / 15.01.2007 : Parliament's Bureau

14.07.2009 / ... : European Parliament

Vice-Chair:

26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on Women's Rights

22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

Member:

25.07.1989 / 20.04.1993 : Socialist Group

26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection

26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Delegation for relations with Bulgaria, Romania and Albania

15.01.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with Japan

15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection

15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Women's Rights

11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with Japan

21.04.1993 / 18.07.1994 : Group of the Party of European Socialists

01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with Japan

19.07.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the Party of European Socialists

21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection

21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Women's Rights

17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

18.07.1996 / 20.02.1997 : Temporary committee of inquiry into BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)

16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection

14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

13.12.2000 / 29.11.2001 : Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

15.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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

14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament

14.07.2009 / ... : Parliament's Bureau

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee

Substitute:

26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on External Economic Relations

15.01.1992 / 27.03.1992 : Delegation for relations with the United States

28.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Budgets

21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Budgets

16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Women's Rights

16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Budgets

22.07.1999 / 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

17.01.2002 / 17.12.2002 : Temporary committee on foot and mouth disease

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Canada

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

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Legal Affairs

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Canada

10.05.2007 / 04.02.2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change

16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Legal Affairs

16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with the United States

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

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 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 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.

Election Campaign 2009

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• First state law examination (1977). Second state law examination (1979).
• Lawyer
• Employed in the chancellery of the Governing Mayor of Berlin.
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1989).
• PSE spokeswoman on the environment, health policy and consumer protection (1989-2004).
• Chair, BSE Committee of Inquiry (1997).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

13G206

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45453

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49453

Email:

dagmar.roth-behrendt AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.dagmarrothbehrendt.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• Election Campaign, Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, accessed 30 May 2009.
• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, 16 December 2008, accessed 24 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, accessed 24 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, accessed 03 December 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 24 March 2009.