Heide Rühle

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Heide Rühle, MEP

Heide Rühle (born 05 November 1948, Heilbronn) is a German MEP (1999- ) from Alliance '90/ The Greens.[1]


Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Vice-Chair:
08.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
24.05.2005 / 26.02.2007 : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
Treasurer:
20.07.1999 / 07.01.2002 : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
Member:
21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Budgets
28.09.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation for relations with South-east Europe
17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs
07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe
20.07.2004 / 13.11.2004 : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
15.09.2004 / 21.06.2005 : Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee
14.11.2004 / 23.05.2005 : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
19.01.2006 / 19.06.2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
27.02.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance
16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee
16.09.2009 / 06.10.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee
Substitute:
22.07.1999 / 11.12.2001 : Committee on Budgetary Control
16.12.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Budgetary Control
07.02.2002 / 30.10.2002 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
31.10.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Budgetary Control
21.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee
07.09.2005 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Budgetary Control
31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
15.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Regional Development[2]

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

  • Nothing to declare.[3]

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.[4]
  • 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.[5]
  • 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.[6]
  • 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.[7] 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.[8]
  • 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.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • 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.[11]
  • 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.[12] 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.[13]
Election Campaign.jpg

Election Campaign 2009

Tobias Pflüger has pledged to 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.[14]


Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

  • Studied psychology at Tübingen.
  • Chairwoman of the Greens in Baden-Württemberg (1987-1990).
  • Speaker (chairwoman) of the Federal Executive (1990-1991).
  • Political affairs officer in the Federal Executive of the Greens and of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (1991-1998).
  • Member of the Commercial, Banking and Insurance Workers' Union (HBV).
  • Vice-chairwoman and treasurer of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group.
  • Member of the German Association for Nature and Environmental Protection (BUND) Member of the members' assembly and former member of the board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).

Contact

Address:
Parlement européen
Bât. Altiero Spinelli
08G165
60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
Phone:
+32 (0)2 28 45609
Fax
+32 (0)2 28 49609
Email:
heide.ruehle AT europarl.europa.eu
Website:
http://www.heide-ruehle.de
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Resources

Notes

  1. European Parliament, MEP Directory: Heide Rühle, accessed 03 December 2010.
  2. European Parliament, MEP Directory: Heide Rühle, accessed 03 December 2010.
  3. European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Heide Rühle, 06 January 2009, accessed 24 March 2009.
  4. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  5. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  6. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  7. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  8. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  9. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  10. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  11. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  12. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  13. Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
  14. Election Campaign, Tobias Pflüger, accessed 30 May 2009.