André Brie

André Brie (born 13 March 1950, Schwerin) was a German MEP from The Left - former Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus / PDS. He served two terms between 07.1999-07.2009.European Parliament, MEP Directory: André Brie, accessed 15 September 2010.
==Affiliations==
*Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
*Member, Delegation for relations with Afghanistan
*Substitute, Committee on Petitions
*Substitute, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
*Substitute, Delegation for relations with Israel
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: André Brie, 11 December 2008, accessed 27 February 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
*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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*Degree in political science (1976). 
*Dr. rer. pol. (1979). 
*Dr. sc. (1985). 
*Skilled tool-maker (1968). 
*Academic assistant at the Institute for International Relations, Potsdam-Babelsberg (IIB) (1976-1983). 
*Senior assistant at the IIB (1983-1986). 
*Lecturer and assistant professor at the IIB (1986-1989). 
*Lecturer at the Humboldt University, Berlin (1990). 
*Staff member, PDS Executive Committee, and PDS election campaign manager (1990-1999).
*Deputy chairman of the PDS (1990-1992). 
*Member of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Land executive of the PDS (since 2003).
*Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
===Contact===	
:Address:
:Parlement européen
:Bât. Altiero Spinelli
:06F343
:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
:Phone:
:+32 (0)2 28 45403
:Email:
:andre.brie@europarl.europa.eu
:brie.europabuero@t-online.de
:Website: 
:http://www.andrebrie.de
:http://www.pds-europaservice.de 
==Resources==
*European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: André Brie, 11 December 2008, accessed 27 February 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: André Brie, accessed 27 February 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: André Brie, accessed 15 September 2010.
*Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 27 February 2009.
==Notes==
Brie, André