Bernd Posselt

Bernd Posselt (born 04 June 1956, Pforzheim) is a German MEP (1994- ) from Christian Social Union in Bavaria.European Parliament, MEP Directory: Bernd Posselt, accessed 02 December 2010.
==Affiliations==
===Parliamentary Affiliations===
:Vice-Chair:
:	21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs
:	07.02.2002 / 30.04.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
:Member:
:	19.07.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group)
:	21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs
:	17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia
:	11.10.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs
:	20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
:	06.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee
:	17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs
:	20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
:	15.09.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
:	31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
:	14.07.2009 / ... : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)
:	16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Foreign Affairs
:	16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee
:Substitute:
:	21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on External Economic Relations
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on External Economic Relations
:	21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
:	06.07.2000 / 05.09.2001 : Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system
:	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 Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
:	22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Subcommittee on Human Rights
:	22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Culture and Education
:	15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Subcommittee on Human Rights
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Culture and Education
:	31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Subcommittee on Human Rights
:	31.01.2007 / 19.03.2007 : Committee on Culture and Education
:	14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe
:	20.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on International Trade
:	16.07.2009 / ... : Committee on Culture and Education
:	16.09.2009 / ... : Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and KosovoEuropean Parliament, MEP Directory: Bernd Posselt, accessed 02 December 2010.
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Bernd Posselt, 06 December 2008, accessed 23 March 2009.
===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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of 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 in favour of 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 against the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
*Voted against 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 against 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 against 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.
*Voted against 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.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
====Election Campaign 2009====
Bernd Posselt 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.Election Campaign, Bernd Posselt, accessed 02 April 2012.
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==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*Editorial assistant (1974-1976). 
*Newspaper editor (1976-1978). 
*Freelance journalist, parliamentary assistant, press spokesman and Europe correspondent for dailies and weeklies (1978-1994).
*Chairman, München-Moosach CSU and District Vice-Chairman (1993-1997). 
*Member of the Munich CSU District Executive (since 1993). 
*Member of the CSU Executive (since 2000). 
*Federal Chairman of the Sudetendeutschen Landsmannschaft (since 2000). 
*Regional Chairman, Union of Deportees, Bavaria (since 1997).
*Founder (1975) and Federal Chairman (until 1990) of Paneuropa-Jugend Germany. 
*Board member, international Pan-European Union (since 1976). 
*President of Paneuropa Union Germany (since 1998).
*Member of the European Parliament (since 1994). 
*Vice-Chairman, Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-2002). 
*Vice-Chairman, EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-2004). 
*Member of the Temporary Committee on human genetics (2000-2001). 
*In the Intergroup on Minority Languages: Chairman (1996-1998); Vice-Chairman (since 2004).
*Member of the diocesan council of the archdiocese of Munich (1996-2005). 
*Member of the coordinating council of the German-Czech Dialogue Forum (since 1998).
*Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany (1999). 
*Pleter Order of the Republic of Croatia (1999).
===Contact===	
:Address:
:Parlement européen
:Bât. Altiero Spinelli
:10E261
:60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60
:B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel
:Phone:
:+32 (0)2 28 45232
:Fax
:+32 (0)2 28 49232
:Email:
:bernd.posselt AT europarl.europa.eu
:mail AT bernd-posselt.de
:Website: 
:http://www.bernd-posselt.de
==Resources==
*European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Bernd Posselt, 06 December 2008, accessed 23 March 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Bernd Posselt, accessed 23 March 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Bernd Posselt, accessed 02 December 2010.
*Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 23 March 2009.
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