Manfred Weber
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| Leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Daul |
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| Born | 14 July 1972 Niederhatzkofen, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Political party |  German:Christian Social Union  EU:European People's Party |
| Alma mater | Munich University of Applied Sciences |
Manfred Weber (born on 14 July 1972 in Niederhatzkofen) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Bavaria with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the European People's Party.
In the Bavarian state elections in 2003, Weber became the state’s youngest parliamentarian at the age of 29.[1] Currently heading the European People's Party Group, he is the youngest group leader in the current Parliament as well as the youngest-ever group leader of the EPP.[2]
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Education
- 1996: Graduate engineer (Fachhochschule)
Career
- 1996: Founded DG Beratung GmbH consultants
- 1998: Founded G+U GbR
- 2003-2007: Regional Chairman of the Bavaria Junge Union
- Member of the CSU executive board and Chairman of the CSU of Lower Bavaria
- since 2002: Member of Kelheim Regional Council
- 2002-2004: Member of the Bavarian Regional Assembly
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Member of the European Parliament, 2004–present
Weber serves on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. He is a substitute for the Committee on Regional Development, a member of the Delegation for relations with India, a substitute for the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community and a substitute on the Subcommittee on Human Rights. As rapporteur, he negotiated in 2008 for the European Parliament Directive on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (Return Directive), the first Directive in the field of home affairs to be adopted through the ordinary legislative procedure.[3]
After his reelection in 2009 Weber became Vice-Chairman of the Group of the EPP in the European Parliament, and was responsible for setting the political strategy and the policy in the area of Justice and Home affairs.[4]
In 2015, Bavaria's Minister President Horst Seehofer nominated Weber as one of his deputies in the office of CSU chairman, making him part of the party’s leadership.
Political positions
On 7 June 2014, Weber dismissed demands by British Prime Minister David Cameron to put the brakes on European integration.[5] Weber stated that "The EU is based on an ever closer union of European peoples. That is set out in the treaties. It is not negotiable for us... We cannot sell the soul of Europe... if we grant every national parliament a veto right, Europe would come to a standstill."[5]
In July 2013, when the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) issued the Tavares Report criticizing the erosion of fundamental rights in Hungary, Weber dismissed it as a politically motivated attack on the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán by leftist parties.[6]
Other activities
- Institute for European Politics (IEP), Member of the Board of Trustees
References
- ↑ Toby Vogel (November 20, 2014), Manfred Weber – calm conciliator European Voice.
- ↑ Toby Vogel (November 20, 2014), Manfred Weber – calm conciliator European Voice.
- ↑ Speakers at Harvard Kennedy School 2015 European Conference at Harvard, February 27-28, 2015.
- ↑ Speakers at Harvard Kennedy School 2015 European Conference at Harvard, February 27-28, 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 reuters.com: "New head of European conservatives dismisses Cameron's EU demands" 7 Jun 2014
- ↑ R. Daniel Kelemen (June 18, 2015), EPP loves Orbán Politico Europe.
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- Personal profile of Manfred Weber in the European Parliament's database of members
- Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (German)
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