Ingeborg Gräßle

Ingeborg Gräßle
MEP
Chair of the European Parliament Budgetary Control Committee
Assumed office
7 July 2014
Preceded by Luigi de Magistris
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
13 June 2004
Constituency Germany
Personal details
Born Ingeborg Gräßle
(1961-03-02) 2 March 1961
Heidenheim, Germany
Nationality German
Political party  German:
Christian Democratic Union
 EU:
European People's Party
Alma mater
Website Official website

Ingeborg Gräßle (/ɪnɡɛbɒrɡ ɡrɑːsslɛ/; born 2 March 1961) is a Christian Democratic Union of Germany politician and Member of the European Parliament from Germany. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany, part of the European People's Party. She is the current chair of the Budgetary Control Committee. She has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2004.

As the co-rapporteur for the revision of the financial regulation, approved in the plenary in October 2012, Gräßle was instrumental in the negotiation of a compromise between the European Institutions.[1] Gräßle is well known within the EU as an strong proponent of increased transparency and accountability for the Institutions.[2]

Early life and education

Gräßle was born in 1961 in the town of Großkuchen, located in the Heidenheim district of Baden-Württemberg,[3] Germany, where she attended elementary school until 1971. She attended high school at Hellenstein-Gymnasium Heidenheim until 1980 after which she completed a two-year internship with Augsburger Allgemeine where she subsequently worked as an editor from 1982 to 1984.

After leaving editorial work in 1984, Gräßle enrolled at the University of Stuttgart where she earned a master's degree in romance languages, history, and political science in 1989. She spent a year studying at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, France and in 1990, she took a job as the Director of Public Relations for Konrad-Adenauer-Haus (the German national headquarters for the Christian Democratic Union) in Bonn, Germany.

In 1994 Gräßle earned her PhD in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin. Her dissertation, the "Der europäische Fernseh-Kulturkanal ARTE : deutsch-französische Medienpolitik zwischen europäischem Anspruch und nationaler Wirklichkeit", examined the Franco-German television network, ARTE and explored the relationship between European standards and national realities.[4]

Political career

Beginnings

From 1995 to 1996 Gräßle was the spokeswoman for Rüsselsheim, the largest town in the Groß-Gerau district of the Rhein-Main region. In 1996 Gräßle was elected to the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg where she served until 2004 when she was elected to the European Parliament.

Since 1999, Gräßle has served as the Vice-Chair of the CDU Women's Union of Baden-Württemberg, a member of the Heidenheim District Council, and a member of the CDU Bureau in Baden-Württemberg. In 2001 she was appointed as the Deputy District Chair of the CDU in Northern Baden-Württemberg, and the District Chair of the CDU in Heidenheim.

Gräßle was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in May 2004.

Member of the European Parliament, 2004-present

Gräßle was elected to the European Parliament and began her first term on 20 August 2004. She was reelected in 2009 and 2014 and is currently serving her third term.

Financial Regulation

Gräßle acted as the co-rapporteur, along with Crescenzio Rivellini, and lead Parliamentary negotiator on legislation which created a new set of rules that govern the implementation of EU funds, known commonly as the financial regulation.[2][5] The European Parliament acted as co-legislator with the European Commission for the first time while drafting the new financial regulation that entered into force in January 2013.[6]

Memberships and Assignments[3]'

2004

2007

2009

2014

Recognition

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Toby Vogel (June 25, 2012). "EU agrees changes to spending rules". European Voice. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Constant Brand (October 28, 2012). "Stubborn reformer". European Voice. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "European Parliament/MEPs". Europarl.Europa.eu. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Der europäische Fernseh-Kulturkanal ARTE : deutsch-französische Medienpolitik zwischen europäischem Anspruch und nationaler Wirklichkeit / Inge Grässle". Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Financial Regulation and Rules of Application". ec.europa.eu. October 30, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  6. ↑ Gaspard Sebag (October 23, 2012). "EP plenary signs off on new spending rules". Europolitics. Retrieved November 27, 2012.

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