Jo Leinen
| Jo Leinen MEP | |
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 Jo Leinen in 2014 | |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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Assumed office 1999 | |
| President of the Union of European Federalists | |
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In office 1997–2005 | |
| Preceded by | Francesco Rossollillo |
| Succeeded by | Mercedes Bresso |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 April 1948 Bisten, Saar Protectorate |
| Political party |
 German:SPD  EU:PES |
Jo Leinen (born April 6, 1948 in Bisten, Sarre) is a Member of the European Parliament representing Germany. He was elected on the SPD ticket and acts as a representative within the Party of European Socialists group. He is well known for his environmental and foreign affairs activities, as well as for his support for a Federal Europe.
He obtained a law degree in Germany in 1972 and a Certificate of Advanced European Studies from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, in 1974. Since 1977 he has worked as a lawyer.
Extraparliamentary tasks
Leinen became publicly known as a spokesman of the Anti-nuclear movement and the Peace movement (1980), he was also active for the Bundesverband Bürgerinitiativen Umweltschutz (BBU). He received the nickname "container-Jo" during a demonstration, having climbed a container in order to coordinate protest actions by megaphone.[1] Because of his participation at a demonstration against the Brokdorf Nuclear Power Plant (1981), he was briefly charged with being "guide and headman" of a rioting 'mob', however the Federal Constitutional Court eventually dropped charges against him, ruling that there can not be a case of "guide and headman" during collective actions. (One of his defenders at the time was Gerhard Schröder, former Chancellor of the BRD.) [2]
Party
Jo Leinen is a member of the SPD and had different functions:
- 1977–1979: Europe-Secretary of the youth of the SPD
- 1981–1985: member of the committee of environment of the SPD
- 1985–1999: member of the state-directorate of the SPD Saar
- 1996 until today: member of the Europe-Commission of the SPD
Career in national politics
From 1985 until 1999, Leinen was a Member of the Landtag of Saarland. He served as State Minister of the Environment in the government of Minister-President Oskar Lafontaine between 1985 and 1994.
From 1995, Leinen was also a substitute member of the Committee of the Regions (CoR), invariably standing in for Lafontaine.[3] In 1999, he was also member of the municipal council of Püttlingen/Saar.
Member of the European Parliament
Leinen has been elected Member of the European Parliament without interruption since 1999.[4] In parliament, he concentrates on environment, the development of the unification of the European Union and on foreign affairs. Since 2004 he has been the President of some key Committees and Delegations in the EP.
In 2015, Leinen was one of the Parliament’s two rapporteurs (alongside Danuta Hübner) on a set of proposed changes to EU electoral law that sought to regularize a variety of different electoral systems across the EU.[5]
In addition to his committee assignments, Leinen served on the European Parliament Intergroup on a European Constitution from 1999 until 2009.
EP Parliamentary activities, membership in Committees and in Delegations
| Speeches in Plenary | Reports - as rapporteur | Opinions - as rapporteur | Motions for resolutions | Written declarations | Parliamentary questions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Legislature 1999-2004 |
48 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6th Legislature 2004-2009 |
83 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7th Legislature 2009-2014 |
80 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 52 |
| 8th Legislature 2014-2019 |
30 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 13 |
| President | Vice-President | Full member | Substitute Member | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Legislature (1st half) 1999-2002 |
Committee on Constitutional Affairs |
Committee on Budgets | ||
| 5th Legislature (2nd half) 2002-2004 |
Committee on Constitutional Affairs |
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defense Policy | ||
| 6th Legislature 2004-2009 | Committee on Constitutional Affairs |
Committee on Foreign Affairs | ||
| 7th Legislature (1st half) 2009-2012 |
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety | Committee on Foreign Affairs | ||
| 7th Legislature (2nd half) 2012-2014 |
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety | Committee on Foreign Affairs | ||
| 8th Legislature 2014-2019 |
Committee on Constitutional Affairs |
Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety |
| President | Full member | Substitute Member | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5th Legislature 1999-2004 |
Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee |
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| 6th Legislature (1st half) 2004-2007 |
Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) |
Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | |
| 6th Legislature (2nd half) 2007-2009 |
Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia |
Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly Delegation for relations with India | |
| 7th Legislature 2009-2014 | Delegation for relations with India | Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | |
| 8th Legislature 2014-2019 |
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China |
Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly |
Commitment to European ideal
He was member in the Committee of the Regions from 1995 to 1999 and in the Congress of the Regions and Communes of the Council of Europe. Currently, he is member of different organisations of culture, social and sport; and also vice-president of EUROSOLAR e.V (1988-2005).
Jo Leinen was chairman of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) (JEF) (1977–1979) and vice-president of the European Environment Bureau (EEB) in Brussels (1979–1984). He was President of the UEF (1977–2005). He served as vice-president of the European Movement International from 2005 to 2011 until in November 2011 he was elected president of the organisation.
Other activities
Leinen has been President of the Union of European Federalists since 1997. In addition, he holds various other positions, including:
- Committee for a Democratic UN, Member of the Advisory Council (since 2004)
- Union of European Federalists (UEF) Europa-Union Deutschland
- European Movement International
- Parliamentarian Working Group of the Advisory Board of "A Soul for Europe"
Recognition
- 1985: Award from the environment foundation
Publications
- Öffentlichkeit in Europa: Europäische Öffentlichkeit als neuer Antrieb für europäische Politik, in: Claudio Franzius/ Ulrich K. Preuss (Hrsg.), Europäische Öffentlichkeit, Baden-Baden 2004, S.31–37.
- zusammen mit Justus Schönau: Auf dem Weg zur europäischen Demokratie. Politische Parteien auf EU-Ebene: neue Entwicklungen, in: Integration, 3/2003, S. 218–227.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jo Leinen. |
- Template:MEP Homepage Jo Leinen's website within the European Parliament (in English)
- A Soul for Europe
- Union of European Federalists
Itemisation
- ↑ "Spree am Ostbahnhof". Kverlagundmultimedia.de. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110717135355/http://www.labournet.de/diskussion/grundrechte/demogeschichte.html. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2009. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 21st century frontier-buster European Voice, May 6, 1998.
- ↑ "Suche" (in German). Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ↑ Maïa de La Baume (November 12, 2015), Parliament wants Europe-wide election of Commission president Politico Europe.
- 1 2 3 "Jo Leinen". Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2016-02-05.