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1 Composition of the new Committee on EU Affairs of the German Bundestag Max Mannweiler Project Manager European Affairs

2 Function and Composition of the Comittee FDP 4 Linke 4 Greens 4 CDU/CSU 14 The Committee on EU Affairs is the main venue for parliamentary participation in German EU decision-making. It is primarily concerned with general affairs, institutional questions and enlargement issues. The committee is made up of 39 ordinary members, proportionally drawn from the 6 parliamentary factions (see graphic). AfD 5 SPD 8 Additionally, 15 members of the European Parliament possess participatory membership without the right to vote.

3 Chair of the Commitee Gunter Krichbaum, CDU Representing Pforzheim, Rhineland-Palatine Committee member since 2002, second consecutive term as Chair Lawer trained in Germany & francophone Switzerland Languages: English and French Member of the Fondation Robert Schuman and the German-Romanian Society

4 Faction Chairs (Obmänner/-frauen) Michael Stübgen, CDU Elbe/Elster, Saxony Substitute member Budget Committee MP since 1990 Michael Link, FDP Heilbronn, BaWü Former State Minister for Europe and Franco-German Cooperation Christian Petry, SPD St. Wendel, Saarland Member Budget Committee Member German-Hungarian Parliamentary Society Andrej Hunko, Die Linke Aachen, NRW Member Parl. Assembly of the Council of Europe Focus: JHA, Data Protection Franziska Brantner, Greens Heidelberg, BaWü Sub. Member Foreign Affairs, Family affairs Focus: CSDP, crisis prevention Member JDI-B Advisory Board N.N., AFD

5 Permanent Members CDU/ CSU Name Other Committee memberships Amtor, Philipp Interior; Justice and Consumer Protection Feiler, Uwe - Frei, Torsten Foreign Affairs Goden-Kranich, Ursula Family, Senior Citizens, Youth and Women; Culture, Media Helfrich, Mark Hirte, Prof. Dr. Heribert Justice and Consumer Protection Marshal, Matern von Economic Development and Cooperation Müller, Stefan - Ploss, Dr. Christoph Transport and (Digital) Infrastructur Seif, Detlef Interior Staffler, Katrin Education, Research and Technology Stübgen, Michael* Budget and Appropriations Ullrich, Dr. Volker Justice and Consumer Protection; Interior; Foreign Affairs * Faction chair (Obmann)

6 Permanent Members SPD Name Other Committee memberships Glöckner, Angelika Family, Senior Citizens, Youth and Women Hakverdi, Metin Budget and Appropriations Korkmaz, Elvan Digitization; Transport and digital Infrastructure Petry, Christian* Budget and Appropriations Schäfer, Axel Sports Schraps, Johannes Foreign Affairs Tausend, Claudia Environmental Protection Töns, Markus - * Faction chair (Obmann)

7 Permanent Members AfD Name Droese, Siegbert Hebner, Martin Kleinwächter, Norbert Miazga, Corinna Weyel, Prof. Dr. Harald Other Committee memberships Sports Labour and Social Affairs Labour and Social Affairs Food and Agriculture Economic Development and Cooperation

8 Permanent Members FDP Name Other Committee memberships Hacker, Thomas Culture and Media Kuhle, Konstantin Interior Link, Michael Georg* Budget and Appropriations; Foreign Relations Ullrich, Gerhard - * Faction chair (Obmann)

9 Ordinary Members Linke Name Other Committee memberships Dehm, Dr. Dieter - Hunko, Andrej* Budget and Appropriations Nord, Thomas - Ulrich, Alexander - * Faction chair (Obmann)

10 Permanent Members Greens Name Other Committee memberships Brantner, Dr. Franziska* Family, Senior Citizens, Youth and Women; Foreign Affairs Müller, Claudia - Sarrazin, Manuel Foreign Affairs Strengmann-Kuhn, Dr. Wolfgang Labour and Social Affairs * Faction chair (Obfrau)

11 Substitute Members CDU/CSU CDU/CSU SPD AfD FDP Left Greens Aumer, Peter Karl, Alois Barnett, Doris Boehringer, Peter Cronenberg, Carl Julius De Masi, Fabio Baerbock, Annalena Bellmann, Veronika Leikert, Dr. Katja Castelucci, Prof. Dr. Lars Cotar, Joanna Eleonora Lambsdorff, Alexander Graf Höhn, Matthias Kindler, Sven- Christian Beyer, Peter Rouenhoff, Stefan Kaiser, Elisabeth Hermann, Lars Martens, Dr. Jürgen Liebich, Stefan Schmidt, Dr. Fitjhof Fischer, Axel Schäfer, Anita Müller, Detlef Jacobi, Fabian Reuther, Bernd Pflüger, Tobias Trittin, Jürgen Gebhard, Dr. Thomas Wadephul, Dr. Johann Post, Achim Renner, Martin Erwin Hahn, Florian Ziemiak, Paul Schneider, Carsten Hardt, Jürgen Schrodi, Michael Heider, Dr. Matthias N.N.

12 EPP Members* EPP EPP S&D GUE / NGL Greens / FEA Caspary, Daniel Gräßle, Dr. Ingeborg Geier, Jens Michels, Martina Cramer, Michael Deß, Albert Jahr, Dr. Dieter-Peter Kaufmann, Sylvia-Yvonne Händel, Thomas Giegold, Sven Quisthoudt-Rowohl, Prof. Dr. G. Niebler, Dr. Angelika Lietz, Arne Harms, Rebecca Langen, Dr. Werner Pieper, Dr. Markus Melior, Susanne Lochbihler, Barbara Ehler, Dr. Christian Schulze, Sven Zeller, Joachim Brok, Elmar Gahler, Michael Reul, Herbert Schuster, Joachim Bullmann, Dr. Udo Kammerevert, Petra Krehl, Constanze Simon, Peter Steinruck, Jutta *Participatory membership, no voting rights

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