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Political Memory: Rolf BEREND, former MEP

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General Data

• Born on 01 October 1943, Gernrode/Eichsfeld
• Country: {{#icon:DE.png|Germany||MEPs_DE}} Germany
• Political Group: {{#icon:PPE.png|PPE-DE||MEPs_PPE}} Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (PPE-DE)
  Party: Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands

Functions in European Parliament

• 19/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) (Member)
• 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Regional Policy (Member)
• 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
• 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media (Substitute)
• 11/10/1995 - 19/07/1999 : Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
• 20/07/1999 - 13/07/2009 : Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (Member)
• 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (Member)
• 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Substitute)
• 14/09/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
• 08/10/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
• 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (Member)
• 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport (Substitute)
• 06/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
• 07/03/2002 - 30/04/2004 : Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
• 21/07/2004 - 31/01/2007 : Committee on Regional Development (Member)
• 22/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Culture and Education (Substitute)
• 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
• 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with Belarus (Substitute)
• 01/02/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Regional Development (Vice-Chairman)

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduate of the Universities of Jena and Leipzig (1966)
• Employed as a teacher until 1990
• Member of the Thuringia Land executive of the CDU (since 1990)
• Member of Eichsfeld district CDU executive (since 1990)
• Chairman of the Thuringia Land committee on Europe (since 1992)
• Thuringia's representative in the Federal committee on Europe in Berlin (since 1991)
• European policy spokesman for CDU Thuringia
• Vice-Chairman of the Europa Union of Thuringia (since 1991)
• Chairman of the Europa Union of Thuringia (1993-2002), thereafter honorary chairman
• Member of Gernrode municipal council (since 1989)
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1994)
• EPP Group deputy coordinator for regional policy (since 1996)
• Regional policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU in the European Parliament
• Member of the EPP Group Bureau
• Director of Concordia Gernrode choral society (since 1972)
• President of Gernrode Carnival Association (since 1966)
• Federal Cross of Merit with ribbon

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Votes

• 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 8.3/100
• 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 50.0/100
• 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 35.0/100
• 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100
• 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 21.1/100
• 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 27.3/100

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Opinions

Sources

• Written questions at European Parliament
• Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
• Reports at European Parliament
• Opinions at European Parliament
• Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
• Written declarations in European Parliament
• Wikipedia
• Google

Positions

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