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Political Memory: Heide RÜHLE, MEP

General Data

• Born on 05 November 1948, Heilbronn
• Country: Germany
• Political Group: Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance (Verts/ALE)
  Party: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen

Contact

• Parlement européen
  Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 08G165
  60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles
  Tel.: +32 2 28 45 609/+32 2 28 47 609
  Fax: +32 2 28 49 609
• Parlement européen
  Bâtiment Louise Weiss T05129
  1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex
  Tel.: +33 3 88 175 609/+33 3 88 177 609
  Fax: +33 3 88 179 609
• Liststraße 65, 70180 Stuttgart

• Email: heide.ruehle(at)europarl.europa.eu
• Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=4294
• Site web: www.heide-ruehle.de

Functions in European Parliament

• Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Member)
• Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (Member)
• Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (Substitute)
• Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
• Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
• Studied psychology at Tübingen. (Curriculum vitae)
• Chairwoman of the Greens in Baden-Württemberg (1987-1990). Speaker (chairwoman) of the Federal Executive (1990-1991). Political affairs officer in the Federal Executive of the Greens and of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (1991-1998). Member of the Commercial, Banking and Insurance Workers' Union (HBV). (Curriculum vitae)
• Vice-chairwoman and treasurer of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group. (Curriculum vitae)
• Member of the German Association for Nature and Environmental Protection (BUND) Member of the members' assembly and former member of the board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. (Curriculum vitae)
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999). (Curriculum vitae)

Curriculum Vitae

• Studied psychology at Tübingen
• Chairwoman of the Greens in Baden-Württemberg (1987-1990)
• Speaker (chairwoman) of the Federal Executive (1990-1991)
• Political affairs officer in the Federal Executive of the Greens and of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (1991-1998)
• Member of the Commercial, Banking and Insurance Workers' Union (HBV)
• Vice-chairwoman and treasurer of the Greens/European Free Alliance Group
• Member of the German Association for Nature and Environmental Protection (BUND) Member of the members' assembly and former member of the board of the Heinrich Böll Foundation
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)

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Votes

• 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 20/20
• 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents) 19/20

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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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• 08/07/2008 Press Release after IMCO vote on Telecoms Package

Telecoms - universal services directive: A vote for consumer protection, not internet policing

German MEP Heide Rühle welcomed yesterday's adoption of the telecom universal services report by the European Parliament Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee.

"This report brings multiple benefits to consumers: clearer, transparent, comparable and up-to-date information on prices, tariffs and contract conditions. Consumers will also be better informed on payment methods, service quality, maintenance, contacting customer support and the "112" emergency number. All users will be able to call emergency services and access caller location information free of charge. The use of telecommunications by disabled users will also be improved.

A Greens/EFA amendment also favours competition and prevents subscribers getting tied into excessively long contracts: maximum contract length is set at 24 months and a maximum 12 month option must always be provided.

We welcome the approval of this report in the face of a misleading campaign that suggested that it would allow internet service providers to monitor or block users' access to the internet by controlling the content of users' internet activities. The Telecom Universal Service Directive does not provide for "internet policing" by internet providers. While the proposal allows national regulators to take measures against service degradation and slowing of traffic over networks, it explicitly states that users must not have their online access unreasonably restricted. We believe internet access is a service of general interest and a minimum quality of service must be guaranteed to all users.

Unfortunately the internal market committee (IMCO) could not address the ill-conceived civil liberties committee (LIBE) vote in June that supported allowing any natural or legal person to process traffic data. This provision, as well as the LIBE and IMCO Reports will go to the Parliament's Plenary Session in September. In light of this the Greens remain open to any proposals to further improve the Directive."