Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2022/01/20
Member of	Committee on Foreign Affairs	2022/01/20
Member of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2022/01/20

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Israel	2019/07/02
Member of	Delegation for relations with the United States	2019/07/02
Member of	Delegation for relations with Iran	2020/03/10

Contact

Facebook

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Email

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Brussels

• Phone: 003222845607
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. ALTIERO SPINELLI 12G246
• Full Address
  • City: Bruxelles/Brussel
  • Zip: B-1047
  • Street: 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

Strasbourg

• Phone: 0033388175607
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. LOUISE WEISS T07049
• Full Address
  • City: Strasbourg
  • Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
  • Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee Shadow	2022/2200(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	2022 Commission Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Responsible Committee Shadow	2021/2245(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Responsible Committee Shadow	2020/2116(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy
Responsible Committee Shadow	2019/2171(INI)	AFET Foreign Affairs	Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina
Committee Opinion	2014/2228(INI)	JURI Legal Affairs	Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Responsible Committee Shadow	2014/2151(INI)	JURI Legal Affairs	Towards a renewed consensus on the enforcement of intellectual property rights: an EU action plan
Responsible Committee Shadow	2013/0184(NLE)	JURI Legal Affairs	Cape Town Convention (2001) on International Interests in Mobile Equipment: matters specific to railway rolling stock. Luxembourg Protocol, Rail Protocol 2007
Former Responsible Committee	2012/0022(APP)	JURI Legal Affairs	Statute for a European Foundation (FE)

Activities

Stats

By types

Amendments (1852)
Institutional motions (3)
Oral questions (5)
Plenary speeches (28)
Shadow reports (4)
Written explanations (5)
Written questions (136)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
159	2018/0329(COD)	Return Directive
102	2018/2121(INI)	Financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance
63	2019/2170(INI)	Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Albania
62	2019/2171(INI)	Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina
59	2019/2176(INI)	Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Turkey
59	2020/2045(INI)	Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey
58	2018/2036(INI)	Minimum standards for minorities in the EU
56	2015/0284(COD)	Cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market
54	2016/0133(COD)	Criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person. Recast
53	2021/2245(INI)	Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
52	2019/2206(INI)	Implementation of the Dublin III Regulation
51	2021/2035(INL)	Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU
50	2018/0106(COD)	Protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law
48	2020/2072(INL)	The Establishment of an EU Mechanism on Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
47	2020/2116(INI)	Human rights protection and the EU external migration policy
44	2016/0280(COD)	Copyright in the digital single market
43	2021/2025(INI)	The Commission’s 2020 Rule of law report - COM(2020)0580
43	2022/2200(INI)	2022 Commission Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
42	2021/2037(INI)	A new EU-China strategy
34	2020/2255(INL)	Legal migration policy and law
33	2022/0066(COD)	Combating violence against women and domestic violence
32	2016/2224(INI)	Legitimate measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing the confidential information of companies and public bodies
29	2020/2201(INI)	Citizens’ dialogues and Citizens’ participation in the EU decision-making
26	2020/2029(INI)	Implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims
26	2021/2250(INI)	Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Turkey
24	2014/2256(INI)	Implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
24	2017/2131(INL)	Situation in Hungary
24	2020/2003(INI)	Annual report on arms export
22	2014/2228(INI)	Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
22	2020/2041(INI)	A new EU-Africa Strategy - a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development
22	2021/2042(INI)	Direction of EU-Russia political relations
21	2018/0093M(NLE)	EU/Singapore Free Trade Agreement
21	2020/2002(INI)	EU-African security cooperation in the Sahel region, West Africa and the Horn of Africa
20	2017/0158(COD)	Import of cultural goods
20	2021/2183(INI)	Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2021
19	2017/0360R(NLE)	Determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by Poland of the rule of law
19	2018/0902R(NLE)	Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded
18	2014/2151(INI)	Towards a renewed consensus on the enforcement of intellectual property rights: an EU action plan
17	2018/0095M(NLE)	EU/Singapore Investment Protection Agreement
16	2016/0284(COD)	Copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes
16	2015/2147(INI)	Towards a digital single market act
16	2019/2125(INI)	Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter - annual report 2018
14	2015/2139(INI)	Role of intercultural dialogue, cultural diversity and education in promoting EU fundamental values
13	2021/2230(INI)	EU-Armenia relations
12	2023/2068(INI)	Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime
11	2016/2072(INI)	Coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries
11	2016/0151(COD)	Audiovisual media services: changing market realities
8	2015/0068(CNS)	Taxation: mandatory automatic exchange of information
8	2015/2095(INI)	Situation in the Mediterranean and need for a holistic EU approach to migration
7	2015/2281(INI)	Follow-up of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020)
7	2016/2328(INI)	Implementation of Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime
7	2019/2169(INI)	The EU Strategy for Gender Equality
7	2020/2042(INI)	The impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations in developing countries
7	2021/2023(INI)	EU-India relations
7	2021/2180(INI)	The Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law report
6	2015/2088(INI)	Skills policies for fighting youth unemployment
6	2020/2004(INI)	Recommendation to the High Representative and to the Council under Rule 118 in preparation of the 2020 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) review process, nuclear arms control and nuclear disarmament options
6	2021/2244(INI)	Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Albania
5	2011/0901B(COD)	Court of Justice of the European Union: number of judges at the General Court (amend. Protocol No 3 on the Statute)
5	2019/2200(INI)	Annual implementing report on the EU association agreement with Georgia
5	2021/2182(INI)	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2021
5	2021/2248(INI)	Report on the 2021 Commission Report on North Macedonia
4	2015/0287(COD)	Contracts for the supply of digital content
4	2015/0288(COD)	Contracts for the online and other distance sales of goods
4	2017/2270(INL)	Humanitarian visas
4	2016/0132(COD)	Eurodac Regulation
4	2021/2247(INI)	Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Montenegro
4	2022/2048(INI)	Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022
3	2015/2283(INI)	Annual report 2014 on subsidiarity and proportionality
3	2019/2173(INI)	Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Montenegro
3	2021/2232(INI)	The EU and the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific
2	2014/0121(COD)	Corporate governance: long-term shareholder engagement
2	2022/2205(INI)	2022 Commission Report on Türkiye
1	2019/2823(RSP)	Resolution on Iran, notably the situation of women’s rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationals
1	2019/2886(RSP)	Resolution on the Turkish military operation in northeast Syria and its consequences
1	2021/2249(INI)	Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Serbia
1	2023/2648(RSP)	Resolution on the crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa
1	2023/2511(RSP)	Resolution on the EU response to the protests and executions in Iran

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Born

1957/01/06 - Schwerte

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1976-1983 : University, social sciences: Ruhr University Bochum
• 2002-2002 : University, social sciences: Doctorate

Professional career

• 2002-2011 : Private sector (other areas): Director of the Geragogik Research Institute e.V.
• 2012-2014 : Public service, government: Professor at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Political career

• 1975 : Joined the Social Democratic Party (SPD)
• 2002-2014 : Chair of the SPD Ennepe-Ruhr subdistrict
• 2010-2014 : Member of the SPD regional executive
• 2014- ... : Member of the European Parliament

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