Britta REIMERS

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Constituencies

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Freie Demokratische Partei Germany 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30

Groups

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ALDE Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30

Committees

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on Fisheries	2009/07/16	2011/09/11
Member of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013	2010/06/17	2011/06/30
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2011/07/28	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	2012/01/19	2014/06/30
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2012/01/19	2014/06/30

Delegations

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee	2009/09/16	2012/01/26

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Responsible Committee Shadow	2013/2100(INI)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Future of Europe's horticulture sector - strategies for growth
Opinion Committee Shadow	2013/0141(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Protective measures against pests of plants
Former Committee Opinion	2013/0140(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products
Responsible Committee Shadow	2013/0063(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products
Responsible Committee Shadow	2012/0260(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Production and marketing of honey: pollen in honey; aligning the Directive with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
Responsible Committee Shadow	2012/0075(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	Food safety: aligning certain acts with the TFEU; powers conferred on the Commission
Former Committee Opinion	2011/2020(BUD)	PECH Fisheries	2012 budget: all sections
Responsible Committee Shadow	2011/0416(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Agricultural holdings: network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation; Commission delegated and implementing powers
Responsible Committee Shadow	2011/0286(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Common agricultural policy (CAP): application of direct payments for farmers in respect of the year 2013
Opinion Committee Shadow	2011/0282(COD)	ENVI Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020
Responsible Committee Shadow	2011/0281(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products 2014-2020. Single CMO Regulation
Opinion Committee Shadow	2011/0276(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
Opinion Committee Shadow	2011/0231(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Aromatised wine products: definition, description, presentation, labelling, and protection of geographical indications
Opinion Committee Shadow	2011/0177(APP)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
Responsible Committee	2010/0372(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Common agricultural policy (CAP): support schemes for farmers, voluntary modulation of direct payments; alignment of the Regulation with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
Responsible Committee Shadow	2010/0362(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Milk and milk products sector: contractual relations
Responsible Committee Shadow	2010/0353(COD)	AGRI Agriculture and Rural Development	Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Opinion Committee Shadow	2009/2108(INI)	PECH Fisheries	Report on the implementation of EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity

Activities

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Amendment Co-authors

Name	Group	Country	Ams
George LYON	ALDE	United Kingdom	340
Marit PAULSEN	ALDE	Sweden	238
Liam AYLWARD	ALDE	Ireland	177
Sylvie GOULARD	ALDE	France	147
Peter JAHR	PPE	Germany	145
Holger KRAHMER	ALDE	Germany	130
Albert DESS	PPE	Germany	117
Elisabeth JEGGLE	PPE	Germany	102
Christa KLASS	PPE	Germany	92
Elisabeth KÖSTINGER	PPE	Austria	76
Anne E. JENSEN	ALDE	Denmark	70
Marian HARKIN	ALDE	Ireland	65
Kent JOHANSSON	ALDE	Sweden	53
Herbert DORFMANN	PPE	Italy	51
Anja WEISGERBER	PPE	Germany	37
Phil BENNION	ALDE	United Kingdom	35
Karl-Heinz FLORENZ	PPE	Germany	29
Erik BÁNKI	PPE	Hungary	29
Horst SCHNELLHARDT	PPE	Germany	29
Sophie AUCONIE	PPE	France	29
Lena EK	ALDE	Sweden	29
Giovanni LA VIA	PPE	Italy	24
James NICHOLSON	ECR	United Kingdom	23
Martin KASTLER	PPE	Germany	22
Vincenzo IOVINE	ALDE	Italy	21
Milan ZVER	PPE	Slovenia	20
Hans-Peter MAYER	PPE	Germany	19
Zofija MAZEJ KUKOVIČ	PPE	Slovenia	17
Marielle DE SARNEZ	ALDE	France	17
Mairead McGUINNESS	PPE	Ireland	17
Giommaria UGGIAS	ALDE	Italy	16
Carl HAGLUND	ALDE	Finland	16
Richard SEEBER	PPE	Austria	15
Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL	PPE	Germany	15
Esther DE LANGE	PPE	Netherlands	12
Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS	ALDE	Spain	11
Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU	PPE	Romania	10
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI	ECR	Poland	10
Patrick LE HYARIC	GUE/NGL	France	9
Richard ASHWORTH	ECR	United Kingdom	9
Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ	PPE	Spain	8
Silvia COSTA	S&D	Italy	8
Jürgen KLUTE	GUE/NGL	Germany	8
Robert ROCHEFORT	ALDE	France	8
Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS	ALDE	France	8
Nathalie GRIESBECK	ALDE	France	8
Daciana Octavia SÂRBU	S&D	Romania	8
Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN	PPE	Germany	7
Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS	PPE	Italy	7
Thomas ULMER	PPE	Germany	6
Catherine SOULLIE	PPE	France	6
Elisabetta GARDINI	PPE	Italy	6
Sergio BERLATO	PPE	Italy	6
Jill EVANS	Verts/ALE	United Kingdom	6
Bas EICKHOUT	Verts/ALE	Netherlands	6
Isabella LÖVIN	Verts/ALE	Sweden	6
Julie GIRLING	ECR	United Kingdom	5
Ulrike RODUST	S&D	Germany	5
Astrid LULLING	PPE	Luxembourg	5
Riikka PAKARINEN	ALDE	Finland	4
Pat the Cope GALLAGHER	ALDE	Ireland	4
Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS	ALDE	Greece	3
Johannes Cornelis van BAALEN	ALDE	Netherlands	3
Bill NEWTON DUNN	ALDE	United Kingdom	3
Jan MULDER	ALDE	Netherlands	3
Reimer BÖGE	PPE	Germany	2
Monika HOHLMEIER	PPE	Germany	2
Dominique RIQUET	PPE	France	2
Christofer FJELLNER	PPE	Sweden	2
Petri SARVAMAA	PPE	Finland	2
Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI	PPE	Poland	2
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY	ALDE	Netherlands	1
Antonyia PARVANOVA	ALDE	Bulgaria	1
Brian SIMPSON	S&D	United Kingdom	1
Sandra KALNIETE	PPE	Latvia	1
Ivars GODMANIS	ALDE	Latvia	1
Kārlis ŠADURSKIS	PPE	Latvia	1
Krišjānis KARIŅŠ	PPE	Latvia	1
Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA	PPE	Spain	1
Pilar AYUSO	PPE	Spain	1
María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA	PPE	Spain	1
Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL	PPE	Spain	1
Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES	PPE	Portugal	1
Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO	S&D	Spain	1
Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ	S&D	Spain	1
Marco SCURRIA	PPE	Italy	1
Giancarlo SCOTTÀ	EFD	Italy	1

By types

Amendments (1192)
Opinions (2)
Plenary speeches (70)
Reports (1)
Shadow opinions (6)
Shadow reports (9)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
117	2011/0281(COD)	Common organisation of the markets in agricultural products 2014-2020. Single CMO Regulation
111	2011/0282(COD)	European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): support for rural development 2014-2020
71	2011/0280(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
71	2011/2051(INI)	CAP towards 2020: meeting the food, natural resources and territorial challenges of the future
57	2011/0288(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): financing, management and monitoring 2014-2020
48	2013/0137(COD)	Plant reproductive material: production and making available on the market
37	2008/0028(COD)	Food information to consumers
35	2012/0297(COD)	Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment: provisions concerning the quality of the EIA
34	2012/0288(COD)	Fuels and energy from renewable sources: transition to biofuels to deliver greenhouse gas savings
31	2012/0042(COD)	Greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF): accounting rules and information on actions
27	2012/0337(COD)	General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020: 'Living well, within the limits of our planet'. 7th Environment Action Programme
27	2011/2114(INI)	Farm input supply chain: structure and implications
21	2009/2157(INI)	EU agriculture and climate change
19	2011/2095(INI)	Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
19	2010/2111(INI)	EU protein deficit: what solution for a long standing problem?
19	2009/2236(INI)	Future of the CAP after 2013
17	2012/2043(INI)	EU srategy for the protection and welfare of animals 2012-2015
17	2011/2068(INI)	Resource-efficient Europe
17	2013/2098(INI)	Regional branding: towards best practice in rural economies
16	2011/2297(INI)	Implementation of EU water legislation, ahead of a necessary overall approach to European water challenges
15	2012/2041(INI)	Microbial challenge - rising threats from antimicrobial resistance
15	2010/2112(INI)	Recognition of agriculture as a strategic sector in the context of food security
14	2013/0141(COD)	Protective measures against pests of plants
14	2012/0278(COD)	Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (Nagoya Protocol 2010): compliance measures for users in the Union
14	2011/2108(INI)	Honeybee health and the challenges for the beekeeping sector
14	2009/2155(INI)	Simplification of the CAP
13	2011/0429(COD)	Water policy: priority substances
13	2011/0401(COD)	Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation 2014-2020
12	2011/0229(COD)	Food safety: electronic identification of bovine animals and beef labelling
12	2010/0208(COD)	Genetically modified organisms (GMOs): possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory
11	2012/0260(COD)	Production and marketing of honey: pollen in honey; aligning the Directive with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
11	2011/2307(INI)	Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020
11	2010/0353(COD)	Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
10	2010/0362(COD)	Milk and milk products sector: contractual relations
10	2010/2100(INI)	EU policy framework to assist developing countries in addressing food security challenges
9	2012/2031(INI)	Protection of animals during transport
9	2009/2156(INI)	Agriculture in areas with natural handicaps: a special health check
9	2009/2153(INI)	Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
8	2013/2091(INI)	Food crisis, fraud in the food chain and control thereof
8	2012/0295(COD)	Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) 2014-2020
8	2012/2259(INI)	Current challenges and opportunities for renewable energy on the European internal energy market
8	2011/0402(CNS)	Specific programme implementing the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
8	2010/2054(INI)	Role of women in agriculture and rural areas
8	2010/0257(COD)	Integrated maritime policy: programme to support the further development
8	2009/2107(INI)	New impetus for the strategy for the sustainable development of European aquaculture
7	2013/0140(COD)	Official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products
7	2010/2110(INI)	EU agriculture and international trade
7	2009/2106(INI)	Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy
6	2013/0087(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): adjustment rate to direct payments in respect of the year 2013
6	2012/0202(COD)	Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading: timing of auctions
6	2013/2097(INI)	Maintaining milk production in mountain areas, disadvantaged areas and outermost regions after the expiry of the milk quota regime
6	2010/2210(INI)	Combating illegal fishing at the global level - the role of the EU
5	2013/0117(COD)	Transitional provisions on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
5	2011/0416(COD)	Agricultural holdings: network for the collection of accountancy data on the incomes and business operation; Commission delegated and implementing powers
5	2011/0286(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): application of direct payments for farmers in respect of the year 2013
5	2010/2206(INI)	Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe
5	2010/2106(INI)	Commission Green Paper "On forest protection and information in the EU: preparing forests for climate change"
5	2009/2202(INI)	Evaluation and assessment of the animal welfare action plan 2006-2010
5	2010/2040(INI)	Integrated maritime policy (IMP) - Evaluation of progress made and new challenges
4	2009/2105(INI)	Agricultural product quality policy: what strategy to follow?
4	2013/2145(BUD)	2014 general budget: all sections
4	2011/0177(APP)	Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
4	2011/0276(COD)	Common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
4	2010/0370(COD)	Specific measures for agriculture in the smaller Aegean islands
4	2010/0354(COD)	Agricultural products: marketing standards
4	2010/0372(COD)	Common agricultural policy (CAP): support schemes for farmers, voluntary modulation of direct payments; alignment of the Regulation with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
4	2010/2211(INI)	Investing in the future: a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for a competitive, sustainable and inclusive Europe
4	2011/2020(BUD)	2012 budget: all sections
4	2010/2001(BUD)	2011 budget: all sections, first version
3	2012/2016(BUD)	2013 budget: mandate for trilogue
3	2011/2107(INI)	Green Paper: From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding
3	2010/0254(COD)	Fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption
3	2009/2237(INI)	Fair revenues for farmers: a better functioning food supply chain in Europe
3	2009/2238(INI)	Arrangements for importing fishery and aquaculture products into the EU with a view to the future reform of the CFP
2	2013/0063(COD)	Trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products
2	2011/0231(COD)	Aromatised wine products: definition, description, presentation, labelling, and protection of geographical indications
2	2011/2113(INI)	Trade for change: EU trade and investment strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab spring revolutions
2	2010/0267(COD)	Common agricultural policy CAP: common rules for support schemes for farmers
2	2009/2062(REG)	EP Rules of Procedure: adaptation of the Rules to the Treaty of Lisbon
1	2011/0409(COD)	Sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems
1	2011/0228(COD)	Food safety: computer databases for identification of bovine animals and swine
1	2011/2175(INI)	How to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU
1	2013/0136(COD)	Transmissible animal diseases
1	2012/0040(COD)	Animal health requirements: intra-Union trade in and imports into the Union of dogs, cats and ferrets
1	2013/2528(RSP)	Decision on the opening of, and on the mandate for, interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal for a regulation establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy
1	2011/0093(COD)	Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection: implementation
1	2011/0239(COD)	Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers
1	2011/0117(COD)	Scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP)
1	2010/0258(COD)	Carriage of goods by road: statistical returns. Recast
1	2011/2126(BUD)	Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument: European neighbourhood policy
1	2011/0147(COD)	European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF): temporary derogation
1	2010/0251(COD)	Financial markets: short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps
1	2009/0156(NLE)	EC/Canada agreement: civil aviation safety
1	2010/0280(COD)	Economic governance: strengthening of surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies. 'Six pack'
1	2010/2302(INI)	Credit rating agencies: future perspectives
1	2010/0036(COD)	Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association process
1	2010/0080(COD)	Common fisheries policy (CFP): Community financial measures for the implementation of the CFP and in the area of the Law of the Sea
1	2008/0196(COD)	Consumer rights
1	2010/2095(INI)	Industrial policy for the globalised era
1	2011/2538(RSP)	Resolution on rising food prices
1	2008/0241(COD)	Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast
1	2010/2979(RSP)	Resolution on the EU laying hens industry: the ban on the use of battery cages from 2012
1	2008/0227(COD)	Metrology
1	2009/0153(COD)	Aquaculture: use of alien and locally absent species
1	2009/0064(COD)	Alternative Investment Fund Managers
1	2009/0051(COD)	Scheme of control and enforcement applicable in the area covered by the Convention on future multilateral cooperation in the North-East Atlantic fisheries
1	2007/0286(COD)	Industrial emissions - Integrated pollution prevention and control. Recast
1	2009/0005(COD)	Reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the Member States
1	2009/2070(DEC)	2008 discharge: EU general budget, Council
1	2009/2090(INI)	ECB annual report for 2008
1	2009/2663(RSP)	Resolution on the crisis in the dairy farming sector
1	2013/2100(INI)	Future of Europe's horticulture sector - strategies for growth
1	2012/0075(COD)	Food safety: aligning certain acts with the TFEU; powers conferred on the Commission
1	2009/2108(INI)	Report on the implementation of EU legislation aiming at the conservation of biodiversity

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Born

1971/07/27 - Itzehoe

Advanced school-leaving certificate (1992). Practical experience of farming (1992-1993); studied agriculture at Kiel Agricultural Institute (without graduating) (1993-1995); trainee farmer (1995-1996); state-examined farmer (1996-1999). Began work on husband's farm (1995); took over father's farm and merged it with husband's farm (2002).
Member of the FDP, Steinburg district (since 2002); member of the FDP executive for the Steinburg district (2004-2012); member of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2005). Vice-Chair of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2009).
Member of Steinburg district assembly (2008-2009).
Member of Europa-Union (since 2009). Member, Lockstedt voluntary fire brigade (since 1993); instructor of principal firemen, Steinburg district fire brigade (1995-2001). Member of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main district committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main regional committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2012); member of the Regional Public Relations Committee of Schleswig-Holstein farmers' association (since 2002); cofounder and presenter of women farmers' network (2000-2008); member of Kellinghusen and district rural women's association (since 2009).

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Member of Europa-Union (since 2009). Member, Lockstedt voluntary fire brigade (since 1993); instructor of principal firemen, Steinburg district fire brigade (1995-2001). Member of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main district committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member of the Regional Public Relations Committee of Schleswig-Holstein farmers' association (since 2002); cofounder and presenter of women farmers' network (2000-2008); member of Kellinghusen and district rural women's association (since 2009).

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Member of the FDP, Steinburg district (since 2002); member of the FDP executive for the Steinburg district (2004-2012); member of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2005). Vice-Chair of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2009).

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Old

Member of the FDP, Steinburg district (since 2002); member of the FDP executive for the Steinburg district (since 2004); member of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2005). Vice-Chair of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2009).

New

Member of Europa-Union (since 2009). Member, Lockstedt voluntary fire brigade (since 1993); instructor of principal firemen, Steinburg district fire brigade (1995-2001). Member of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main district committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main regional committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2012); member of the Regional Public Relations Committee of Schleswig-Holstein farmers' association (since 2002); cofounder and presenter of women farmers' network (2000-2008); member of Kellinghusen and district rural women's association (since 2009).

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Advanced school-leaving certificate (1992). Practical experience of farming (1992-1993); studied agriculture at Kiel Agricultural Institute (without graduating) (1993-1995); trainee farmer (1995-1996); state-examined farmer (1996-1999). Began work on husband's farm (1995); took over father's farm and merged it with husband's farm (2002).
Member of the FDP, Steinburg district (since 2002); member of the FDP executive for the Steinburg district (since 2004); member of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2005). Vice-Chair of the Regional Executive of the FDP Party in Schleswig-Holstein (since 2009).
Member of Steinburg district assembly (2008-2009).
Member of Europa-Union (since 2009). Member, Lockstedt voluntary fire brigade (since 1993); instructor of principal firemen, Steinburg district fire brigade (1995-2001). Member of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member, main district committee of Steinburg district farmers' association (since 2002); member of the Regional Public Relations Committee of Schleswig-Holstein farmers' association (since 2002); cofounder and presenter of women farmers' network (2000-2008); member of Kellinghusen and district rural women's association (since 2009).