Hiltrud Breyer
Hiltrud Breyer ( born August 22, 1957 in Saarbrücken ) is a German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens ).
Life and career
Hiltrud Breyer grew up in the border region Saar -Lor -Lux, where she was active in the resistance against the nuclear power plant Cattenom in Lorraine. Breyer worked in a nursery and then took a high school on the second-chance education after. Subsequently, she studied political science at the University of Saarland in Saarbrücken and the Free University of Berlin, where she graduated with a degree in political science. Afterwards she worked in research institutions.
Hiltrud Breyer is married and has two children.
Party
She is a founding member of the Green Party since 1979 and in the National Association Saarland. Later she was the speaker of the executive committee of the Greens in Saarland. Hiltrud Breyer was temporarily a member of the Federal Women's Council and the Länderrat of Alliance 90/The Greens.
Member of Parliament
From 1989 to 2009 she was a member of the European Parliament and there was one of the Greens / European Free Alliance, to. She was a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Women and Gender Equality rights and the Delegation for relations with Japan. She also founded the cross-party EP Intergroup bioethics, whose chairman she was. In addition, she was Vice -President of the EP Intergroup Health and Consumer Protection and active member of the Intergroup " Animal Welfare " ( Animal Welfare). She has published in 2003 the EU Environment Manual: not afraid of Brussels.
In 2009, Breyer reached a ban of PBT substances in the European Union. These substances are particularly dangerous for the environment chemicals that are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, and for the Colony Collapse Disorder ( Bienentod ) are jointly responsible. For the first time bees were protected. In addition, it has established itself as rapporteur of Regulation 1107/2009, the Commission shall define the criteria for hormone-like substances ( endocrine disruptors ) for the first time. She has significantly influenced the EU legislation on genetic engineering, in particular the coexistence bid and regulations on liability and labeling requirements.
October 31, 2013, it has moved again in the European Parliament Franziska Brantner Nachrückerin for.
Breyer is the official Mitunterstützerin monitoring critical Privacy demonstration Freedom not fear.
Honors
Hiltrud Breyer was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for its work in consumer protection. She has been awarded the Golden Duck, an award from the country's press conference Saarland for outstanding public relations.