Martin Ehrenhauser

Martin Ehrenhauser ( born September 18, 1978 in Linz) is an Austrian politician. He got the 2009 European election is one of three seats the list Martin and has since become non-attached Member of the European Parliament. On 1 March 2014, he was otherwise elected top candidate of Europe for the 2014 European election.

Curriculum vitae

After learning and subsequent work as a chef Martin Ehrenhauser studied business administration at the University of Linz and Political Science at Innsbruck and Loughborough. Honor Hauser was federal deputy of the Austrian Student Union for the Liberal Students' Forum (SPF ) and worked after graduation as an assistant for the independent MEP Hans -Peter Martin. Martin Hauser honor is married and has three children.

Political career

Martin Hauser honor in 2005 Federal mandatary of the Austrian National Union of Students. His political career began later as assistant to the European parliamentarian Hans -Peter Martin.

Elections 2009

In the European elections in Austria 2009 Honorary Hauser was placed fourth in the choice list the list Dr. Martin moved, however, although the list only three mandates received by the renunciation of two other candidates in the European parliament. From the media, this was viewed critically, especially because the waiver ends were later hired by Ehrenhauser as assistants.

Mandate in the European Parliament

Like the other members of the list belongs to honor Martin Hauser at any parliamentary faction. He is currently a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control and alternates to the Subcommittee on Security and Defence and the Delegation for relations with Iran.

During his term of honor Hauser wrote the book " The secret second EU bureaucracy " and gave the essay collections " democracy in danger? " And "More courage citizens " out. All three did not appear in the trade, but were distributed by Ehrenhauser and sent and funded by him at the expense of the European Parliament.

Ehrenhauser initiated a written statement on corruption, this failed, however, because he found no support in Parliament.

Reports

Martin Ehrenhauser 2012 was rapporteur for a resolution of Parliament for the management of EU humanitarian aid and a report on the discharge of the European Development Fund ( EDF).

Break with Martin

In April 2011, honor Hauser made ​​an application for suspension of Hans -Peter Martin as chairman of the list Martin, who was at that time only of honor Hauser and Martin. By his own admission to honor Hauser tried before the disclosure of the party spending the list Martin for the election campaign for the European elections in 2009. Afterwards Martin sparked the Delegation of the list Martin in the EU Parliament on. A day later made ​​his accusations in honor Hauser news magazine Profil (magazine) public.

Accusations of plagiarism

In November 2011 it was announced that the Austrian initiative Transparent examines the science thesis honor Martin Hauser for plagiarism suspicion. According to the website of the project, five sites have been identified that significantly more than half, sometimes up to 86%, were plagiarized. Providers shall maintain a list of over 40 points of honor Hauer's thesis on as plagiarized and will face each of these, the plagiarism source. They also lead to a plagiarized graphics. According to the Austrian weekly magazine News, operators require a formal investigation by the University of Innsbruck. Several media reported on 30 November 2011 that the University of Innsbruck nachkam the claim and has launched an official investigation. According to the university, the work is checked and you wanted to cooperate in clarifying the accusations of plagiarism with the Agency for Scientific Integrity ( OeAWI ) in Vienna. The investigation was terminated by the University of Innsbruck in August 2012.

Criminal Administrative inquiries

Because of suspicion " of wrongful access to a computer system in accordance with § 118a of the Austrian Penal Code (StGB ), the violation of the telecommunications secrecy under § 119 of the Criminal Code, improper interception of data according to § 119a of the Criminal Code and the suspected abuse of a sound recording or monitoring device according to § 120 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code and a violation of § 51 of the data Protection Act 2000 " asked the public prosecutor in Vienna on 21 March 2012, the European Parliament regarding the waiver of parliamentary immunity honor Hauser. Ehrenhauser dismissed the allegations. Following the recommendation of the Legal Committee, Parliament voted on 23 October 2012, a clear majority for the lifting of immunity, making it possible to determine the prosecutor's office against honor Hauser. Shortly after the lifting of immunity, honor Hauser the prosecution on the grounds that " there is no reason to pursue" there, a. Honor Hauser welcomed the decision. Martin criticized the fact that the prosecutor himself would but after receiving waiver of immunity but not determine investigation for "illegal tape recordings " was an " obvious contradiction ".

Publications

• As editor: More courage citizens! M. Hauser honor, Brussels, inter alia, 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502853-2-1.
• As editor: democracy in danger? M. Hauser honor, Brussels, among others 2010, ISBN 978-3-9502853-1-4.
• The second secret EU bureaucracy. M. Hauser honor, Brussels 2010, ISBN 978-3-9502853-0-7.