Katherina Reiche

Katherina Reiche Birgitt (born 16 July 1973 in Luckenwalde ) is a German politician ( CDU). She is a member of the German Bundestag since 1998. From 2005 to 2009 she was one of the deputy chairmen of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group. Since 2013, it is Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Transport and digital infrastructure in the Cabinet Merkel III.

• 2.1 Uses of Nuclear Energy
• 2.2 genetic Engineering
• 2.3 Registered partnership

Life

Education and work

After graduation in 1992 at the high school Luckenwalde Katherina Reiche studied chemistry at the University of Potsdam, at the Clarkson University (New York State, USA) and the University of Turku (Finland), which was finished in 1997 as a Chemist. Afterwards she worked as a research assistant at the University of Potsdam until 1998.

Career in the party

In 1992, she was one of the founding members of the RCDS at the University of Potsdam and in the same year also a member of the Junge Union and member of the State Executive Committee of the Young Union Brandenburg. Since 1996 she is also a member of the CDU. Katherina Reiche part of the national board of the CDU in Brandenburg as assessor and from 2000 to 2010, elected board member of the CDU Federal Board.

During the campaign for the parliamentary elections in 2002, she was appointed by Edmund Stoiber in the so-called " expert team " as an expert on women, youth and family policy. From conservative union circles, this nomination was criticized as Katherina Reiche was at this time a still unmarried mother. In the same year she was expecting her second child as unmarried. The German Bishops' Conference intervened with the CDU / CSU leadership and threatened a pastoral letter.

She was chair of the Women's Union in the district association Potsdam means Mark and board member of the District Association of the CDU Potsdam- agent Mark. Once in the neighboring association Potsdam the local district head Wieland Niekisch resigned after massive parteiinternem pressure from his office to Rich decided to go to the county branch of the CDU Potsdam and apply on the circle Congress on July 8, 2008 for the county chairman. This led to a fight between the rich and the candidate already nominated by the District Association Hans -Wilhelm thin, the kingdom ruled by 152 to 129 votes. In the fall of 2009, she was confirmed without opposition candidate in office. The selection and approval Empire was always connected with the hope on the part of the members, it could lead to weakened by infighting and power struggles county branch of the CDU Potsdam for unity.

On the CDU party congress on December 1, 2008 in Stuttgart empires succeeded as hitherto always since 2000, the last time the election to the CDU Federal Board. She received 61.02 percent of the vote ( in the vote in 2006, there were 74.54 have been ). On the following CDU Federal Party 2010 in Karlsruhe but was not re-elected.

During the coalition agreements between the CDU / CSU and FDP after the federal election of 2009, the coalition partners have agreed to appoint Rich Parliamentary Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Environment.

When a new county chair of the CDU Potsdam surprisingly stepped up to the entrepreneur and former professional water polo player Andreas Ehrl against Katharina Reiche. On 1 April 2011, Rich was on the circle Party with 97 to 91 votes just to enforce against Ehrl. In the eyes of many members it was not rich enough successful to a the highly fractious district association.

On March 22, 2013, the members of the CDU Potsdam rich with a score of 73 percent re-select the county chairman.

Deputies activity

Since 1998, Katherina Reiche is a member of the German Bundestag. Here she was 2002-2005 Chairman of the Working Group on Education and Research of the CDU / CSU parliamentary group.

On November 29 2005 she became the Vice Presidents in the areas of education and research, selected and the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.

In the general election in 2013 she has stood for the CDU in constituency 61 in Brandenburg. The CDU -up meeting, they sat down in October 2012 with 223 to 184 votes against the recently resigned as party and parliamentary leader Saskia Ludwig by. In this case, the journalists were denied access to the meeting. Representatives of the press accused the CDU leaders then of censorship. It will attempt to hinder reporting and to influence rapporteur.

In the federal election on September 22, 2013 Katherina Reiche won their constituency directly ( 32.6 percent of the primary vote ). Rich won this over 2009 added approximately 18,000 first preference votes.

Others commitment

Economic activity unfolded Katherina Reiche as a shareholder of Luckenwalder Hesco GmbH, which was under investigation for serious economic crime later. Public prosecutors insights they brought during the long-term process in distress.

Private

Katherina Reiche is married to the CDU politician Sven Petke since 2003 and mother of three children.

Positions

Use of nuclear energy

Rich defended in accordance with the CDU party line for many years, nuclear energy: Among other things, she said repeatedly, nuclear energy is CO2-free, they carry about 30 per cent for electricity production and is therefore not so easy to replace. In 2006, Rich made ​​parts of the coalition agreement in question, in which Union and SPD 2005 had agreed that the exit decision of 2000 ( " nuclear consensus " ) should endure. Rich said the coalition agreement was " not an invitation for a ban on thinking [ ... ] No longer maturities we are to build new fossil fuel power plants, which runs counter to the climate protection targets before the election. " In the same context, she said in 2006, renewables are not yet at the level of traditional energy sources and not as economically and called for an extension of maturities. At that it actually came in the fall of 2010; the day after the start of the Fukushima nuclear disaster revised Chancellor their nuclear policy and initiated a nuclear phase-out, which implied the immediate closure of eight of the final 17 at the time operated nuclear power plants in Germany.

Rich has repeatedly called Gorleben as a site for a repository. Among other things, she explained, the Asse was used as a salt mine from 1909 to 1964 and, therefore, full of holes, the salt dome in Gorleben was intact. In 2009, it declared the blockade of Gorleben was " politically motivated ", in the case of an election victory, the Union could take up exploring again. In February 2009, Rich called for a reflection on the construction of new nuclear power plants in Germany. It participated actively in the discussion on the lifetime extension of German nuclear power plants and decided this with the fall of 2010.

Genetic Engineering

After the year 2005, the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, among others the researcher Joachim Schiemann refused funding for a project on the biological safety of transgenic plants, said Rich, scientists would receive research ban and muzzled. Green genetic engineering would be dried out and should starve on the long, outstretched arm of Künast. These kingdoms drew parallels to the pursuit of scientists during Stalinism. In the same year kingdoms called militant opponents of genetic engineering as " bio-terrorism " and denounced the alleged connivance of the red-green government as a scandal. " Red-Green " is hindering the genetic engineering because they wanted to do with fear of the future election campaign. Furthermore, they argued explicitly in favor of the use of genetic engineering in agriculture ( " Green Genetic Engineering "). Rich said in this connection: " Germany must finally take the chance to go into the industries of the future, so that it picks up again in our country. Worldwide already around 80 million hectares are cultivated genetically bred varieties, but no security risk or damage would have occurred. The global experience and also the last year carried out in Germany test crop show that a peaceful coexistence of conventional, organic and genetically engineered cultivation is possible. " She called the Genetic Engineering Act to be amended so that cultivation sites no longer need not be announced and growers liable for any damages. So you called for an exception to the polluter pays principle.

Registered partnership

In July 2002, Rich said it supported the action of the union -run states of Bavaria, Saxony and Thuringia against the Civil Partnership Act because it did not comply with the family picture of the Union. Which entered into force on 1 August 2001 law was an " assault on marriage and the family " and go " above and beyond what I would be willing to settle ."

In August 2012, Rich decided spoke in the PICTURE opposed the idea to equate the civil partnership with marriage. She explained in this context: "Our future lies in the hands of families, not in same-sex partnerships [ ... ] In addition to the euro crisis, the demographic development is the greatest threat to our prosperity. " Just because the marriage of a man and woman for some have lost their importance, should they a life designed not question in principle. The Union must make it very clear that it relies on family, children, marriage. The Company will not be held together by small groups, but from the stable center. For Rich is certain: " Same-sex partnerships are not to be discriminated against. Only no one is discriminated against when life model that guarantees the preservation of our society, is particularly protected and promoted. " Empire statements led to sharp reactions from the opposition, some Union members and in parts of the Internet. Among other things, she took her Facebook page off-line temporarily.