Rainer Wieland

Rainer Wieland ( born February 19, 1957 in Stuttgart ) is a German lawyer and politician. A wider public, he is best known for his activities as a politician. Since 1997 he has been Member of Parliament since 2009 and one of its 14 Vice-Presidents. He is working as an MEP of the CDU at the Group of the European People's Party ( Christian Democrats), which represents the largest group in the European Parliament. His care field since 1997 includes the Stuttgart region with the city of Stuttgart and the five surrounding counties of Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, Böblingen, Rems -Murr and Göppingen. Since 2004 he serves in addition to the field of urban and rural district Heilbronn. Since 2011 Wieland is president of the nonpartisan European Union Germany.

Career

  • Studied law
  • Clerkship in Tübingen, Heidelberg and Stuttgart
  • 1975-1980: local chairman of JU Gerlingen
  • 1981-1983: Chairman of the JU district association Ludwigsburg
  • 1985-1988: Deputy District Chairman of the JU North -Württemberg
  • 1990-1992: deputy chairman of JU Baden -Württemberg
  • 1983-1991: Member of the CDU Federal Party Committee
  • Since 1991: Member of the Board of the CDU District Association North -Württemberg
  • 1992: Foundation and partnership in a law firm
  • Since 1993: Chairman of the CDU district association Ludwigsburg
  • 1984-1998: Member of the City Council of Gerlingen
  • 1984-1998: Member of the District Council of the district Ludwigsburg
  • Since 1994: Member of the Regional Assembly of the Association Region Stuttgart
  • 2001: Foundation of a branch office of his law firm in Brussels, the sole representative
  • 2001-2013: Chairman of the bipartisan European Union Baden- Württemberg
  • Since 2006: Member of the ZDF Television Council as a representative of non-partisan European Union Germany
  • Since 2007: Member of the Presidency and National Council of the CDU Baden- Württemberg
  • 2008-2010: Vice- President of the European Movement International
  • Since 2009: Vice- President of the European Parliament

Work as a lawyer

Rainer Wieland is since 1992 a partner of the law firm " Theume, Wieland & Weisenburger " in Stuttgart. He has been responsible for the issues of European law and family law. Since 2001 he has been governor of the Brussels office, with responsibility mandates on the topics of civil law, especially commercial law and labor law, constitutional and administrative law, including European law.

Roles and responsibilities as a Member

  • Vice- President of the European Parliament
  • Member of the Legal Committee
  • A member of the Committee on Petitions
  • Alternate to the Committee on Constitutional Affairs
  • Full member in the Classroom - Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union ( ACP-EU)
  • Deputy for the Delegation to the EU- Moldova
  • Chairman of the National Association of the Christian Democrat from Baden-Württemberg in the European Parliament

In the period 2009-2014 is Wieland member and deputy of the following committees and delegations: Member of the Bureau of the European Parliament, Committee on Legal Affairs and the Committee on Petitions and in the Delegation to the ACP -EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Substitute in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Delegation to the Parliamentary Cooperation Committee EU-Moldova.

According to the mirror Rainer Wieland is currently, among other things Head of an EU working group for greater transparency in the activity of EU lobbyists.

Other activities and memberships

During his studies he became a member of the country team Ulmia Tübingen. Wieland is also a member of the bipartisan European Union Parliamentarians European Parliament. and since November 27, 2011 also President of the European Union, Germany.

Since 2008, Rainer Wieland Vice President of the European Movement International ( for the European People's Party).

Honors

2009 Rainer Wieland was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.

Criticism

A report of the mirror can be seen that Wieland Rainer has mixed his functions as a member of a law firm and as an EU politicians in an inappropriate manner. So he has not concealed his activities as a lawyer in Brussels the other members of the Transparency Committee. The law firm Theume, Wieland & Weisenburger has so far not to register in the EU transparency register. Rainer Wieland has also rented from his law firm in Stuttgart rooms, which he uses for his activities as an MEP. As co-owner of the firm, this is an indirect assignment of an EU service to yourself

Europa-Union Deutschland Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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