Renate Sommer

Renate Thekla Walburga Maria Sommer ( born September 10, 1958 in Bochum ) is a MEP of the CDU in North Rhine -Westphalia in the European People's Party.

Life

Education and work

Sommer studied until 1984 Agricultural Sciences and obtained in 1996 at the University of Bonn, a Dr. agr in international nutrition.

Party race

By 1999, the summer was active in the CDU Herne, including as District Executive and Deputy Chairman of the Group. In 1994 she was a founding member of the European Union Herne, whose deputy chairman is still.

Public offices

From 1994 are 1999 summer city councilor in Herne.

Summer is a member of the European Parliament since 1999. She was over 10 years as a member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, but switched in 2009 to the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. She is also a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and a member of the Delegation to the EU -Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Others commitment

Summer is a member of the European Union Parliamentarians European Parliament.

Private

Summer is married and has one daughter.

Political positions

In the criticism of some consumer advocates summer came in December 2009 when she spoke out against compulsory color coding of food after the traffic light model. Summer was following the opinion of the German Society for Nutrition, which rejects such labeling due to the lack of scientific background. Instead, summer sat for a clear identification of the caloric content on the packaging front page and a reference size of the data to 100 g / ml for better comparability of products a. Also, proposals to better protect consumers from food imitations with misleading terms such as " imitation cheese " to go back on it.