Sepp Kusstatscher
Sepp Kusstatscher ( born March 17, 1947 in Villandro, South Tyrol) was a member of the European Parliament for the Green Party, and is the spokesperson for the South Tyrolean countryside.
Sepp Kusstatscher is married to Maria Mayr Kusstatscher and lives in Villandro.
Education and work
Kusstatscher studied philosophy, theology and education and worked for many years in the vocational school Brixen, including 17 years as director.
Political career
After a period as Chairman of the South Tyrolean HochschülerInnenschaft Kusstatscher from 1974 to 1985 on the South Tyrolean People's Party ( SVP) Mayor of Villandro.
From 1988 to 1993 was Kusstatscher deputy in South Tyrol Parliament and chairman of the workers in the SVP. 1999 Kusstatscher resigned from the SVP and was elected in 2003 for the Green Party in the South Tyrolean Landtag.
After his election to the European Parliament (2004) Kusstatscher was replaced in parliament by Riccardo Dello Sbarba, the nachrückte according to election law as the first non Voted on the list of the Greens in his place.
In the European Parliament Kusstatscher was a full member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and substitute member of the Committee on Transport and Tourism. His main concerns were: a greener and more sustainable transport policies create, can secure an environmental and species protection, halt the loss of plant and animal species as well as the survival of the human species, as well as an unconditional basic income. In spring 2009 Kusstatscher was repeatedly mentioned in national media such as Corriere della Sera and Il Sole 24 Ore, because he is the hardest working MEPs Italy was again, both in terms of presence ( 97.2 %), and in terms of number of requests and requests. In the European elections of the same year he missed a re-election.
He is a member of the Citizens Committee for the European Citizens' initiative to introduce an unconditional basic income ( Unconditional Basic Income - UBI ) at European level. At least the Member States should be encouraged to explore ways in which a Basic Income could be developed as a tool for a more stable social system. Together with the contact person for the European Commission, the Austrian Klaus Sambor, and Ronald Blaschke from the German Basic Income Network and other initiators from 15 states, he organized the signature collection.
Since 2009 he is with Brigitte Foppa Chairman of the South Tyrolean countryside.