Hans Michelbach (born 3 May 1949) is a German politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 1994 until 2021. He represents Coburg.

Political career

Michelbach became a member of the Bundestag in the

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, representing Coburg. Throughout his time in parliament, he was a member of the Finance Committee. From 1994 until 1998, he also served on the Budget Committee. In this capacity, he was also the party's main spokesman on budgetary matters. In the negotiations to form a ''

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'' of the

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Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats ( CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the

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(SPD) following the 2013 federal elections, Michelbach was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on economic policy, led by

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and Hubertus Heil. In the negotiations to form Merkel’s fourth coalition government following the 2017 federal elections, he was part of the working group on financial policies and taxes, led by

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and

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. In October 2020, Michelbach announced that he would not stand in the 2021 federal elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.

Political positions

In June 2017, Michelbach was one of only seven CSU members who voted in favor of Germany’s introduction of same-sex marriage. Within the German Parliament, Michelbach was a high-profile critic of Mario Draghi’s term as president of the European Central Bank. When European Commissioner for Economy

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announced plans to re-examine the European Union’s Stability and Growth Pact as part of a

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in late 2019, Michelbach warned the Commission against any attempt to loosen the EU’s budget rules: “Gentiloni’s plans are an attack on the stabilisation goals under the pretext of protecting the climate.”Sam Fleming and Guy Chazan (December 11, 2019)
German politicians warn EU on looser budget rules for green drive
'' Financial Times''.

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