Marilies Flemming (born 16 December 1933 in

Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land Distr ...

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) was an

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. In the European Parliament, she used the name Marialiese Flemming. She is a member of the

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(

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domestically) and was first elected during the 1996 European Parliament election for Austria. Her

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ary career ended on 19 July 2004.Marialiese Flemming
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. Retrieved 2010-02-10. Since 1999, Flemming has served on various European Union-related delegations, committees and groups, including the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy, and sporadically as a substitute on the Committee on Women's Rights (a precursor to the

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which exists today) and the Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy. Flemming also held views on human cloning in line with that of the other Christian Democrat Members of the European Parliament. In 2003, she tabled more than 80 amendments in the European Parliament to further restrict cloning research in European Union member states, suggesting the use of adult stem cells for use in research as opposed to embryos. Flemming was reported by ''

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'' as saying that the creation of embryos for the purpose of medical treatment is immoral because the "individual characteristics of a person" are created at the moment of conception.Is this the end for human cloning?
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''. Retrieved 2010-02-10. In 2004, ''

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'' reported that the future

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, had been involved in heated debate with Flemming over the issue of the

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, a Czech nuclear power station positioned close to the border with nuclear-free Austria. Even though these debates had occurred, Flemming was reported to describe Telicka as "sensational and absolutely perfect".Telicka passes EP test with flying colours
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. Retrieved 2010-02-10.

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