Norbert Lins (born 22 December 1977 in
Ravensburg
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) is a German politician who has been a
Member of the European Parliament
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since 2014. Since 2019, he is chairman of the
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) is a committee of the European Parliament.
Responsibilities of the Committee
AGRI is the European Parliament committee responsible for:
#The operation and development of the Common Agricul ...
.
[European Parliament (July 26, 2021)]
database of Members of the European Parliament He is a member of the
Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Christian Democratic Union, part of the
European People's Party
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.
Education and profession
He graduated from High School of Economics in
Ravensburg
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in 1997. He then did his military service with the German Armed Forces in
Sigmaringen
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.
From 1998 to 2002, he studied at the University of Applied Sciences in
Kehl
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as a candidate for the higher civil service. He then completed a master's degree in "European Public Management" at the University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigsburg and Kehl.
From 2004 to 2009, Norbert Lins worked as head of office to Andreas Schwab at the European Parliament in
Brussels
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. From 2006 to 2011, he was a lecturer at Kehl University of Applied Sciences. After another administrative station, he became personal assistant to Rudolf Köberle in the Ministry of Rural Areas and Consumer Protection Baden-Württemberg. From 2013, he held the Division for Broadband Funding in the Ministry of Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Federal State of
Baden-Württemberg
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.
Party
Norbert Lins was active in local politics in the Young Christian Democrats and the CDU. From 2005 to 2011, he was chairman of the Württemberg-Hohenzollern
Young Christian Democrats. From 2009 to 2011, he was a local councillor in the municipal council of Horgenzell. Since 2011, Norbert Lins has been vize-chairman of the CDU Württemberg-Hohenzollern and since 2013 a member of the executive board of the CDU Baden-Württemberg.
Political career
Lins has been a Member of the European Parliament since the
2014 European elections
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. He first served on the
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Since 2017, he has been a member of the
Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) is a committee of the European Parliament.
Responsibilities of the Committee
AGRI is the European Parliament committee responsible for:
#The operation and development of the Common Agricul ...
; he became its chairman in 2019. He was also a member of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for
pesticide
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s; in 2018, he served as rapporteur for the Special Committee on the EU Pesticide Approval Process, along with Congressman Bart Staes.
In addition to his committee assignments, Lins is a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and
Norway
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and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the
European Economic Area
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(EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee. He is also a substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.
Lins also supports the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
Political positions
Ahead of the Christian Democrats’
leadership election
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Generally, any political party can determine its own rules governing how and when a l ...
in 2018, Lins publicly endorsed
Friedrich Merz
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to succeed
Angela Merkel
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as the party’s chair.
[Ulrich Mendelin (November 26, 2018)]
CDU-Initiative aus dem Südwesten kritisiert Kramp-Karrenbauer
''Schwäbische Zeitung
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''.
References
External links
Personal websiteNorbert Linsin the database of Members of the European Parliament
Norbert Linson his epp-group´s website
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Living people
1977 births
Christian Democratic Union of Germany MEPs
MEPs for Germany 2019–2024
MEPs for Germany 2014–2019
People from Ravensburg