Christine Schneider (born 5 June 1972) is a German carpenter and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

since 2019.

Political career

From 1996 to 2019, Schneider served as a member of the

Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate The Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate is the state diet of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Article 79, Section 1 of the Rhineland-Palatinate constitution provides: "The Landtag is the supreme organ of political decision-making ...

. In that capacity, she chaired the Committee on Agriculture from 2006 until 2016 and served as deputy chairwoman of her parliamentary group from 2016 until 2019, under the leadership of chairman Christian Baldauf. Schneider has been a

since the 2019 European elections. She has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the

Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) is a committee of the European Parliament. Membership Chair 9th Term Vice Chairs * Eugenia Rodríguez Palop * Sylwia Spurek * Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi * Radka Maxova 7th Term ...

. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with

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.Christine Schneider

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Other activities

* Sparkasse Südliche Weinstraße, Member of the Supervisory Board

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1972 births Living people MEPs for Germany 2019–2024 21st-century women MEPs for Germany Christian Democratic Union of Germany MEPs People from Landau MEPs for Germany 2024–2029 {{Germany-MEP-stub