Reimer Böge (born 18 December 1951) is a German
politician who served as
Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1989 until 2019. He is a member of the
Christian Democratic Union of Germany
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, part of the
European People's Party
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.
Member of the European Parliament, 1989–present
Böge served as cice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand, member of the
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and the Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 and substitute of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Delegation for relations with Japan.
In addition, he was standing
rapporteur on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007–2013.
Böge served as vice-chairman of the Budget Committee and the Parliament’s lead negotiator on the EU’s financial framework for 2007-13; under his stewardship, the Parliament got an extra €4 billion and the chance to vote on the budget review. He later chaired the Budget Committee from 2007 to 2009, when he was succeeded by
Alain Lamassoure. In 2010, he drafted the Parliament’s legislative bill on the extra financing needs of €1.4 billion for the
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Also in 2010, he joined the ''Friends of the EEAS'', a unofficial and independent pressure group formed because of concerns that the
Catherine Ashton
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was not paying sufficient attention to the Parliament and was sharing too little information on the formation of the
European External Action Service.
In 2009, Böge was a CDU delegate to the
Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the
President of Germany.
In June 2013, Böge resigned as the EPP group’s budget negotiator in protest at an initial compromise deal between the European Parliament, the European Commission under the leadership of
José Manuel Barroso
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and the
European Council
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on a €960 billion budget for 2014-20. Alongside
Pervenche Berès, he currently serves as rapporteur on the European Parliament's report on a budgetary capacity for the
eurozone.
In September 2017, Reimer announced that he would not stand in the
2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.
Other activities
Corporate boards
*
Vereinigte Tierversicherung Gesellschaft a. G., Member of the Supervisory Board
Non-profit organizations
* German Animal Breeders Federation (ADT), President
*
Conseil Européen des Jeunes Agriculteurs
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, President (1977–80)
* German Federation of Rural Youth (BDL), Deputy Chairman (1973–77)
Recognition
* Medal of Exceptional Offer to the Republic of Cyprus
Personal life
Böge and his wife, who is from
Cyprus, live in Hasenmoor.
[Frank Knittermeier (July 18, 2014)]
Der Europaabgeordnete
'' Hamburger Abendblatt''.
References
External links
Homepage of Reimer Böge(German)
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1951 births
Living people
People from Segeberg
Christian Democratic Union of Germany MEPs
MEPs for Germany 1989–1994
MEPs for Germany 1994–1999
MEPs for Germany 1999–2004
MEPs for Germany 2004–2009
MEPs for Germany 2009–2014
MEPs for Germany 2014–2019
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany