Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl

Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (2010)

Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl (born June 18, 1947 in Etterbeek , Belgium ) is a German politician of the Lower Saxony CDU and was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2019 . She was spokeswoman for the European People's Party (EPP) in the Committee on International Trade (INTA), Chairwoman of the UK Monitoring Group of INTA, Vice- Spokeswoman in the Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) and Vice- Chairwoman of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Canada.

Life

university

Quisthoudt-Rowohl studied chemistry and was a scholarship holder at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen from 1972 to 1973 . In 1973 she received her PhD from the University of Leuven. phil. nat. PhD. From 1974 to 1978 she worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Clinical Biochemistry and Physiological Chemistry at the Hannover Medical School . From 1979 to 1988 Quisthoudt-Rowohl worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Applied Linguistics at the University of Hildesheim . In 2009 the University of Hildesheim awarded her an honorary professorship. Quisthoudt-Rowohl held a. a. Guest lectures at the University of Kaliningrad, at the European Business School and at Harvard University.

Political career

Quisthoudt-Rowohl is a member of the CDU and has been politically active in Lower Saxony, Germany and the European Union since the late 1980s.

Germany

Quisthoudt-Rowohl with Angela Merkel

Quisthoudt-Rowohl has been a member of the Lower Saxony State Executive Committee since 1990. From 1994 to 2012 she was also a member of the federal board of the CDU . In the context of this activity, she was considered to be a key supporter of Angela Merkel's nomination as candidate for chancellor in 2004.

She has also been a member of the European Committee of the German Bundestag since 2009 and at times a member of the federal executive committee of the Women's Union . From 2005 to 2009 she was chairwoman of the CDU Hildesheim city association.

Europe

Quisthoudt-Rowohl was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 2019 and was therefore one of the longest-serving CDU members of the European Parliament when she left, together with Elmar Brok and Karl-Heinz Florenz . From 1997 to 2007 she worked as quaestor in the Presidium of Parliament. Quisthoudt-Rowohl had specialized primarily in the areas of research and science as well as business and international trade.

The international organization Transparency International awarded Quisthoudt-Rowohl the top grade 0 for the External Activity Indicator as part of the Integrety Watch program. With an attendance rate of 85 percent at parliamentary sessions, it was one of the front runners in the EPP Group .

Political projects and positions

Quisthoudt-Rowohl initiated the first talks between the European marine research institutes and the European Parliament in 2005 in order to discuss the rapidly advancing climate change, global sea level rise, the sustainable use of maritime resources, the increasing threats and damage from tidal waves, earthquakes and extreme weather events as well as the ongoing destruction of the advising on the marine environment and building consensus on the priorities for future marine research .

As part of her membership in the Committee on International Trade , she worked to protect European car manufacturers against dumping prices for Chinese aluminum rims. At their request, the committee strongly criticized Turkey for the fact that Cyprus was still not allowed to export goods there and called on Turkey to ratify the Ankara Protocol as soon as possible . She asked Turkey to effectively enforce copyright law and thus prevent brand piracy . In 2009, she advocated strengthening European small and medium-sized enterprises ( SMEs ) through more participation in international trade and intensifying relations with the USA. She was involved in Russia ratifying a new energy agreement with the EU. Quisthoudt-Rowohl considered the European ban on incandescent lamps to be patronizing and undemocratic because it was decided by the parliament and thus bypassing the public. She helped to cap the charges for mobile calls abroad ( roaming ) within the EU.

In her capacity as an alternate member of the Development Committee, she helped ensure that from 2010 the EU supports student exchanges and projects to promote democracy in China and India and that the Commission gives a higher priority to children's rights. Quisthout worked to ensure that boys and young men are no longer disadvantaged. In 2003 she proposed a review of the use of EU funds for the Palestinian Authority to ensure that it is not being used to support terrorist groups.

As part of the new version of the RoHS directive (2010), Quisthoudt-Rowohl was praised by the PVC manufacturer Vinnolit for opposing the restriction of this material.

At the invitation of the "German Conference at Harvard" (USA), she described the Germans in a lecture. It campaigned to embrace the plurality of modern societies and to understand German and European identities not as opposites, but as complementary.

From 2012 to 2017 she was EPP rapporteur for the EU / USA Free Trade Agreement (TTIP).

In the European elections in 2019 Quisthoudt-Rowohl did not run.

Committees, Delegations and Reports

Committees

• 1989–2004: Committee on Research, Energy and Technology ; 1991–1999: Vice-Chair and Spokeswoman for the EPP Group
• 1989–2004: Deputy member of the Economic, Monetary and Industrial Policy Committee
• 2004–2007: Deputy member of the Development Committee
• 2004–2019: Member of the Committee on International Trade ; 2007–2009: Deputy Chairwoman; since 2018: Spokeswoman for the EPP Group

• 2009–2019: Deputy member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs
• 2014–2019: Member and Vice-Spokeswoman of the EPP Group in the Subcommittee on Human Rights

Delegations

2009-2014

• Delegation for relations with the United States as alternate member, delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (spokeswoman for the EPP Group)
• Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community and Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

2012-2014

• Chair of the Observatory for Australia-New Zealand Trade Relations.

2015-2019

• Delegation for relations with Canada (First Vice-Chair)
• Delegation for relations with India (Substitute Member)

Rapporteur (selection)

• 1998: 5th Research Framework Program
• 2001: Implementation provisions of the 6th research framework program
• 2003: Opinion of the trade committee for the REACH report
• 2003: Agreement on technical and economic cooperation between the EU and Israel
• 2007: Economic and trade relations between the EU and Russia
• 2010: tariff quota for imports of high quality beef
• 2011: OMNIBUS / anti-dumping and anti-corruption protection
• 2012: Standing Rapporteur for the US on the Committee on International Trade
• 2015: DROI opinion on "Implementation of the recommendations of the Parliament of 2010 on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate social responsibility"

Private life

Quisthoudt-Rowohl is married and has four grown children. She lives in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony . She is chairman of the advisory board of the episcopal foundation “ Together for Life ” in Hildesheim. She is also a founding member of the cathedral building association Hohe Domkirche Hildesheim. She is the patron of the European House of Encounters for Disadvantaged Youngsters. She wears the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .

Fonts

• With Benjamin Fairbrother : European trade policy: from Rome to Lisbon. Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-941904-28-6 .
• Report on economic and trade relations between the EU and Russia In: Reports of the European Parliament. European Parliament , 2007 ( German and English ).
• Politics for an innovative Europe. In: Günter Rinsche , Ingo Friedrich : Setting the course for the 21st century: Requirements and perspectives of European integration. Böhlau, 1998, ISBN 3-412-14297-2 , ISBN 978-3-412-14297-1 .
• European research policy. In: Günter Rinsche, Ingo Friedrich: Europe as an order: the politics of German Christian Democrats in the European Parliament 1957–1997: from the Treaty of Rome to political union. Böhlau, 1997, ISBN 3-412-00897-4 , ISBN 978-3-412-00897-0 , p. 171 ff.
• With Ingo Beckedarf: European research policy. In: Europe between everyday life and vision: nine contributions by Members of the European Parliament and a scenario from the third millennium. Bloch, 1996, ISBN 3-929686-04-X , ISBN 978-3-929686-04-3 , pp. 169-184.
• Report on the communication from the Commission on the prospects for scientific and technological cooperation with the Newly Independent States. European Parliament , 1995.
• Specific program for research, technological development and demonstration in the field of advanced communication technologies and services . European Parliament , 1994.
• Report: on the Commission proposal for a Council decision on the allocation of additional funds to the third Community framework program in the field of research and technological development . European Parliament , 1992.
• Dealing with the British and other exotic species. Experience from the European Parliament. In: Jürgen Beneke: Culture, Mentality, National Identity. Bonn, Dümmler 1992, ISBN 3-427-63111-7 , pp. 7-13.
• Recommendation of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology on the Council common position with a view to adopting a decision on the dissemination and use of knowledge from the Community's specific programs for research and technological development . European Parliament , 1992.
• Report of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology on the Commission proposal for a Council Decision on the dissemination and exploitation of knowledge from specific Community programs for research and technological development . European Parliament , 1991.

Web links

Commons : Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Own web presence with detailed biographical information.
• Entry on Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl in the European Parliament 's database of MEPs
• Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl at Votewatch
• Autobiographical lecture: Dr. Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl: 20 years of experience of a member of the European Parliament, 1989–2009 from April 27, 2009

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MEP: Prof. Dr. Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl MEP. Retrieved April 18, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Working report of the CDU / CSU group in the European Parliament 2007–2008. (PDF) (No longer available online.) EPP-ED, October 31, 2008, p. 98 , archived from the original on March 10, 2011 ; Retrieved March 10, 2011 . 
3. ↑ http://www.cdu-niedersachsen.de/person/dr-godelieve-quisthoudt-rowohl-mdep
4. ↑ ^{a b} Votevatch . Votewatch.eu. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
5. ^ Oskar Niedermayer : The parties after the federal election in 2002. VS Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-8100-3722-2 , ISBN 978-3-8100-3722-0 , p. 74.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} University of Hanover: Mentoring in Science and Business ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.1 MB). 
7. ↑ ^{a b c} cs - čeština: conference week - 20-07-2004 (s) . Europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
8. ↑ http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/archiv/artikel/honorarprofessur-1/
9. ^ Entry on Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl in the European Parliament 's database of representatives
10. ↑ EU Integrity Watch: monitor potential conflicts of interests. Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
11. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ Question of 26 July 2010 to the Commission.
13. ↑ Question of 26 July 2010 to the Council.
14. ↑ http://www.euractiv.de/erweiterung-und-part Partnerschaft/artikel/eu-ruft-trkei-zu-weiteren-reformen-auf- 003371
15. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 12, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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18. ↑ Minutes of the meeting on July 15, 2009 (PDF)
19. ↑ Angelika Niebler : Plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg 18.-21. October 2010 ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
20. ↑ European Parliament: Subject: Tenth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 10 November 2009.
21. ↑ Written question - Inadequate support for boys and young men - E-0127/2007. Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Oral question with debate - EU funds to the Palestinian Authority - O-0001/2003. Retrieved June 28, 2019 . 
23. ↑ Vinnolit : New version of the RoHS directive: Also in the future no restrictions for PVC in electrical devices  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. dated December 1, 2010.  
24. ↑ Quisthoudt-Rowohl: EU votes on RoHS - Quisthoudt-Rowohl: Efforts paid off from November 24, 2010.
25. ^ Tilman C. Dette: Appearance at Harvard. In: Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung of March 9, 2011. Page 16 . tape 224 , no. 05 , April 10, 2007, ISSN  1438-2563 , pp. 189-191 , doi : 10.1055 / s-2006-935877 .
26. ↑ Christian de Fouloy: The European Strasbourg register 1994. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1994, ISBN 0-7923-2726-8 , ISBN 978-0-7923-2726-4 , pp 93rd
27. ^ The European Union Encyclopedia and Directory 1999. Routledge, 1999, ISBN 1-85743-056-5 , ISBN 978-1-85743-056-1 , p. 322.
28. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated November 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.