Martin Buschmann (politician)

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Martin Buschmann (2019)

Martin Buschmann (born April 17, 1970 in Hamburg ) is a German politician (non-party, formerly NPD , animal protection party ). He has been a member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European elections . From July 2019 to January 2020 he was a member of the GUE / NGL parliamentary group , and in January 2020 Buschmann resigned from the parliamentary group.

Life

Buschmann was born in Hamburg, but grew up in the southern suburb of Neu Wulmstorf . After graduating from high school in Neu Wulmstorf, he trained as a foreign trade clerk. He then worked for various shipping companies and in supply chain management.

politics

From 1992 to 1996 Buschmann was a member of the NPD , he was chairman of the NPD district association Harburg-Land and treasurer of the Lower Saxony state association of young nationalists .

In 2009 he joined the Animal Welfare Party, according to his own statements he came to the Animal Welfare Party through actions against the animal research laboratory in his neighboring town of Mienenbüttel. Among other things, he advocates a vegan lifestyle and a ban on factory farming. Buschmann has worked full-time for his party since 2015, including as general secretary.

Membership in the European Parliament

For the 2019 European elections , his party nominated him for first place on the list. The party won 1.4 percent and thus one of the 96 German seats, so that Buschmann moved directly into parliament.

After the European elections, Buschmann joined the group of the United European Left / Nordic Green Left (GUE / NGL) in the European Parliament, which includes the German party Die Linke . For the parliamentary group, Buschmann was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Petitions Committee.

On January 26, 2020, Buschmann's NPD past became known. He then distanced himself in a statement from the goals of the NPD and resigned from the GUE / NGL parliamentary group on January 28, 2020. In a statement dated January 29, 2020, the leadership of his party spoke of a “serious breach of trust” and “massive damage to reputation”. She asked Bushman to resign from his mandate. In that case, Robert Gabel , one of the three leaders of the Animal Welfare Party, who was second on the Animal Welfare Party's list, would have moved up to the European Parliament. Buschmann did not comply with the demand and resigned from the animal protection party in February 2020.

Private

Buschmann is married and lives in Neu Wulmstorf .

Web links

Commons : Martin Buschmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maïa de La Baume: German MEP resigns from leftist group after revelations of neo-Nazi past. In: Politico.eu. January 28, 2020, accessed on January 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Axel Tiedemann: With 0.6 percent. Our man for Brussels. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . Zeitungsgruppe Hamburg GmbH, June 2, 2019, accessed on June 3, 2019 .
  3. ^ Martin Buschmann - Human Environment Animal Protection Party. In: tierschutzpartei.de. Accessed January 30, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Jörg Dammann: Brown past kept silent. In: Wochenblatt. Wochenblatt-Verlag Schrader, January 26, 2020, accessed on January 27, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Markus Becker and Peter Müller: How an ex-NPD functionary came to join the animal protection party. In: spiegel.de. January 28, 2020, accessed January 30, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b Jörg Damman: Neu Wulmstorfer is probably the only politician from the region to be elected to the European Parliament: On the way to Brussels. In: Kreiszeitung Wochenblatt. May 17, 2019, accessed September 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Alphabetical list of all elected - The Federal Returning Officer. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Martin Buschmann | European Parliament. In: europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Martin Buschmann: Martin Buschmann MEP - Statement. In: facebook.com. January 26, 2020, accessed January 27, 2020 .
  10. ↑ NPD past: MEP Martin Buschmann leaves left-wing parliamentary group. In: spiegel.de. January 28, 2020, accessed January 29, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Federal Board of the Animal Welfare Party: Animal Welfare Party calls on Buschmann to resign. In: facebook.com. January 29, 2020, accessed January 30, 2020 .
  12. ^ Resignation from the Human Environment and Animal Protection party , Facebook post from February 18, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Bushman, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (Animal Welfare Party), MEP
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg