Michael Efler
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Michael Efler (born January 3, 1970 in Bassum ) is a German activist and politician ( Die Linke ) and an elected member of the Berlin House of Representatives in 2016 .
biography
education
After completing secondary school, Michael Efler completed an apprenticeship as an administrative clerk. He studied economics and social economics at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics and received his doctorate from the University of Hamburg in 2005 with a thesis on international investment contracts.
activist
Efler has been working for the Mehr Demokratie association since 1997 , first in the Hamburg regional association, and from 2001 in Berlin. In Hamburg he was involved in organizing a referendum to lower the hurdles for referendums. From 2009 to 2016 he held the office of Federal Board Spokesman at Mehr Demokratie, and he is still a member of the Board of Directors. Among other things, he is involved in the introduction of the European Citizens' Initiative (EBI) in the second EU Convention (“Constitutional Convention”, 2002/2003), at the Berlin Energy Table , in “ Stop TTIP ” protests and the EBI of the same name, which after their non-approval became a “self-organized ECI” by the EU Commission.
politics
Efler was a member of Alliance 90 / The Greens from 1993 to 1999. He joined the Left Party in 2005. In the election for the Berlin House of Representatives in 2016 , he received a mandate on the state list of his party. In the left-wing parliamentary group, he is the spokesman for energy and climate policy, democratic policy spokesman and spokesman for animal welfare.
Web links
Politician
- Michael Efler at “ Die Linke ” Berlin: March 12, 2016> LVV Berlin election 2016> Candidate for the state list for the 2016 parliamentary elections , on die-linke-berlin.de
- Biography on the website of the Berlin House of Representatives for the 18th electoral term
activist
- Michael Efler on “ More Democracy ”: Board> Michael Efler , on mehr-demokratie.de
- Michael Efler at “Stop TTIP”: The team , on stop-ttip.org
- Europäische Bürgerinitiative (EBI) / European Citizens 'Initiative (ECI) - (en) Michael Efler: How the European Citizens' Initiative came to existence - a group of citizens managed to convince the european convention in 2002 , June 27, 2003, auf citizens -initiative.eu / A rollercoaster ride toward the ECI , June 1, 2003, on democracy-international.org / originally published as: A rollercoaster ride towards democracy , June 1, 2003, (PDF archived on the web of the EU Commission, ec .europa.eu)
items
- Ralf-Uwe Beck , Michael Efler: TTIP - Free trade is also more democratic , Die Zeit , April 23, 2016
- Michael Efler on " The European ": Michael Efler, activist , on theeuropean.de
Video
- Michael Efler, citizens' initiative "Stop TTIP", on the points of criticism (4:05), tagesschau.de , May 2, 2016
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Efler, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist and politician (Die Linke), MdA |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd January 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bassum |