Piia-Noora Kauppi

Piia-Noora Kauppi (2015)

Piia - Noora Kauppi (born January 7, 1975 in Oulu , Finland ) is a Finnish politician and was a member of the European Parliament for the National Collection Party from 1999-2008, as part of the European People's Party .

Active from 1994 to 1996 as the office manager of the Democratic Youth Association of Europe, Kauppi passed her state examination in law in 1997 and then worked as a consultant for legislative matters until 1999. From 1997 to 1998 she was deputy chairwoman of her party's youth association. From 1997 to 2000 Kauppi was a member of the Oulu City Council, and in 1998 and 1999 even a member of the city government. In 1999 she was elected to the European Parliament for the first time . Within the National Collection Party , she has been a deputy member of the party executive committee since 2000 and deputy chairwoman of the party's women's union since 2004. She has been a member of the regional government of Northern Ostrobothnia since 2001. In 2004 Kauppi succeeded in returning to the European Parliament. There she belongs to the Group of the European People's Party and European Democrats and is a member of the bureau of the same. On January 1, 2009, she moved to the board of the Federation of Finnish Financial Services, a lobby group of insurers and banks.

At the " Worst EU Lobbying Awards " in 2008 she was awarded the prize for the "Worst Conflict of Interest". According to the lenders, she has abused her influence as an EU parliamentarian to represent the interests of her future employer, a lobby group in the banking sector. In 2005 it made a major contribution to watering down EU money laundering laws. She also used her influence for a laissez-faire policy in other areas affecting the banking sector .

Post as MEP

• Member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (since 1999)
• Member of the Legal Committee (since 2004)
• Member of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (since 2004)
• Member of the delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
• Member of the Convention on the Future of Europe (2002–2003)
• Deputy in the delegation in the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Chair of the Finnish delegation to the EPP-DE Group (since 2004)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Website of the organization with the nomination declaration (in English) ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2008 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. 

Web links

• official website www.kauppi.net
• Entry for Piia-Noora Kauppi in the European Parliament 's database of deputies