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Renate Sommer | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Assumed office 1 July 1999 | |
| Constituency | Germany |
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| Born | (1958-09-10)10 September 1958 (age 67) Bochum, Germany |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union European People's Party |
Renate Sommer (born 10 September 1958) is a Germanpolitician who served as aMember of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 until 2019. She was a member of theChristian Democratic Union, part of theEuropean People's Party.[1]
Between 1999 and 2009, Sommer served on theCommittee on Transport and Tourism. From 2009 to 2014, she was a member of theCommittee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. From 2014 to 2019, she was a member of theCommittee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
From 2014 to 2019, Sommer served as the president of the European Parliament Beer Club.[2] In 2010 she was the rapporteur of the directive on food labelling[2] and she opposes any EU-wide approach to alcohol regulation, citing cultural differences across countries.[3]
In 2019, during the debate on the newGeneral Food Law Regulation which followed the controversial reauthorisation ofglyphosate, she opposed increased transparency for theEuropean Food Safety Authority, but the plenary of theEuropean Parliament in December 2018 rejected her proposals and she resigned from her position as rapporteur. The regulation was passed in April 2019 without her proposals.[2][4]
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