Eckhardt Rehberg | |
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 Rehberg in 2017 | |
| Member of theBundestag forMecklenburgische Seenplatte II – Landkreis Rostock III (Bad Doberan – Güstrow – Müritz; 2005–2013) | |
| In office 18 October 2005 – 26 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Dirk Manzewski |
| Succeeded by | Johannes Arlt |
| Member of theLandtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern forNordvorpommern I (Ribnitz-Damgarten I; 1990–1994) | |
| In office 26 October 1990 – 31 December 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Maika Friemann-Jennert(2006) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1954-04-03)3 April 1954 (age 70) Ribnitz-Damgarten,East Germany(now Germany) |
| Political party | Christian Democratic Union(1990–) |
| Other political affiliations | Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)(1984–1990) |
| Children | 2 |
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| Website | Official website |
Eckhardt Rehberg (born 3 April 1954) is a German politician of theChristian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as a member of theBundestag from the state ofMecklenburg-Vorpommern from 2005 until 2021.
From 1990 until 2005, Rehberg served as a member of theState Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. From 2001 until 2005, he was the chairman of the CDU in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. During that time, he was the party's candidate to unseat incumbent Minister-PresidentHarald Ringstorff in the2002 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election;[1] he eventually lost against Ringstorff.
Rehberg became a member of the Bundestag in the2005 German federal election.[2] From 2005 until 2009, he served on the Committee on Economic Affairs and Technology. From 2009 until 2021, he was a member of the Budget Committee.[3] In 2015 he also became his parliamentary group's spokesperson on thenational budget. He was also a member of the so-calledConfidential Committee (Vertrauensgremium) of the Budget Committee, which provides budgetary supervision for Germany's three intelligence services,BND,BfV andMAD. In addition to his committee assignments, he served on theCouncil of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigns committee chairpersons based on party representation.
In the negotiations to form Merkel'sfourth coalition government following the2017 federal elections, Rehberg was part of the working group on financial policies and taxes, led byPeter Altmaier,Andreas Scheuer andOlaf Scholz.
In June 2017, Rehberg voted against Germany's introduction ofsame-sex marriage.[6]
Rehberg has been a supporter of thedebt brake in thebudget of Germany since its introduction in 2009. Amid the economic downturn due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Germany, he demanded that “suspending the debt brake must not become a habit. We have to get back to the regular debt limit as quickly as possible.”[7]
In 2018, Rehberg rejected plans presented byMinister of FinanceOlaf Scholz for a European unemployment stabilization fund designed to arm theeurozone against crises.[8] He later criticized theEuropean Commission’s 2019 plans for loosening the EU's budget rules in a bid to free up spending for aEuropean Green Deal, arguing that theStability and Growth Pact (SGP) already provided enough flexibility to permit public investments.[9]
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