Hiltrud Breyer

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Hiltrud Breyer
Hiltrud Breyer in 2014

Member of the European Parliament
In office 1989–2009

Personal details
Born	(1957-08-22) 22 August 1957 (age 67) Saarbrücken, West Germany
Political party	Alliance '90/The Greens
Alma mater	Saarland University
Profession	Political scientist

Hiltrud Breyer (born 22 August 1957) is a German politician and former Member of the European Parliament with the German Green Party, part of the European Greens and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality and its Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

She is a substitute for the Committee on Legal Affairs, substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Education

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Studied political science in Saarbrücken and Berlin
Founding member of the Greens
posts include Regional Executive Spokeswoman for the Greens in Saarland
Former Member of the Mandelbachtal Municipal Council

Career

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1989–2009: Member of the European Parliament
Founding member of 'Gen-ethisches Netzwerk' (genetic ethics network)

Controversy

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In 2008, German television station RTL reported about members of the European Parliament—including Breyer—who signed the attendance register on Friday mornings to receive the EP's daily allowance of 284 Euro before leaving Strasbourg immediately for the weekend.^[1]^[2]^[3] Breyer later denied these allegations.

References

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^ Expense Allowance Abuse by MEPs on YouTube, Hiltrud Breyer appears from 3:40 to 4:17 (Mirror).
^ ""Spesenritter und Abzocker" – Ein neues Image muss her", Focus, May 27, 2009.
^ Hartlieb, Jutta (27 May 2009), "Europaparlament: EU-Abgeordnete bekämpfen ihr schlechtes Image", Agence France-Presse (in German).

External links

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Personal profile of Hiltrud Breyer in the European Parliament's database of members
Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in German)

v t e German members of the European Parliament (1989–1994)
Social Democratic Party	Willi Görlach Lissy Gröner Klaus Hänsch Magdalene Hoff Karin Junker Heinz Fritz Köhler Annemarie Kuhn (from 22 December 1990) Rolf Linkohr Günter Lüttge Gepa Maibaum Karl-Heinrich Mihr Leyla Onur Helwin Peter Johannes Wilhelm Peters Willi Piecyk (from 11 May 1992) Christa Randzio-Plath Dieter Rogalla Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Mechtild Rothe Willi Rothley Jannis Sakellariou Heinke Salisch Detlev Samland Dieter Schinzel Gerhard Schmid Barbara Schmidbauer Barbara Simons Günter Topmann Kurt Vittinghoff Thomas von der Vring Gerd Walter (until 7 May 1992) Beate Weber-Schuerholz (until 14 December 1990) Klaus Wettig
Christian Democratic Union	Siegbert Alber Reimer Böge Ursula Braun-Moser (from 15 January 1990) Elmar Brok Karl-Heinz Florenz Honor Funk Helga Haller von Hallerstein (from 27 December 1993) Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt Georg Jarzembowski (from 5 September 1991) Hedwig Keppelhoff-Wiechert Egon Klepsch Brigitte Langenhagen (from November 25 1990) Horst Langes Gerd Ludwig Lemmer Marlene Lenz Rudolf Luster Kurt Malangré Winfried Menrad Friedrich Merz Werner Münch (until November 19 1990) Doris Pack Hartmut Perschau (until 10 July 1991) Hans-Gert Pöttering Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Günter Rinsche Bernhard Sälzer (until 18 December 1993) Diemut Theato Karl von Wogau Axel Zarges (until December 29 1989)
Alliance 90/The Greens	Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf Hiltrud Breyer Birgit Cramon Daiber Karl Partsch Dorothee Piermont Eva-Maria Quistorp Claudia Roth Wilfried Telkämper
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Reinhold Bocklet (until 24 June 1993) Jürgen Brand (from 16 November 1993) Ingo Friedrich Maren Günther (from 31 August 1993) Otto von Habsburg Günther Müller (from 4 December 1992 to 6 November 1993) Gerd Müller Fritz Pirkl (until 19 August 1993) Edgar Schiedermeier (from 5 July 1993) Ursula Schleicher Franz Ludwig Schenk von Stauffenberg (until 30 November 1992)
The Republicans	Johanna Grund Klaus-Peter Köhler Harald Neubauer Emil Schlee Hans-Günter Schodruch Franz Schönhuber
Free Democratic Party	Mechthild von Alemann Martin Holzfuss Manfred Vohrer Rüdiger von Wechmar

v t e German members of the European Parliament (1994–1999)
Social Democratic Party	Gerhard Botz Dietrich Elchlepp (from 6 February 1996) Evelyne Gebhardt Norbert Glante Willi Görlach Lissy Gröner Klaus Hänsch Jutta Haug Magdalene Hoff Karin Jöns Karin Junker Heinz Kindermann Constanze Krehl Wilfried Kuckelkorn Annemarie Kuhn Helmut Kuhne Bernd Lange Rolf Linkohr Günter Lüttge Erika Mann Helwin Peter Willi Piecyk Christa Randzio-Plath Bernhard Rapkay Klaus Rehder Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Mechtild Rothe Willi Rothley Jannis Sakellariou Heinke Salisch (until 1 February 1996) Detlev Samland Axel Schäfer Gerhard Schmid Barbara Schmidbauer Martin Schulz Ulrich Stockmann Christof Tannert Ralf Walter Barbara Weiler Rosemarie Wemheuer Wilmya Zimmermann
Christian Democratic Union	Siegbert Alber (until October 6 1997) Otto Bardong Rolf Berend Reimer Böge Elmar Brok Karl-Heinz Florenz Honor Funk Michael Gahler (from 23 April 1999) Anne-Karin Glase Lutz Goepel Alfred Gomolka Renate Heinisch Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt Georg Jarzembowski Hedwig Keppelhoff-Wiechert Peter Kittelmann Christa Klaß Dieter-Lebrecht Koch Christoph Werner Konrad Werner Langen Brigitte Langenhagen Klaus-Heiner Lehne Marlene Lenz Peter Liese Kurt Malangré Thomas Mann Winfried Menrad Peter Mombaur Marlies Mosiek-Urbahn (until 22 April 1999) Hartmut Nassauer Doris Pack Hans-Gert Pöttering Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Günter Rinsche Horst Schnellhardt Jürgen Schröder Konrad Schwaiger Diemut Theato Stanislaw Tillich Rainer Wieland (from 10 October 1997) Karl von Wogau
Alliance 90/The Greens	Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf Undine von Blottnitz Hiltrud Breyer Ozan Ceyhun (from 23 November 1998) Daniel Cohn-Bendit Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler Edith Müller Claudia Roth (until 18 November 1998) Elisabeth Schroedter Irene Soltwedel-Schäfer Wilfried Telkämper Wolfgang Ullmann Frieder Otto Wolf
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Markus Ferber Ingo Friedrich Maren Günther Otto von Habsburg Xaver Mayer Bernd Posselt Edgar Schiedermeier Ursula Schleicher

v t e German members of the European Parliament (2004–2009)
Christian Democratic Union	Rolf Berend Reimer Böge Elmar Brok Daniel Caspary Christian Ehler Karl-Heinz Florenz Michael Gahler Roland Gewalt (from 27 October 2005) Lutz Goepel Alfred Gomolka Ingeborg Grässle Ruth Hieronymi Karsten Friedrich Hoppenstedt Georg Jarzembowski Elisabeth Jeggle Ewa Klamt Christa Klaß Dieter-Lebrecht Koch Christoph Werner Konrad Werner Langen Armin Laschet (until 29 June 2005) Kurt Joachim Lauk Kurt Lechner Klaus-Heiner Lehne Peter Liese Thomas Mann Hans-Peter Mayer Hartmut Nassauer Doris Pack Markus Pieper Hans-Gert Poettering Horst Posdorf (from 24 October 2005) Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl Herbert Reul Ingo Schmitt (until 17 October 2005) Horst Schnellhardt Juergen Schröder Andreas Schwab Renate Sommer Thomas Ulmer Reiner Wieland Karl von Wogau
Social Democratic Party	Udo Bullmann Garrelt Duin (until 17 October 2005) Garrelt Duin Evelyne Gebhardt Norbert Glante Lissy Gröner Matthias Groote (from 26 October 2005) Klaus Hänsch Jutta Haug Karin Jöns Heinz Kindermann Konstanze Krehl Wolfgang Kreissl-Doerfler Helmut Kuhne Jo Leinen Erika Mann Vural Öger Willi Piecyk (until 31 July 2008) Bernhard Rapkay Ulrike Rodust (from 29 August 2008) Dagmar Roth-Behrendt Mechtild Rothe Martin Schulz Ulrich Stockmann Ralf Walter Barbara Weiler
Alliance 90/The Greens	Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf Angelika Beer Hiltrud Breyer Daniel Cohn-Bendit Michael Cramer Rebecca Harms Milan Horáček Gisela Kallenbach Cem Özdemir Heide Rühle Frithjof Schmidt Elisabeth Schroedter Helga Trüpel
Christian Social Union in Bavaria	Albert Dess Markus Ferber Ingo Friedrich Martin Kastler (from 4 December 2008) Angelika Niebler Bernd Posselt Alexander Radwan (until 2 December 2008) Gabriele Stauner (from 17 January 2006) Manfred Weber Anja Weisgerber Joachim Wuermeling (until 18 December 2005)
Party of Democratic Socialism	André Brie Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann Helmuth Markov Tobias Pflüger Feleknas Uca Sahra Wagenknecht Gabi Zimmer
Free Democratic Party	Alexander Nuno Alvaro Jorgo Chatzimarkakis Wolf Klinz Silvana Koch-Mehrin Holger Krahmer Alexander Graf Lambsdorff Willem Schuth