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|image = Ingeborg Gräßle. Committee on Budgets meeting. Brussels Belgium. May 2 2012. Picture 2.jpg
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'''Ingeborg Helen Gräßle''' (born 2 March 1961) is a German politician of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German [[Bundestag]] since the [[2021 German federal election|2021 elections]], representing the [[Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd]] district. She previously served as a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from 2004 until 2019, where chaired of the [[Committee on Budgetary Control|Budgetary Control Committee]].


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As the co-[[rapporteur]] for the revision of the [[financial regulation]], approved in the plenary in October 2012, Gräßle was instrumental in the negotiation of a compromise between the [[Institutions of the European Union|European Institutions]].<ref>{{cite news |title=EU agrees changes to spending rules |author=Toby Vogel |url=http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2012/june/eu-agrees-changes-to-spending-rules/74694.aspx |newspaper=European Voice |date=25 June 2012 |access-date=27 November 2012}}
'''Ingeborg Helen Gräßle''' ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|n|ɡ|ɛ|b|ɒ|r|ɡ|_|ɡ|r|ɑː|s|s|l|ɛ}}; born 2 March 1961) is a German politician and [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) from [[Germany]]. She is a member of the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany]], part of the [[European People's Party]]. She is the current chair of the [[Committee on Budgetary Control|Budgetary Control Committee]]. She has been a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP) since 2004.
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</ref> Gräßle is well known within the [[European Union|EU]] as a strong proponent of increased [[Open government|transparency]] and [[accountability]] for the Institutions.<ref name=Stubborn>{{cite news |title=Stubborn reformer |author=Constant Brand |url=http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/stubborn-reformer/69266.aspx |newspaper=European Voice |date=28 October 2012 |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref>

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As the co-[[rapporteur]] for the revision of the [[financial regulation]], approved in the plenary in October 2012, Gräßle was instrumental in the negotiation of a compromise between the [[Institutions of the European Union|European Institutions]].<ref>{{cite news |title=EU agrees changes to spending rules |author=Toby Vogel |url=http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/2012/june/eu-agrees-changes-to-spending-rules/74694.aspx |newspaper=European Voice |date=June 25, 2012 |accessdate=November 27, 2012}}
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</ref> Gräßle is well known within the [[European Union|EU]] as a strong proponent of increased [[Open government|transparency]] and [[accountability]] for the Institutions.<ref name=Stubborn>{{cite news |title=Stubborn reformer |author=Constant Brand |url=http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/stubborn-reformer/69266.aspx |newspaper=European Voice |date=October 28, 2012 |accessdate=November 27, 2012}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Gräßle was born in 1961 in the town of [[Heidenheim an der Brenz#Großkuchen|Großkuchen]], located in the Heidenheim district of [[Baden-Württemberg]],<ref name=Europarl>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28220/INGEBORG_GRASSLE.html |title=European Parliament/MEPs |work=Europarl.Europa.eu |accessdate=November 27, 2012}}</ref> Germany, where she attended elementary school until 1971. She attended high school at Hellenstein-Gymnasium Heidenheim until 1980, after which she completed a two-year internship with [[Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung|Augsburger Allgemeine]], where she subsequently worked as an editor from 1982 to 1984.
Gräßle was born in 1961 in the town of [[Heidenheim an der Brenz#Großkuchen|Großkuchen]], located in the Heidenheim district of [[Baden-Württemberg]],<ref name=Europarl>{{cite web |url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28220/INGEBORG_GRASSLE.html |title=European Parliament/MEPs |work=Europarl.Europa.eu |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref> Germany, where she attended elementary school until 1971. She attended high school at Hellenstein-Gymnasium Heidenheim until 1980, after which she completed a two-year internship with ''[[Augsburger Allgemeine]]'', where she subsequently worked as an editor from 1982 to 1984.


After leaving editorial work in 1984, Gräßle enrolled at the [[University of Stuttgart]], where she earned a master's degree in romance languages, history, and political science in 1989. She spent a year studying at the [[Sciences Po|Institut d'études politiques]] in Paris, France, and in 1990, she took a job as the Director of Public Relations for Konrad-Adenauer-Haus (the German national headquarters for the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]) in [[Bonn]], Germany.
After leaving editorial work in 1984, Gräßle enrolled at the [[University of Stuttgart]], where she earned a master's degree in romance languages, history, and political science in 1989. She spent a year studying at the [[Sciences Po|Institut d'études politiques]] in Paris, France, and in 1990, she took a job as the Director of Public Relations for Konrad-Adenauer-Haus (the German national headquarters for the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]]) in [[Bonn]], Germany.


In 1994 Gräßle earned her PhD in political science from the [[Free University of Berlin]]. Her dissertation, the "Der europäische Fernseh-Kulturkanal ARTE : deutsch-französische Medienpolitik zwischen europäischem Anspruch und nationaler Wirklichkeit", examined the [[Franco-German]] television network, [[Arte|ARTE]] and explored the relationship between European standards and national realities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?now=1354191436606&method=showFullRecord&view=redirect%3A%2Fopac.htm&isInternal=false&currentPosition=2 |title=Der europäische Fernseh-Kulturkanal ARTE : deutsch-französische Medienpolitik zwischen europäischem Anspruch und nationaler Wirklichkeit / Inge Grässle |work=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek |accessdate=November 29, 2012}}</ref>
In 1994 Gräßle earned her PhD in political science from the [[Free University of Berlin]]. Her dissertation, the "Der europäische Fernseh-Kulturkanal ARTE : deutsch-französische Medienpolitik zwischen europäischem Anspruch und nationaler Wirklichkeit", examined the [[Franco-German]] television network, [[Arte|ARTE]] and explored the relationship between European standards and national realities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?now=1354191436606&method=showFullRecord&view=redirect%3A%2Fopac.htm&isInternal=false&currentPosition=2 |title=Der europäische Fernseh-Kulturkanal ARTE : deutsch-französische Medienpolitik zwischen europäischem Anspruch und nationaler Wirklichkeit / Inge Grässle |work=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek |access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==

===Beginnings===
===Beginnings===
From 1995 to 1996 Gräßle was the spokeswoman for [[Rüsselsheim am Main]], the largest town in the [[Groß-Gerau]] district of the [[Frankfurt Rhine-Main|Rhein-Main region]]. In 1996 Gräßle was elected to the [[Landtag of Baden-Württemberg|State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg]] where she served until 2004 when she was elected to the [[European Parliament]].
From 1995 to 1996 Gräßle was the spokeswoman for [[Rüsselsheim am Main]], the largest town in the [[Groß-Gerau]] district of the [[Frankfurt Rhine-Main|Rhein-Main region]]. In 1996 Gräßle was elected to the [[Landtag of Baden-Württemberg|State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg]] where she served until 2004 when she was elected to the [[European Parliament]].
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Gräßle was a CDU delegate to the [[Federal Convention (Germany)|Federal Convention]] for the purpose of electing the [[President of Germany]] in May 2004.
Gräßle was a CDU delegate to the [[Federal Convention (Germany)|Federal Convention]] for the purpose of electing the [[President of Germany]] in May 2004.


===Member of the European Parliament, 2004-present===
===Member of the European Parliament, 2004-2019===
Gräßle was elected to the European Parliament and began her first term on 20 August 2004. She was reelected in 2009 and 2014 and is currently serving her third term.
Gräßle was elected to the European Parliament and began her first term on 20 August 2004. She was re-elected in 2009 and 2014.


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Gräßle acted as the [[rapporteur|co-rapporteur]], along with [[Crescenzio Rivellini]], and lead parliamentary negotiator on legislation which created a new set of rules that govern the implementation of EU funds, known commonly as the financial regulation;<ref name=Stubborn/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/budget/biblio/documents/regulations/regulations_en.cfm |title=Financial Regulation and Rules of Application |date=30 October 2012 |work=ec.europa.eu |access-date=27 November 2012}}</ref> the European Parliament acted as co-legislator with the [[European Commission]] for the first time while drafting the new financial regulation that entered into force in January 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=EP plenary signs off on new spending rules |author=Gaspard Sebag |url=http://www.europolitics.info//institutions/ep-plenary-signs-off-on-new-spending-rules-art344336-39.html |newspaper=Europolitics |date=23 October 2012 |access-date=27 November 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218094038/http://www.europolitics.info//institutions/ep-plenary-signs-off-on-new-spending-rules-art344336-39.html |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''Financial Regulation'''


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'''2004'''<ref name=Europarl/>
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Gräßle acted as the co-rapporteur, along with Crescenzio Rivellini, and lead Parliamentary negotiator on legislation which created a new set of rules that govern the implementation of EU funds, known commonly as the financial regulation.<ref name=Stubborn/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/budget/biblio/documents/regulations/regulations_en.cfm |title=Financial Regulation and Rules of Application |date=October 30, 2012 |work=ec.europa.eu |accessdate=November 27, 2012}}</ref> The European Parliament acted as co-legislator with the [[European Commission]] for the first time while drafting the new financial regulation that entered into force in January 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=EP plenary signs off on new spending rules |author=Gaspard Sebag |url=http://www.europolitics.info//institutions/ep-plenary-signs-off-on-new-spending-rules-art344336-39.html |newspaper=Europolitics |date=October 23, 2012 |accessdate=November 27, 2012}}</ref>

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'''Memberships and Assignments<ref name=Europarl/>''''

====2004====
*Member of the [[Committee on Budgets]]
*Member of the [[Committee on Budgets]]
*Member of the [[Committee on Budgetary Control]]
*Member of the [[Committee on Budgetary Control]]


====2007====
'''2007'''
*[[Chief Whip]] of the CDU/[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]] Delegation in the European Parliament
*[[Chief Whip]] of the CDU/[[Christian Social Union of Bavaria|CSU]] Delegation in the European Parliament
*Coordinator of the EPP group in the Committee on Budgetary Control
*Coordinator of the EPP group in the Committee on Budgetary Control


====2009====
'''2009'''
*Substitute Member of the Delegation to the [[Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly]]
*Substitute Member of the Delegation to the [[Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly]]
*Substitute Member of the [[Committee on Employment and Social Affairs]]
*Substitute Member of the [[Committee on Employment and Social Affairs]]
*Substitute Member of the Delegation for Relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo
*Substitute Member of the Delegation for Relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo


====2014====
'''2014'''
* Chairperson of the [[Committee on Budgetary Control]]
* Chairperson of the [[Committee on Budgetary Control]]
* Member of the Conference of Committee Chairs
* Member of the Conference of Committee Chairs
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* Member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
* Member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
* Substitute Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
* Substitute Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

During her time on the Committee on Budgetary Control, Gräßle led fact-finding missions to [[Hungary]] in 2011 and 2017 to visit multiple controversial EU-funded projects.<ref>Lily Bayer (19 September 2017), [https://www.politico.eu/article/val-volgyi-hungary-train-big-trouble-over-little-train/ In Hungary, big trouble over little train] ''[[Politico Europe]]''.</ref>

Before the 2019 election, Gräßle was listed as number 5 on the local election list by the CDU Baden-Würtemberg. This fifth place made her the first woman on the list. The local CDU could only win four seats, and so all were taken by men. In an interview she spoke of an "old boys" network in the party with no interest in change. In the same interview, she also criticized the fact that there were no MEPs for the CDU of immigrant background.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-presented-by-google-time-to-say-goodbye-team-france-fizzles-blondes-have-more-fun/|title=POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Time to say goodbye — Team France fizzles — Blondes have more fun|first=Florian|last=Eder|date=10 June 2019|website=POLITICO|access-date=13 June 2019}}</ref>

Gräßle was not re-elected in the [[European Parliament election, 2019|2019 elections]].

===Career in national politics===
In September 2020, Gräßle announced that she would run for a parliamentary seat in the [[2021 German federal election|2021 national elections]].<ref>Michael Brendel (25 September 2020), [https://www.hz.de/meinort/heidenheim/ehemalige-europaabgeordnete-inge-graessle-_cdu_-will-in-den-bundestag-51790234.html Ehemalige Europaabgeordnete: Inge Gräßle (CDU) will in den Bundestag] ''Heidenheimer Zeitung''.</ref>

In the negotiations to form a [[coalition government]] under the leadership of [[List of Ministers-President of Baden-Württemberg|Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg]] [[Winfried Kretschmann]] following the [[2021 Baden-Württemberg state election|2021 state elections]], Gräßle was a member of the working group on public finances, co-chaired by [[Edith Sitzmann]] and Stefanie Bürkle.<ref>[https://www.gruene-bw.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/210413_Verhandlungsgruppen_KoaV_GrueneBW.pdf Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen] Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of 13 April 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.cdu-bw.de/data/documents/2021/04/13/223-6075c36cb9627.pdf Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen] CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of 13 April 2021.</ref>

Since her election to the German [[Bundestag]] in 2021, Gräßle has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.<ref>[https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/G/graessle_ingeborg-860112 Ingeborg Gräßle] [[Bundestag]].</ref>

==Political positions==
Ahead of the Christian Democrats' [[2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election|leadership election]] in 2018, Gräßle publicly endorsed [[Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer]] to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.<ref>Karin Fuchs (5 December 2018), [https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/heidenheim/cdu-parteivorsitz_-so-stimmen-graessle-und-kiesewetter-ab-28531466.html CDU-Parteivorsitz: So stimmen Gräßle und Kiesewetter ab] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215174515/https://www.swp.de/suedwesten/staedte/heidenheim/cdu-parteivorsitz_-so-stimmen-graessle-und-kiesewetter-ab-28531466.html |date=15 December 2018 }} ''[[Südwest Presse]]''.</ref>

==Controversy==
In December 2017, the [[European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs|Committee on Legal Affairs]] decided to waive Gräßle's immunity after she caused a car accident in which a person suffered a shoulder injury.<ref>[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A8-2017-0397+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ingeborg Gräßle, 8 December 2017 (2017/2220(IMM))] [[European Parliament]].</ref>


==Recognition==
==Recognition==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.inge-graessle.eu/ Personal Website] ''Dr. Gräßle's official website ''
*[http://www.inge-graessle.eu/ Personal Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103125436/http://www.inge-graessle.eu/ |date=3 January 2013 }} Dr. Gräßle's official website
*[http://www.eppgroup.eu/members/en/ShowMember.asp?pers_id=28220/ Member Details] ''[[European People's Party]] profile''
*[http://www.eppgroup.eu/members/en/ShowMember.asp?pers_id=28220/ Member Details]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [[European People's Party]] profile
*[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28220/INGEBORG_GRASSLE.html/ MEP Dr. Inge Gräßle] ''[[European Parliament|European Parliament's]] profile
*[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28220/INGEBORG_GRASSLE.html/ MEP Dr. Inge Gräßle] [[European Parliament]]'s profile
*[http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/stubborn-reformer/69266.aspx/ "Stubborn Reformer"] ''[[European Voice]] biographical article''
*[http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/stubborn-reformer/69266.aspx/ "Stubborn Reformer"] [[European Voice]] biographical article
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17533663/ EU offices around the world 'left empty for months'] ''[[BBC News]]''
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17533663/ EU offices around the world 'left empty for months'] [[BBC News]]
*[https://www.facebook.com/inge.graessle/ Dr. Inge Gräßle's Facebook page] ''[[Facebook.com]]''
*[https://www.facebook.com/inge.graessle/ Dr. Inge Gräßle's Facebook page] [[Facebook]].com
*{{Twitter}}
*{{Twitter}}


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Latest revision as of 03:15, 7 September 2024

Commonly used alternative spellings "Grässle", "Graessle", and "Grassle" redirect here.
Ingeborg Gräßle
MEP
Chair of the European Parliament Budgetary Control Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 July 2014
Preceded byLuigi de Magistris
Member of the European Parliament
In office
13 June 2004 – 2019
ConstituencyGermany
Personal details
Born
Ingeborg Helen Gräßle

(1961-03-02) 2 March 1961 (age 63)
Heidenheim, West Germany
Political party German:
Christian Democratic Union
 EU:
European People's Party
Alma mater
WebsiteOfficial website

Ingeborg Helen Gräßle (born 2 March 1961) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a member of the German Bundestag since the 2021 elections, representing the Backnang – Schwäbisch Gmünd district. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019, where chaired of the Budgetary Control Committee.

As the co-rapporteur for the revision of the financial regulation, approved in the plenary in October 2012, Gräßle was instrumental in the negotiation of a compromise between the European Institutions.[1] Gräßle is well known within the EU as a strong proponent of increased transparency and accountability for the Institutions.[2]

Early life and education

[edit]

Gräßle was born in 1961 in the town of Großkuchen, located in the Heidenheim district of Baden-Württemberg,[3] Germany, where she attended elementary school until 1971. She attended high school at Hellenstein-Gymnasium Heidenheim until 1980, after which she completed a two-year internship with Augsburger Allgemeine, where she subsequently worked as an editor from 1982 to 1984.

After leaving editorial work in 1984, Gräßle enrolled at the University of Stuttgart, where she earned a master's degree in romance languages, history, and political science in 1989. She spent a year studying at the Institut d'études politiques in Paris, France, and in 1990, she took a job as the Director of Public Relations for Konrad-Adenauer-Haus (the German national headquarters for the Christian Democratic Union) in Bonn, Germany.

In 1994 Gräßle earned her PhD in political science from the Free University of Berlin. Her dissertation, the "Der europäische Fernseh-Kulturkanal ARTE : deutsch-französische Medienpolitik zwischen europäischem Anspruch und nationaler Wirklichkeit", examined the Franco-German television network, ARTE and explored the relationship between European standards and national realities.[4]

Political career

[edit]

Beginnings

[edit]

From 1995 to 1996 Gräßle was the spokeswoman for Rüsselsheim am Main, the largest town in the Groß-Gerau district of the Rhein-Main region. In 1996 Gräßle was elected to the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg where she served until 2004 when she was elected to the European Parliament.

Since 1999, Gräßle has served as the Vice-Chair of the CDU Women's Union of Baden-Württemberg, a member of the Heidenheim District Council, and a member of the CDU Bureau in Baden-Württemberg. In 2001 she was appointed as the Deputy District Chair of the CDU in Northern Baden-Württemberg, and the District Chair of the CDU in Heidenheim.

Gräßle was a CDU delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in May 2004.

Member of the European Parliament, 2004-2019

[edit]

Gräßle was elected to the European Parliament and began her first term on 20 August 2004. She was re-elected in 2009 and 2014.

Gräßle acted as the co-rapporteur, along with Crescenzio Rivellini, and lead parliamentary negotiator on legislation which created a new set of rules that govern the implementation of EU funds, known commonly as the financial regulation;[2][5] the European Parliament acted as co-legislator with the European Commission for the first time while drafting the new financial regulation that entered into force in January 2013.[6]

2004[3]

2007

  • Chief Whip of the CDU/CSU Delegation in the European Parliament
  • Coordinator of the EPP group in the Committee on Budgetary Control

2009

2014

  • Chairperson of the Committee on Budgetary Control
  • Member of the Conference of Committee Chairs
  • Member of the Committee on Budgets
  • Member of the Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
  • Substitute Member of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

During her time on the Committee on Budgetary Control, Gräßle led fact-finding missions to Hungary in 2011 and 2017 to visit multiple controversial EU-funded projects.[7]

Before the 2019 election, Gräßle was listed as number 5 on the local election list by the CDU Baden-Würtemberg. This fifth place made her the first woman on the list. The local CDU could only win four seats, and so all were taken by men. In an interview she spoke of an "old boys" network in the party with no interest in change. In the same interview, she also criticized the fact that there were no MEPs for the CDU of immigrant background.[8]

Gräßle was not re-elected in the 2019 elections.

Career in national politics

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In September 2020, Gräßle announced that she would run for a parliamentary seat in the 2021 national elections.[9]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann following the 2021 state elections, Gräßle was a member of the working group on public finances, co-chaired by Edith Sitzmann and Stefanie Bürkle.[10][11]

Since her election to the German Bundestag in 2021, Gräßle has been serving on the Committee on Education, Research and Technology Assessment.[12]

Political positions

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Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election in 2018, Gräßle publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.[13]

Controversy

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In December 2017, the Committee on Legal Affairs decided to waive Gräßle's immunity after she caused a car accident in which a person suffered a shoulder injury.[14]

Recognition

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  • 2013 – Taxpayers Prize of the Tax Payers' Association of Europe (jointly with Michel Barnier)

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Toby Vogel (25 June 2012). "EU agrees changes to spending rules". European Voice. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b Constant Brand (28 October 2012). "Stubborn reformer". European Voice. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b "European Parliament/MEPs". Europarl.Europa.eu. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Der europäische Fernseh-Kulturkanal ARTE : deutsch-französische Medienpolitik zwischen europäischem Anspruch und nationaler Wirklichkeit / Inge Grässle". Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Financial Regulation and Rules of Application". ec.europa.eu. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  6. ^ Gaspard Sebag (23 October 2012). "EP plenary signs off on new spending rules". Europolitics. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  7. ^ Lily Bayer (19 September 2017), In Hungary, big trouble over little train Politico Europe.
  8. ^ Eder, Florian (10 June 2019). "POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Time to say goodbye — Team France fizzles — Blondes have more fun". POLITICO. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  9. ^ Michael Brendel (25 September 2020), Ehemalige Europaabgeordnete: Inge Gräßle (CDU) will in den Bundestag Heidenheimer Zeitung.
  10. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Baden-Württemberg, press release of 13 April 2021.
  11. ^ Koalitionsverhandlungen: Arbeitsgruppen CDU Baden-Württemberg, press release of 13 April 2021.
  12. ^ Ingeborg Gräßle Bundestag.
  13. ^ Karin Fuchs (5 December 2018), CDU-Parteivorsitz: So stimmen Gräßle und Kiesewetter ab Archived 15 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine Südwest Presse.
  14. ^ Report on the request for waiver of the immunity of Ingeborg Gräßle, 8 December 2017 (2017/2220(IMM)) European Parliament.
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