Ingeborg Grässle
|
Ingeborg Gräßle MEP |
|
|---|---|
 |
|
| Chair of the European Parliament Budgetary Control Committee | |
|
Assumed office 7 July 2014 |
|
| Preceded by | Luigi de Magistris |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
|
Assumed office 13 June 2004 |
|
| Constituency | Germany |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ingeborg Helen Gräßle 2 March 1961 Heidenheim, Germany |
| Political party |
 German:Christian Democratic Union  EU:European People's Party |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | Official website |
Ingeborg Helen Gräßle (/ɪnɡɛbɒrɡ ɡrɑːsslɛ/; 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 Budgetary Control Committee. She has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2004.
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. Gräßle is well known within the EU as a strong proponent of increased transparency and accountability for the Institutions.
Gräßle was born in 1961 in the town of Großkuchen, located in the Heidenheim district of Baden-Württemberg, 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.
...
Wikipedia