Hiltrud Breyer

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Hiltrud Breyer
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Hiltrud Breyer in 2014
Member of the European Parliament
In office
19892009
Personal details
Born (1957-08-22) 22 August 1957 (age 66)
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.

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

Education

Career

Controversy

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.

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References

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