Sceptical industrialist

By Silke Wettach - 17.09.2009 / 00:00 CET

The chairman of the European Parliament's industry committee has a forthright manner, which sometimes borders on bluntness.

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Curriculum Vitae

1952: Born in Langenfeld, Germany
1975-92: Member of Leichlingen town council
1979-81: Studied pedagogy at Cologne University
1981-85: Teacher of social and educational sciences in a secondary school
1985-2004: Member of parliament in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
1991-2003: Secretary-general of the Christian Democratic Party in North Rhine-Westphalia
2004-: Member of the European Parliament
2006-09: Spokesperson on energy for the German Christian Democrats in the European Parliament
2009-: Chair of the committee for industry, research and energy