Birgit Sippel

Birgit Sippel
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
Assumed office
2009
(7 years, 146 days)
Personal details
Born (1960-01-29) 29 January 1960
Bochum, Germany
Political party  German:
Social Democratic Party
 EU:
Party of European Socialists

Birgit Sippel (born in Bochum (Germany) on 29 January 1960) is a German politician and has been Member of the European Parliament since 2009, representing the constituency of Südwestfalen in the south of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.[1] She is member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), which belongs to the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and to the Party of European Socialists (PES) at European level.[2]

Political career

Beginnings

In 1982, Sippel joined the Socialist Youth of Germany "Die Falken", belonging to the International Falcon Movement, and was engaged up to the district level. That same year, she also joined the Social-Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and was soon involved in the local party branch in Neheim. In 1983, she also joined the German Industrial Union of Metalworkers (IG Metall), in which she served i. a. as employee representative.[3] From 1994 to 2004, she served as member of the city council of Arnsberg for the SPD.

Apart from her commitment at local level, Sippel was member of the SPD's National Council from 1996 to 2010 and, since 2010, has been member of the party's council and presidium in the federal state of North Rhine-Westfalia.[4]

Member of the European Parliament, 2009–present

In the European Parliament, Sippel has been a full member in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), in which she has taken over the office of coordinator of the S&D Group after her re-election in 2014.[5] Furthermore, she is a substitute member in the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), member of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries, as well as a member of the EP Intergroup on LGBTI Rights.[6]

On the LIBE committee, Sippel has been involved in diverse topics, touching upon questions of privacy and data protection (e.g. Terrorist Finance Tracking Program, Passenger Name Record data (PNR)) but also upon issues like the EU asylum policy, migration and the Schengen area. Moreover, she has been involved in the advancement of police and judicial cooperation at EU level (Area of Freedom, Security and Justice), e.g. by supporting the adoption of several directives on procedural safeguards. EMPL topics such as public procurement, the Working Time Directive or the Posted Workers Directive have made up additional parts of her daily work.[7]

Other activities

References

  1. ↑ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96932/BIRGIT_SIPPEL_home.html
  2. ↑ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96932/BIRGIT_SIPPEL_home.html
  3. ↑ http://www.igmetall.de/die-metallerin-bigit-sippel-im-europaparlament-13053.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.birgitsippel.de/db/docs/doc_47689_2013107215453.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/coordinators?title=&name_list=All&shs_term_node_tid_depth=All&sort_bef_combine=field_mep_group_role_value%20ASC&sort_order=ASC&sort_by=field_mep_group_role_value&page=1
  6. ↑ http://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/meps/sippel-birgit-0
  7. ↑ http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96932/BIRGIT_SIPPEL_activities.html

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