19 Facts About Rainer Wieland

Rainer Wieland is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

Rainer Wieland has been a member of the European Parliament since 1997 and one of its vice-presidents since 2009.

Since 2011, Wieland has been president of the non-partisan Europa-Union Deutschland.

Rainer Wieland studied law in Tubingen and Heidelberg and completed his legal clerkship in Stuttgart.

Rainer Wieland is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

Rainer Wieland was a member of the CDU federal party committee from 1983 to 1991, and has been a member of the executive committee of the CDU Nord-Wurttemberg since 1991.

Rainer Wieland has been chairman of the CDU Ludwigsburg since 1993.

In terms of local politics, Rainer Wieland was a member of the municipal council of the city of Gerlingen from 1984 to 1998 and the district council of Ludwigsburg County from 1994 to 1998.

Rainer Wieland has been a member of the regional assembly of the Verband Region Stuttgart since 1994.

Since 2011, Rainer Wieland is President of Europa-Union Deutschland.

Complementary to his parliamentary work, Rainer Wieland is a member of the non-partisan UEF Parliamentary Group European Parliament.

From 2008 to 2011, Rainer Wieland was vice president of the European Movement International.

Rainer Wieland belongs since 1997 as a Member of the European Parliament of the CDU to the Group of the European People's Party, which represents the largest group in the European Parliament.

Rainer Wieland is a member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs and the Committee on Budgets.

Rainer Wieland is a deputy in the Committee on Petitions and in the delegation for relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.

Rainer Wieland is chairman of the regional group of CDU deputies from Baden-Wurttemberg in the European Parliament and a member of the EPP Group's executive committee.

In January 2022, Rainer Wieland came under criticism when it became known that he had his workplace converted for almost 630,000 euros, according to an overview of the parliamentary administration.

Since 2009 Rainer Wieland has been one of the 14 Vice Presidents of the European Parliament, with special responsibility for buildings, budget, transport, environment-conscious Parliament, European Political Parties as well as relations with the French, Belgian and Luxembourg authorities on the seat and places of work of the Parliament.

Rainer Wieland is a member of several local associations in his home country.