Birgit Collin-Langen

Birgit Collin-Langen MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Rhineland-Palatinate
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 March 2012
Personal details
Born	4 September 1956 Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate
Nationality	German
Political party	Christian Democratic Union

Birgit Collin-Langen (born September 4, 1956) is a German CDU politician. She served as the mayor of Bingen am Rhein from 1996 to 2012.^[1] In March 2012, she took her seat in the European Parliament for Rhineland-Palatinate in place of Kurt Lechner, who had resigned his seat due to age.^[2] On June 18, 2015, she resigned from a secondary employment as a member of an advisory committee for the energy company RWE after criticism from LobbyControl on the publication day of a study^[3] that had been published by Lobby Control in collaboration with Corporate Europe Observatory and Friends of the Earth Europe. Criticism aimed at her advocating for RWE-friendly positions in the EPCEPHFS.^[4][5]

References

1. "Verabschiedung der Oberbürgermeisterin Birgit Collin-Langen" (in German). Bingen am Rhein. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
2. "Neue deutsche MdEP: Birgit Collin-Langen" (in German). Netzwerk Europäische Bewegung Deutschland. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
3. Whose Representatives? MEPs on the industry payroll, A report by Friends of the Earth Europe, Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl. Written and researched by Rachel Tansey. Contributions from Paul de Clerck, Olivier Hoedeman and Nina Katzemich, June 2015, accessed on 22nd of June 2015
4. "Nach Kritik von LobbyControl: Birgit Collin-Langen verlässt RWE-Beirat" (in German). swr.de. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
5. "Nach Kritik verlässt Collin-Langen RWE-Beirat" (in German). LobbyControl. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

External links

• Birgit Collin-Langen official site (German)
• Birgit Collin-Langen profile at the European Parliament