Markus Buchheit

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Markus Buchheit
Member of the European Parliament
for Germany
Assumed office
2 July 2019[1][2]
Personal details
NationalityGerman
Political partyAlternative for Germany (2016-)
Christian Social Union in Bavaria (before 2016)

Markus Buchheit (born August 11, 1983 in Zweibrücken) is a German politician who is serving as an Alternative for Germany Member of the European Parliament.[3]

Buchheit grew up in

Bavarian School of Public Policy. After graduating, he worked for a Franco-German law firm in Strasbourg and Paris for a period.[4]

Buchheit was a member of the

FPÖ MEP Franz Obermayr and then as an adviser on international trade for the Europe of Nations and Freedom parliamentary group.[6] In 2016, he joined AfD and in May 2019 he was elected to the European Parliament.[7]

As an MEP, Buchheit has argued that Germany should hold a referendum on its membership of the Eurozone, arguing the single-currency has more flaws than benefits, and warned of the risks of takeovers of technological companies by non-European investors. He is in favor of common European regulations on direct investments by foreign companies in the European internal market.[8] He also calls for Germany to withdraw from Ursula von der Leyen's "Green Deal" climate policy program because he fears it will result in a "massive cutback" in European industry, especially in the automotive sector.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Key dates ahead". European Parliament. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Key dates ahead". BBC News. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Alle Gewählte in alphabetischer Reihenfolge". Der Bundeswahlleiter (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. ^ "15 bayerische Abgeordnete fürs neugewählte Europaparlament" (in German). 27 May 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  5. ^ Donaukurier.de: Für die AfD ins EU-Parlament
  6. ^ "Volt versus AfD: Tauziehen um mehr oder weniger Europa" (in German). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Alphabetisches Verzeichnis aller Gewählten - Der Bundeswahlleiter". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Eichstätt: "Der Mehrwert liegt in der Wirtschaftspolitik"" (in German). Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  9. ^ "Autolobby warnt vor Verschärfung der CO2-Ziele" (in German). Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.

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