Axel Voss
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Axel Voss is a German
politician
and Member of the European Parliament
. He was elected on the CDU ticket and sits with the European People's Party
group.
(a German government licensing examination) specialising on European and international law
. After a traineeship at the Supreme Provincial Court of Appeal
in Koblenz
he finished his second Staatsexamen specialising on European law and international relations. From 1994 he worked as a lawyer
and was Citizens' adviser of the European Commission
at the regional Commission Representation in Bonn
. From 2000 to 2009 he taught European affairs at the RheinAhrCampus in Remagen
of the University of Applied Sciences
Koblenz
.
Axel Voss is married and has two daughters.
affiliation from 2004 to 2009. Since 2005 he is deputy district chair of the CDU in the Middle Rhine area.
In 2009 he was elected to the European Parliament. He is member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
, the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. In addition he is a substitute to the Committee on Budgets
, the Committee on Petitions
and the Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries.
Germany
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politician
Politician
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and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
. He was elected on the CDU ticket and sits with the European People's Party
European People's Party
The European People's Party is a pro-European centre-right European political party. The EPP was founded in 1976 by Christian democratic parties, but later it increased its membership to include conservative parties and parties of other centre-right perspectives.The EPP is the most influential of...
group.
Education and Private Life
From 1983 to 1990 Axel Voss studied law at the Universities of Trier, Munich, Freiburg and Paris. In 1990 he got his first StaatsexamenStaatsexamen
The ' is a German government licensing examination that future doctors, teachers, pharmacists, food chemists and jurists have to pass to be allowed to work in their profession. The examination is generally organized by government examination agencies which are under the authority of the...
(a German government licensing examination) specialising on European and international law
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...
. After a traineeship at the Supreme Provincial Court of Appeal
Appellate court
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in Koblenz
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...
he finished his second Staatsexamen specialising on European law and international relations. From 1994 he worked as a lawyer
Lawyer
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and was Citizens' adviser of the European Commission
European Commission
The European Commission is the executive body of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
at the regional Commission Representation in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
. From 2000 to 2009 he taught European affairs at the RheinAhrCampus in Remagen
Remagen
Remagen is a town in Germany in Rhineland-Palatinate, in the district of Ahrweiler. It is about a one hour drive from Cologne , just south of Bonn, the former West German capital. It is situated on the River Rhine. There is a ferry across the Rhine from Remagen every 10–15 minutes in the summer...
of the University of Applied Sciences
Fachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
Koblenz
Koblenz
Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...
.
Axel Voss is married and has two daughters.
Political career
Axel Voss is a member of the German CDU and was chair of the BonnBonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
affiliation from 2004 to 2009. Since 2005 he is deputy district chair of the CDU in the Middle Rhine area.
In 2009 he was elected to the European Parliament. He is member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
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, the Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly. In addition he is a substitute to the Committee on Budgets
Committee on Budgets
-Key Members:-External links:*...
, the Committee on Petitions
Committee on Petitions
The Committee on Petitions is a committee of the European Parliament.Petitions can also be brought forward by any EU citizen on a matter within the EU's sphere of activities. The Committee hears cases, some 1500 each year, sometimes presented by the citizen themselves at the Parliament...
and the Delegation for relations with the Mercosur countries.