Christine Schneider

Christine Schneider MEP
Member of the European Parliament for Germany
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2019
Personal details
Born	(1972-06-05) 5 June 1972 Landau, West Germany
Political party	German: Christian Democratic Union EU: European People's Party

Christine Schneider (born 5 June 1972) is a German carpenter and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Political career

From 1996 to 2019, Schneider served as a member of the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. In that capacity, she chaired the Committee on Agriculture from 2006 until 2016 and served as deputy chairwoman of her parliamentary group from 2016 until 2019, under the leadership of chairman Christian Baldauf.

Schneider has been a Member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European elections. She has since been serving on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality. In addition to her committee assignments, she is part of the Parliament's delegation for relations with South Africa.

Other activities

• Sparkasse Südliche Weinstraße, Member of the Supervisory Board