Career
- 1980-1990: Chairman of the Cochem SPD
- 1988-2000: Chairman of the Cochem-Zell Subdistrict SPD
- Member of the SPD District Executive
- since 2003: Chairman of the Rheinland-Pfalz SPD Party Council
- 1979-1996: Member of the Cochem Municipal Council
- 1984-2000: District Councillor
- 1991-1994: Member of the Bundestag
- since 1994: Member of the European Parliament
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