Positions in The European Parliament
- Member since 1980
- Member of the fraction of the European Peoples Party and European Democrats (member of the board of directors)
- Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (1999–2007, again since 2012)
- Substitute member of the Subcommittees on Security and Defence (SEDE) and Constitutional Affairs (AFCO)
- Co-Chair of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue
- Member of the EP-Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
- Substitute Member of the delegation for the relations with the United States
- Substitute member of the EP-Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
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