Albert Dess

Albert Dess
Albert Dess; MEP
Member of the European Parliament
	In office; 20 July 2004 – 2019
Constituency	Germany
Personal details
Born	17 April 1947; Berngau, Germany
Political party	German; Christian Social Union in Bavaria; EU; European People's Party

Albert Dess (born 17 April 1947) is a German politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2004 until 2019. He is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the European People's Party.

Education and early career

1966: Agricultural college (graduated
1979: Master's in agriculture
Secondary occupation as farmer
Worked in commerce and industry
Managing director of a farming cooperative
1977: Full-time farmer/training establishment

Political career

Career in local politics

1974: District Chairman of the Junge Union
1981: Member of the CSU district executive
1984: Municipal Chairman of the CSU
District Chairman (1987), Regional Vice-Chairman (1989–1995) and Regional Chairman (1995) of the CSU Agricultural Association
1989: Member of the CSU district executive
1997: Member of the CSU Regional Executive Committee
1972-1996: Municipal Councillor, Berngau
1978: District Councillor, Neumarkt/Oberpfalz
1984-1996: Vice-Chairman of Neumarkt/Oberpfalz district council
1984-1996: Mayor of Berngau

Member of the German Parliament, 1990–2004

1992-2004: Farm policy spokesman for the CSU Regional Group in the Bundestag
1997-2004: Member of the CDU/CSU Group Executive Committee
2000-2004: Chairman of the CSU Regional Group working party for Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Environment, Transport, Building and Energy

Member of the European Parliament, 2004–2019

Dess was a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI). He was a substitute for the Committee on International Trade (INTRA), a member of the delegation for relations with Mercosur and a substitute for the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

In May 2018, Dess announced that he would not stand in the 2019 European elections but instead resign from active politics by the end of the parliamentary term.[1]

Controversy

Outside Germany, Dess is best known for trying to introduce in the European Parliament a Volkswagen-written piece of legislation that would have exempted a whole class of vehicle from pollution controls.[2] The proposal was dropped after the Volkswagen emissions violation scandal erupted and Dress has thus far refused requests to comment on his actions.

Recognition

1998: Bundesverdienstkreuz with ribbon

References

Helmut Sturm (May 27, 2018), Europa: Albert Deß tritt nicht mehr an Mittelbayerische Zeitung.
Higgins, Andrew (28 September 2015). "Volkswagen Scandal Highlights European Stalling on New Emissions Tests". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2015.

External links

Official website
Personal profile of Albert Dess in the European Parliament's database of members
Declaration (PDF) of financial interests (in German)

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[1] Helmut Sturm (May 27, 2018), Europa: Albert Deß tritt nicht mehr an Mittelbayerische Zeitung.

[NYT_EU-VW-2] Higgins, Andrew (28 September 2015). "Volkswagen Scandal Highlights European Stalling on New Emissions Tests". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 September 2015.