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[[Image:Michaele Schreyer EC.jpg|thumb|270px|Michaele Schreyer]]
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| office = [[European Commissioner for Budget and Administration|European Commissioner for Budget]]
| president = [[Romano Prodi]]
| term_start = 1999
| term_end = 2004
| predecessor = [[Erkki Liikanen]]
| successor = [[Marcos Kyprianou]]
| office5 = State Minister for Urban Development of Berlin
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| term_start5 = 2000
| term_end5 = 2004
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| birth_place = [[Cologne]], [[West Germany]]
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'''Michaele Schreyer''' (born 9 August 1951) is a German politician of [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] who served as a [[European Commissioner]] from September 1999 to November 2004, holding the [[European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget|budget portfolio]].


==Education==
'''Michaele Schreyer''' (born [[Cologne]], 9 August 1951) was a commissioner of the [[European Commission]] from September 1999 to November 2004. She was in charge of the [[budget]] portfolio. A citizen of [[Germany]], she is member [[German Green Party]].
Schreyer wrote her doctoral thesis on tax federalism at the [[University of Cologne]].<ref>[http://www.politico.eu/article/the-make-up-of-prodis-team/ The make-up of Prodi’s team] ''[[European Voice]]'', 14 July 1999.</ref>


==Political career==
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Schreyer is co-author (with [[Lutz Mez]]) of the publication "ERENE - European Community for Renewable Energy".
From 1983 until 1987, Schreyer worked as an advisor on financial policy to the Green Party's parliamentary group in the [[Bundestag]].<ref name="auto">[http://www.politico.eu/article/mistress-of-her-brief/ Mistress of her brief] ''[[European Voice]]'', 26 April 2000.</ref>

In 1989, Schreyer was appointed State Minister for Urban Development in the government of [[Governing Mayor of Berlin|Governing Mayor]] [[Walter Momper]] of [[Berlin]].<ref name="auto"/> In the 1990 state elections, she was elected to the [[Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin]]. Between 1995 and 1997, she served as chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on Public Housing.<ref name="auto"/> In 1998, she assumed the leadership of the Green Party's parliamentary group, alongside [[Renate Künast]].<ref>[http://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-urban-cowgirl/ Germany’s urban cowgirl] ''[[European Voice]]'', 31 January 2001.</ref>

===European Commissioner, 2000–2004===
In 2000, Germany's [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Gerhard Schröder]] nominated Schreyer, alongside [[Günter Verheugen]], as one of two German members of the [[European Commission]] under President [[Romano Prodi]]. In the [[Prodi Commission]], Schreyer took on an enlarged portfolio for control of the 80 billion euro ($83.73 billion) [[budget of the European Union]].<ref>Geoff Winestock (1 September 1999), [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB936134956861359332 European Union Budget Nominee Vows to Fight Fraud, Recover Funds] ''[[Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref>

During Schreyer's time in office, the European Commission filed a high-profile civil lawsuit in the United States against [[Philip Morris International]] and [[R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]] seeking damages for what it called their involvement with organized crime in smuggling cigarettes into Europe.<ref>Suzanne Daley (7 November 2000), [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/07/us/europeans-suing-big-tobacco-in-us.html European Commission Sues Big Tobacco In US] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> By 2004, Schreyer and Philip Morris had negotiated a [[Settlement (litigation)|settlement]] under which the company agreed to pay about $1 billion over 12 years.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

==Other activities==
* [[European Youth Parliament|European Youth Parliament – Germany]], Member of the Board of Trustees<ref>[https://eyp.de/en/board-of-trustees Board of Trustees] [[European Youth Parliament|European Youth Parliament – Germany]].</ref>
* [[European Movement Germany]], Vice President
* [[Schwarzkopf Foundation]], Member of the Board<ref>[http://schwarzkopf-stiftung.de/about/vorstand/ Members of the Board] Schwarzkopf Foundation.</ref>
* [[Heinrich Böll Foundation]], Member of the Supervisory Board (2007–2014)

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Schreyer is co-author (with [[Lutz Mez]]) of the publication "ERENE – European Community for Renewable Energy".

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://ec.europa.eu/archives/commission_1999_2004/schreyer/index_en.htm Commissioner Michaele Schreyer - Member of the European Commission], web-archive of the EU Commission
* [http://ec.europa.eu/archives/commission_1999_2004/schreyer/index_en.htm Commissioner Michaele Schreyer – Member of the European Commission], web-archive of the EU Commission
* [[Hertie School of Governance]]
* [http://www.boell.de/ecology/climate/climate-energy-5543.html ERENE - European Community for Renewable Energy. A feasibility study by Michaele Schreyer and Lutz Mez. Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation]
* [http://www.boell.de/ecology/climate/climate-energy-5543.html ERENE – European Community for Renewable Energy. A feasibility study by Michaele Schreyer and Lutz Mez. Edited by the Heinrich Böll Foundation]

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Michaele Schreyer
Schreyer in 2010
European Commissioner for Budget
In office
1999–2004
PresidentRomano Prodi
Preceded byErkki Liikanen
Succeeded byMarcos Kyprianou
State Minister for Urban Development of Berlin
In office
2000–2004
Personal details
Born (1951-08-09) 9 August 1951 (age 72)
Cologne, West Germany
Alma materUniversity of Cologne

Michaele Schreyer (born 9 August 1951) is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as a European Commissioner from September 1999 to November 2004, holding the budget portfolio.

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Schreyer wrote her doctoral thesis on tax federalism at the University of Cologne.[1]

Political career

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From 1983 until 1987, Schreyer worked as an advisor on financial policy to the Green Party's parliamentary group in the Bundestag.[2]

In 1989, Schreyer was appointed State Minister for Urban Development in the government of Governing Mayor Walter Momper of Berlin.[2] In the 1990 state elections, she was elected to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. Between 1995 and 1997, she served as chairwoman of the Sub-Committee on Public Housing.[2] In 1998, she assumed the leadership of the Green Party's parliamentary group, alongside Renate Künast.[3]

European Commissioner, 2000–2004

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In 2000, Germany's Chancellor Gerhard Schröder nominated Schreyer, alongside Günter Verheugen, as one of two German members of the European Commission under President Romano Prodi. In the Prodi Commission, Schreyer took on an enlarged portfolio for control of the 80 billion euro ($83.73 billion) budget of the European Union.[4]

During Schreyer's time in office, the European Commission filed a high-profile civil lawsuit in the United States against Philip Morris International and R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company seeking damages for what it called their involvement with organized crime in smuggling cigarettes into Europe.[5] By 2004, Schreyer and Philip Morris had negotiated a settlement under which the company agreed to pay about $1 billion over 12 years.[citation needed]

Other activities

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Schreyer is co-author (with Lutz Mez) of the publication "ERENE – European Community for Renewable Energy".

References

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  1. ^ The make-up of Prodi’s team European Voice, 14 July 1999.
  2. ^ a b c Mistress of her brief European Voice, 26 April 2000.
  3. ^ Germany’s urban cowgirl European Voice, 31 January 2001.
  4. ^ Geoff Winestock (1 September 1999), European Union Budget Nominee Vows to Fight Fraud, Recover Funds Wall Street Journal.
  5. ^ Suzanne Daley (7 November 2000), European Commission Sues Big Tobacco In US New York Times.
  6. ^ Board of Trustees European Youth Parliament – Germany.
  7. ^ Members of the Board Schwarzkopf Foundation.
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