Jens Geier

Geier was elected to the European Parliament at his third attempt in 2009.^[3] From 2009 to 2019, he served on the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control. In 2012, he was the parliament’s rapporteur for that year’s report of the European Court of Auditors on the European Union’s spending.^[5] Following the 2014 European elections, he has elected Vice-Chair of the Committee on Budgets, under the leadership of chairman Jean Arthuis. In this capacity, he has served as the parliament’s rapporteur on the 2017 budget of the European Union^[6][7] and on the European Labour Authority (ELA).^[8]

In addition to his committee assignments, Geier has served as a member of the parliament's delegations for relations with the United States and Japan. He is also part of the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime),^[9] the European Parliament Intergroup on Trade Unions^[10] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Western Sahara.^[11]

Since January 2017, Geier has been serving as leader of the SPD group within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.^[12]

Following the 2019 European elections, Geier moved to the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.^[13] In this capacity, he served as the parliament's rapporteur on a non-binding 2021 motion in support of using “low-carbon hydrogen” made from fossil gas as a bridge towards 100% renewable production.^[14]

On 30 June 2021 Geier took on a godparenthood of Dzianis Urad, Belarusian political prisoner.^[15][16]

In the negotiations to form a coalition government under the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel following the 2017 federal elections, Geier was part of the SPD delegation in the working group on European policy, led by Peter Altmaier, Alexander Dobrindt and Martin Schulz.

In the negotiations to form a so-called traffic light coalition of the SPD, the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) following the 2021 federal elections, Geier was again part of his party's delegation in the working group on European affairs, this time co-chaired by Udo Bullmann, Franziska Brantner and Nicola Beer.^[17]

• Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2018)^[18]
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Alternate Member of the Broadcasting Council (since 2001)
• Karl Funke Foundation, Member of the Board
• German United Services Trade Union (ver.di), Member
• Workers’ Welfare Association (AWO), Member