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Peter Gauweiler (born June 22, 1949 in Munich, Bavaria) is a German politician, and a member of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) formerly in the German Bundestag, where he represented Munich South and served as deputy leader of the CSU. He resigned his parliamentary seat and leadership post in 2015 at age 65. Gauweiler is considered a Euro-sceptic and made a name with partly successful constitutional complaints against the euro bailout fund and the Lisbon Treaty.〔Nancy Waldmann (February 27, 2013), (Dispute over Europe: “A Homeland is Not a Piece of Earth” ) Goethe Institute, Prague.〕 ==Political career== Gauweiler joined the CSU in 1968 and has been an elected politician since 1972, first in the Munich City Council, later in the Bavarian state parliament.〔Nancy Waldmann (February 27, 2013), (Dispute over Europe: “A Homeland is Not a Piece of Earth” ) Goethe Institute, Prague.〕 In 1987, during Gauweiler’s time as secretary of state in the State Interior Ministry, Bavaria put into effect some of the stiffest AIDS regulations ordered anywhere in the world, including mandatory blood tests for prostitutes, drug addicts, prison inmates, applicants for civil-service jobs and some foreigners seeking residence in Bavaria.〔Serge Schmemann (July 12, 1987), (A German Controversy: What To Do? Bavaria Has Some Strict Ideas ) ''New York Times''.〕 From 1990 to 1994, Gauweiler was Bavarian State Minister for Regional Development and Environment. Most notably during that time, he demanded that the Party of Democratic Socialism and the German Communist Party be outlawed after German reunification.〔John O. Koehler, (Stasi - The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police ) ''New York Times''.〕 From 2006, Gauweiler served as a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Foreign Cultural and Educational Policies of the German Bundestag. In 2009, he accompanied German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on what was the first visit to Iraq by a German foreign minister in 22 years.〔Ralf Beste (February 17, 2009), (Foreign Minister in Baghdad: Visit to Iraq Underscores Germany's Shift in Policy ) ''Spiegel Online''.〕 Along with fellow lawmakers Günter Gloser, Monika Grütters, Luc Jochimsen and Claudia Roth, Gauweiler traveled to Iran in 2010 to meet with Ali Larijani, Manouchehr Mottaki and others; the trip was heavily criticized by international human rights organizations.〔Benjamin Weinthal (November 16, 2010), (That Treasured German-Iranian Friendship ) ''Wall Street Journal''.〕 In 2012, he argued that the German government's gold reserves held in the United States should be repatriated.〔Stephen Beard (November 16, 2012), (Tracking down Germany's gold ) ''Deutsche Welle''.〕 Following the 2009 federal elections, Gauweiler was part of the CDU/CSU team in the negotiations with the FDP on a coalition agreement; he joined the working group on foreign affairs, defense and development policy, led by Franz Josef Jung and Werner Hoyer. Similarly, he participated in the negotiations on forming a so-called Grand Coalition with the SPD following the 2013 federal elections. In November 2013, Gauweiler was elected deputy chairman of the CSU,〔(Peter Gauweiler: Vom Außenseiter zur CSU-Parteispitze ) Augsburger Allgemeine, November 13, 2013.〕 in what was widely considered a move to appease the eurosceptic elements within his party.〔Mehreen Khan (March 31, 2015), (Angela Merkel faces euro rebellion as senior official resigns over Greek bail-out support ) ''The Daily Telegraph''.〕 He resigned the post and his seat in the Bundestag on March 31, 2015 about three months before his 65th birthday; he had previously been strongly criticized by CSU leader Horst Seehofer for voting against the extension of financial aid for Greece.〔Thorsten Severin (March 31, 2015), (German conservative quits after refusing to back Greek aid extension ) ''Reuters''.〕 After his resignation he was immediately invited to become "a top official", by one report, in the euro-skeptic Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party but he declined the invitation. The same report speculated that the resignation would cause Chancellor Angela Merkel more difficulty by removing a protector of her right political flank in the parliament.〔Delamaide, Darrell, ("Opinion: Euro-skeptic’s resignation exposes Merkel to more dissent" ), ''MarketWatch'', April 3, 2015. The article included (a ''tagesspiegel.de'' link ) to his statement, published only in German. Retrieved 2015-04-03.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Gauweiler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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