Norbert Lins

Norbert Lins (born 22 December 1977) is a German politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. Since 2019, he has chaired the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), part of the European People's Party (EPP).

Education and profession He graduated from High School of Economics in Ravensburg in 1997. He then did his military service with the German Armed Forces in Sigmaringen. He was also a member of the Special Committee on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides; in 2018, he served as rapporteur for the Special Committee on the EU Pesticide Approval Process, along with Congressman Bart Staes.

In addition to his committee assignments, Lins is a member of the Parliament's delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee. He is also a substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.

Lins also supports the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development and the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.

Political positions Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Lins publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair.