Philipp Mißfelder
Encyclopedia
Philipp Mißfelder is a German
politician. He is chairman of the Junge Union
, the youth organization of the CDU
, and a member of the Bundestag
, where he acts as Foreign Policy Spokesman for the Fraction of the Christian Democrats. He became known in 2003, "I take no stock in 85-year-old people getting hip replacements paid by social welfare". He also caused controversy in February 2009 after asserting in an interview that a social welfare increase would essentially be a subsidy to the cigarette and liquor industry.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
politician. He is chairman of the Junge Union
Junge Union
The Junge Union Deutschlands or JU is the jointyouth organisation of the two conservative German political parties CDU and CSU...
, the youth organization of the CDU
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...
, and a member of the Bundestag
Bundestag
The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...
, where he acts as Foreign Policy Spokesman for the Fraction of the Christian Democrats. He became known in 2003, "I take no stock in 85-year-old people getting hip replacements paid by social welfare". He also caused controversy in February 2009 after asserting in an interview that a social welfare increase would essentially be a subsidy to the cigarette and liquor industry.