Ingeborg Gräßle

Ingeborg Gräßle (/ɪnɡɛbɒrɡ ɡrɑːsslɛ/; born March 2, 1961) is a Member of the European Parliament (European People's Party) from Heidenheim, Germany. Gräßle is best known for her work with the European Parliament's Budgetary and Budgetary Control Committees.

As the co-rapporteur for the revision of the financial regulation, approved in the plenary in October 2012, Gräßle was instrumental in the negotiation of a compromise between the European Institutions. Gräßle is well known within the EU as an strong proponent of increased transparency and accountability for the Institutions.

Early life and education

Gräßle was born in 1961 in the town of Großkuchen, located in the Heidenheim district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, where she attended elementary school until 1971. She attended high school at Hellenstein-Gymnasium Heidenheim until 1980 after which she completed a two year internship with Augsburger Allgemeine where she subsequently worked as an editor from 1982 to 1984.

After leaving editorial work in 1984, Gräßle enrolled at the University of Stuttgart, later earning a masters degree in romance languages, history, and political science in 1989. During this time, she also spent a year studying at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, France and in 1990, she took a job as the Director of Public Relations for Konrad-Adenauer-Haus (the German national headquarters for the Christian Democratic Union) in Bonn, Germany.