Matthias Gastel
Matthias Gastel | |
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 Gastel in 2020 | |
| Member of theBundestag | |
| Assumed office 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1970 Stuttgart |
| Nationality | German |
| Political party | Alliance 90/The Greens– Greens |
Matthias Gastel(born 26 December 1970,Stuttgart) is a German politician ofAlliance 90/The Greenswho has been serving as a member of theBundestagsince 2013.
Early life and education
[edit]Gastel initially completed a commercial apprenticeship and did his civil service in a youth welfare facility with a special school. He completed a one-year vocational training in geriatric care. Finally, he studied social pedagogy inReutlingenand later part-time business administration in the form of a correspondence course.
For ten years, Gastel worked in in-patient youth welfare (home education) until he initially became self-employed as a personnel service provider in 2006. After his business was continued by another company, he became self-employed again in the field of business mediation. He also works as a practical teacher in the training of educators.[1]
Political career
[edit]Gastel joined the Green Party (now Alliance 90/The Greens –Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) in 1989. From 1994 to 2014, he was a member of theFilderstadtmunicipal council and served as parliamentary group chairman of the Greens there. From 1999 to 2014, he was also a member of the district council inEsslingen.In the2011 Baden-Württemberg state election,he ran as the second candidate ofWinfried Kretschmann,who was elected Minister President.[2]
In the2013 federal election,Gastel ran in the electoral district ofNürtingenand entered the German Bundestag via the state list,[3]as well as in the2017 federal election.[4]At the 2017 party conference in Berlin, he got into a dispute with Kretschmann over the goal of allowing only zero-emission cars from 2030. A video of the dispute was circulated on the internet.[5]
In parliament, Gastel has been serving on the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure, where he is his parliamentary group's spokesperson on railways. In addition, he is a substitute member of the Committee on Tourism and the Committee on Food and Agriculture.[6]Matthias Gastel is committed to the introduction of theDeutschlandtakt.
In the negotiations to form a so-calledtraffic light coalitionof theSocial Democratic Party(SPD), the Green Party and theFree Democratic Party(FDP) following the2021 German elections,Gastel was part of his party's delegation in the working group on mobility, co-chaired byAnke Rehlinger,Anton HofreiterandOliver Luksic.[7]
Stuttgart 21
[edit]As part of the protests against theStuttgart 21rail project, Gastel co-founded the "Ja zum Ausstieg aus Stuttgart 21" alliance in Filderstadt[8]and is considered one of the most prominent critics, especially of the reduction from 16 tracks of the terminus station to eight tracks in the new underground station.[9]Contrary to the railroads, Gastel advocates a longer preservation of the inner-city inclined section of the Gäubahn until its continuous connection to the airport station has been ensured.[10]
In addition to the expansion of the Gäubahn, Gastel also advocates the ring connection of theS-BahnbetweenBöblingenandKirchheim unter Teck.
Other activities
[edit]- DB Netz,Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2022)
- Federal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway(BNetzA), Member of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory Council[11]
- Greenpeace,Member
References
[edit]- ^"Infos zur Person: Matthias Gastel: Grüne im Bundestag".Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen(in German).RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^"Aus Erfahrung Grün | Winfried Kretschmann".gruene-bw.de(in German).RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^"Schwerpunkt Verkehr – Datenschutz – Teckbote".teckbote.de(in German).RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^"Vier Abgeordnete für den Wahlkreis Nürtingen – Kirchheim – Teckbote".teckbote.de(in German). Der Teckbote. September 25, 2017.RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^Grachtrup, Bettina (June 23, 2017)."Kretschmanns Wutrede über die Grünen".HAZ – Hannoversche Allgemeine(in German). Hannoversche Allgemeine.RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^"Deutscher Bundestag – Matthias Gastel".Deutscher Bundestag(in German).RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^Britt-Marie Lakämper (October 21, 2021),SPD, Grüne, FDP: Diese Politiker verhandeln die Ampel-KoalitionWestdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
- ^"Auf dem Weg nach oben: Matthias Gastel vor seiner Fotovoltaik-Anlage. Alle Kandidaten des Wahlkreises Nürtingen zeigen wir in der folgenden Fotostrecke im Überblick. – Stuttgarter Zeitung".stuttgarter-zeitung.de(in German). Stuttgarter Zeitung.RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^Schorradt, Thomas (July 3, 2019)."Grünen-Politiker Matthias Gastel über S 21: Eine Region im Verkehrsschatten".stuttgarter-nachrichten.de(in German). Stuttgarter Nachrichten.RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^Grupp, Daniel (February 16, 2019)."Verkehr: Die Gäubahn wird abgehängt".swp.de(in German). Stuttgart. Südwest Presse.RetrievedDecember 18,2020.
- ^Members of the Rail Infrastructure Advisory CouncilFederal Network Agency for Electricity, Gas, Telecommunications, Posts and Railway(BNetzA).
External links
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