Daniel Caspary

Daniel Caspary (born 4 April 1976) is a German politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2004. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), part of the European People's Party (EPP).Caspary was elected chairman of the German CDU/CSU-delegation in the European Parliament in July 2017. He has been deputy-chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in his home-state of Baden-Württemberg since September 2017. The non-governmental organization VoteWatch named Caspary the second-most influential MEP in EU trade policy in November 2016. In March 2017, Politico ranked Caspary as 25th most influential MEP out of all 751 members of the European Parliament.