Bernhard Friedmann (8 April 1932 – 18 May 2021)[1] was a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.
Friedmann was born in Ottersweier. He served as Member of Parliament (the Bundestag) from 1976 to 1990 and as member (1990–2001) and President (1996–1999) of the European Court of Auditors. He was also President of Studienzentrum Weikersheim (2005–2008).[2]
He was appointed honorary Professor of European Political Science at the University of Freiburg in 1995, and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Sibiu (Hermannstadt) in Romania in 1997. He became an honorary citizen of his hometown of Ottersweier in 2002. He received the environmental prize in 1997.
Publications[]
Einheit statt Raketen – Thesen zur Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands als Sicherheitskonzept. Busse und Seewald 1987, ISBN3-512-00826-7
Unternehmen Osteuropa – eine Herausforderung für die Europäische Gemeinschaft. Zur Notwendigkeit einer EG-Ostpolitik. Nomos 1994, ISBN3-7890-3169-0, zusammen mit Christa Randzio-Plath
Evaluierungsansätze zu ausgewählten Politikbereichen der Europäischen Union. Europa-Union Bonn 2001, ISBN3-7713-0520-9
Speaker: , Petra Kelly, Otto Schily until 3 April 1984; , , Antje Vollmer until 30./31. January 1985;
, , Christian Schmidt until 1 February 1986; , , until 18 July 1986); (8 September 1986)
Speaker: , , until 26 January 1988; , , until 30 January 1989, , Jutta Oesterle-Schwerin, Antje Vollmer until 15 January 1990; , (until 21 June 1990), Marianne Birthler (from 4 October 1990), Antje Vollmer
