Bernd Lange

Hanover

Bernd Lange has been a Member of European Parliament (MEP) for the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 2009. Since 2014 he is chairman of the Trade Committee. He had already been an MEP from 1994-2004.

Articles

Interviews | 19.01.2026

‘Europe is not powerless’

Bernd Lange, Chair of the EU Trade Committee, on Trump’s tariff threat — and what countermeasures Europe has at its disposal

Economy and ecology | 14.01.2026

Strength in partnership

The EU–Mercosur deal is more than a trade agreement. It is a commitment to rules-based cooperation in an increasingly unstable world

Interviews | 27.01.2021

'First time China has accepted any regulation on workers’ rights'

Is the EU-China investment deal a success story? An interview with European Parliament trade negotiator Bernd Lange

Interviews | 24.03.2020

'Ensure that our consumption respects human rights'

The EU wants to ensure that importers of conflict minerals uphold human rights. Bernd Lange MEP on the new regulation

Europe | 02.10.2019

Free trade is dead

Long live free trade? Only if we can make globalisation socially just and environmentally sustainable in the future

Foreign and security policy | 05.03.2019

EU-Mercosur: the Bolsonaro factor

If Bolsonaro withdraws from the Paris Agreement, the European Parliament should reject free trade with Mercosur