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Daniel Caspary
Daniel Caspary (born 4 April 1976) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Court of Auditors since 2026. Before that he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 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 was deputy chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in his home-state of Baden-Württemberg. 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. Since 2019, Caspary was the head of the parliamentary Delegation for relations with the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Caspary was born in Karlsruhe. Upon graduation from the Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Stutensee), Caspary served in the federal German armed forces as first lieutenant in the reserve. He studied technical economics at the University of Karlsruhe. Alongside his studies he worked as assistant to the State Minister of Agriculture in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Peter Hauk. He interned at J.P. Morgan in Frankfurt and London. After graduation in 2002, he worked at MVV Energie in Mannheim.
Between 1999 and 2002, Caspary was deputy-chairman of the Junge Union (JU) Baden-Württemberg, the youth organization of the Christian Democratic Union. From 2001 until 2008 he served as district chairman of the Junge Union in Nordbaden. Caspary has been district-chairman of the CDU Karlsruhe-Land from 2010 to 2024.
From 1999 until 2009 Caspary was a member of the city council in Stutensee.
Caspary was elected to the European Parliament in the 2004 elections, where he is a member of the European People's Party. He was a member of the committee on international trade and served as coordinator of the EPP group between 2009 and 2017. From 2015 until 2017, Caspary was the co-chair of the European People's Party trade ministers meetings alongside Jyrki Katainen, vice-president of the European Commission. From 2014 until 2017, he was chief-whip of the German CDU/CSU-delegation in the European Parliament. Caspary was elected chairman of the delegation in 2017. In this position, Caspary is an advisory member of the federal executive board of the Christian Democratic Union and member of the group bureau of the European People's Party. Furthermore, as a member of the European Parliament, he was an ex officio member of the committee on the affairs of the European Union in the German Bundestag.
Both in the sixth and seventh European Parliament, Caspary served as rapporteur on the trade agenda for Europe under the Europe 2020 strategy. Likewise, he was rapporteur on the legislative proposal on the access of third-country goods and services to the internal market of the EU in public procurement and access of EU goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries.
In November 2008, Caspary was among those members of the European Parliament who witnessed the terror attacks on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, India.
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Daniel Caspary
Daniel Caspary (born 4 April 1976) is a German politician who has been serving as a member of the European Court of Auditors since 2026. Before that he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 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 was deputy chairman of the Christian Democratic Union in his home-state of Baden-Württemberg. 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. Since 2019, Caspary was the head of the parliamentary Delegation for relations with the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Caspary was born in Karlsruhe. Upon graduation from the Thomas Mann Gymnasium (Stutensee), Caspary served in the federal German armed forces as first lieutenant in the reserve. He studied technical economics at the University of Karlsruhe. Alongside his studies he worked as assistant to the State Minister of Agriculture in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Peter Hauk. He interned at J.P. Morgan in Frankfurt and London. After graduation in 2002, he worked at MVV Energie in Mannheim.
Between 1999 and 2002, Caspary was deputy-chairman of the Junge Union (JU) Baden-Württemberg, the youth organization of the Christian Democratic Union. From 2001 until 2008 he served as district chairman of the Junge Union in Nordbaden. Caspary has been district-chairman of the CDU Karlsruhe-Land from 2010 to 2024.
From 1999 until 2009 Caspary was a member of the city council in Stutensee.
Caspary was elected to the European Parliament in the 2004 elections, where he is a member of the European People's Party. He was a member of the committee on international trade and served as coordinator of the EPP group between 2009 and 2017. From 2015 until 2017, Caspary was the co-chair of the European People's Party trade ministers meetings alongside Jyrki Katainen, vice-president of the European Commission. From 2014 until 2017, he was chief-whip of the German CDU/CSU-delegation in the European Parliament. Caspary was elected chairman of the delegation in 2017. In this position, Caspary is an advisory member of the federal executive board of the Christian Democratic Union and member of the group bureau of the European People's Party. Furthermore, as a member of the European Parliament, he was an ex officio member of the committee on the affairs of the European Union in the German Bundestag.
Both in the sixth and seventh European Parliament, Caspary served as rapporteur on the trade agenda for Europe under the Europe 2020 strategy. Likewise, he was rapporteur on the legislative proposal on the access of third-country goods and services to the internal market of the EU in public procurement and access of EU goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries.
In November 2008, Caspary was among those members of the European Parliament who witnessed the terror attacks on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai, India.