Lissy Gröner Explained

Lissy Gröner
Honorific-Suffix:MEP
Party:Social Democratic Party of Germany
Constituency Mp:Germany
Parliament:European
Term Start:1989
Term End:2009
Birth Date:31 May 1954
Birth Place:Langenfeld, West Germany
Nationality:German
Spouse:Sabine Gillessen (2005–2019)

Liselotte Carola Gröner (31 May 1954 – 9 September 2019[1]) was a German politician and, from 1989 to 2009, was a Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party of Germany, part of the Socialist Group. She sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

She was a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, substitute for the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

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Gröner was a lesbian and was married to Sabine Gillessen. The couple married in Belgium in September 2005, with Gröner announcing, "There is no discrimination of same-sex couples in Belgium by law. And this is the signal we want to give to the people in Europe, to send the message out: it's possible to honor the love of same-sex people by law".[2]

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  1. Web site: Tod von Lissy Gröner löst in Neustadt Trauer aus . 10 September 2019 . German . 10 September 2019.
  2. Web site: German MEP marries lesbian partner in Brussels. 10 September 2005. euronews.com. 11 September 2019.