Member of the European Parliament, 1999–2018 Turmes was elected as a member of the
European Parliament in the
1999 European elections. In parliament, he first served on the
Committee on Budgetary Control before joining the
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy in 2002. In this capacity, he served as
rapporteur on the 2008 draft of the
EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC and on the
EU Energy Efficiency Directive 2012. Between 2007 and 2008, he was a member of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change. He also represented the Parliament at the
2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Poznań, and the
2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference in
Marrakesh. In 2011, Turmes was part of a cross-party working group headed by
Jerzy Buzek, the
President of the European Parliament, to draft reforms on lobbying and MEPs’ rules of conduct. In addition to his committee assignments, Turmes was a member of the
European Parliament Intergroup on LGBT Rights and of the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals.
Career in national politics Turmes became Secretary of State for Sustainable Development and Infrastructures for the Luxembourg government in June 2018, and served as Minister for Energy and Minister for Spatial Planning from 5 December 2018 until 2023. ==Other activities==