Career in state politics From 2011 until 2018, Schnieder served as Secretary General of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate, under the leadership of chairwoman
Julia Klöckner. During his time in office, he managed the party's campaign for the
2016 state elections.
Member of the German Parliament, 2009–present Schnieder first became a member of the Bundestag after the
2009 German federal election. In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Verification of Credentials and Immunities and the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure. In addition to his committee assignments, Schnieder has been chairing the German Parliamentary Friendship Group with Belgium and Luxembourg since 2014. He is also part of the German-Italian Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group. Since 2019, he has been a member of the German delegation to the
Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly. Within the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, Schnieder has been leading the group of CDU parliamentarians from Rhineland-Palatinate since the
2017 elections. In the negotiations to form a
coalition government under the leadership of
Chancellor Angela Merkel following the elections, he was part of the working group on transport and infrastructure, led by
Michael Kretschmer,
Alexander Dobrindt and
Sören Bartol. == Other activities ==