Stefan Heinrich Berger (born 15 September 1969 in Mönchengladbach) is a German economist and politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Berger received his high school diploma at the Gymnasium St. Wolfhelm (Schwalmtal) in 1989 and studied economics at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz from 1989 to 1995.
In addition, he is deputy chairman of CDU Mittelstands- und Wirtschaftsvereinigung (MIT) North Rhine-Westphalia.
[3] During the term of office of Cabinet Kraft II, he was the CDU’s parliamentary counterpart to Minister of Science Svenja Schulze.
[2] Berger is member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON)[10] and of the Delegation for relations with Japan.
Berger is part of the Federal Expert Committee on European Policy (Bundesfachausschuss Europapolitik) of the CDU/CSU.
In the course of the planned launch of Facebook's digital currency Diem (formerly called Libra), Stefan Berger calls for the rapid development of a European stable coin, which could serve as a secure and stable alternative to Facebook's introduced currency.
[17] Berger is supporter of the Freundes- und Förderkreis der Jungen Union NRW e.V.