Arne Gericke
Arne Gericke is a German politician who was formerly a Member of the European Parliament. Elected for the Family Party of Germany in the 2014 [European Parliament election|2014 election], he left in 2017 to join the Free Voters. After 15 months with the Free Voters, he left to join the minor conservative Christian party Alliance C – [Christians for Germany|Bündnis C].
At the European level, while he was a member of the Free voters he was also technically a member of the European [Democratic Party], however he has always remained affiliated with the European Christian Political Movement and sat with the European [Conservatives and Reformists Group|European Conservatives and Reformists] group in the European Parliament.
He lost his seat in the 2019 [European Parliament election in Germany|2019 European Parliament election] after Bündnis C failed to win enough votes to entitle them to a seat.
In 2012 Gericke was awarded the Mestemacher Bakery prize for Father of the Year, given to men who are model fathers.