Education
University of Marburg. University of Paris-Sud. University of Münster.
University of Marburg. University of Paris-Sud. University of Münster.
Barley holds a doctoral degree in law and worked as a lawyer, an assistant to constitutional judge Renate Jaeger, a judge and as an adviser for the Rhineland-Palatinate State Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection before being elected to Parliament in 2013. In her parliamentary work, Barley represents the constituency of Trier for Germany"s Social Democratic Party. In 2014, she was appointed to serve on the Committee on the Election of Judges (Wahlausschuss), which is in charge of appointing judges to the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
In 2015 Barley was proposed to succeed Yasmin Fahimi in the role of general secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, one of the party"s most senior positions.
Ver.di, Member.
Barley is a member of the parliament’s Council of Elders, which – among other duties – determines daily legislative agenda items and assigning committee chairpersons based on party representation.
Committee for the Scrutiny of Elections, Immunity and the Rules of Procedure. Committee on the Affairs of the European Union. Council of Elders; European Union Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag]
She is also a member of the parliamentary body in charge of appointing judges to the Highest Courts of Justice, namely the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH), the Federal Labour Court (BAG), and the Federal Social Court (BSG).
In addition, she is a member of the German-British Parliamentary Friendship Group.
In 2014, Barley served as a member of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union. Institute for European Politics (IEP), Member of the Board of Trustees
Wilhelm Dröscher Prize, Member of the Board of Trustees.