European integration

In August 2011, Bosbach became the first senior CDU MP to say he would not vote for legal changes to allow the European Financial Stability Facility to buy sovereign bonds on the market.^[5] He later criticized the permanent rescue mechanism – called European Stability Mechanism – was a step toward a European transfer union.^[6] In 2012, he told German business magazine Wirtschaftswoche that Greece should leave the euro region to overhaul its economy.^[7]

On 27 February 2015 Bosbach voted against the Merkel government's proposal for a four-month extension of Greece's bailout; in doing so, he joined a record number of 29 dissenters from the CDU/CSU parliamentary group who expressed skepticism about whether the Greek government under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras could be trusted to deliver on its reform pledges.^[8] On 17 July he voted against the government's proposal to negotiate a third bailout for Greece;^[9] in response to the resulting discussions with fellow conservative MPs, he resigned from his office as Chairman of the Committee on Internal Affairs.

Domestic politics

In 2013, Bosbach rejected calls to grant Muslims living in Germany two days of official holiday a year to mark important religious festivals, saying there was "no Islamic tradition in Germany" and that religious holidays here reflected the country's Christian heritage.^[10]

Corporate boards

• 1. FC Köln, Member of the Advisory Board
• Deutsche Telekom, Member of the Data Privacy Advisory Board
• Signal Iduna Allgemeine Versicherung, Member of the Supervisory Board
• Securitas Deutschland, Member of the Supervisory Board (1998–2002)

Non-profit organizations

• Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie, Member
• Rotary International, Member
• ZDF, Member of the Television Board
• 1. FC Köln, Member of the Advisory Board (-2019)^[11]
• Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future", Member of the Board of Trustees (2000–2006)
• Ursula Lübbe Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees (2005–2009)