Horst Schnellhardt

{{Short description|German politician (born 1946)}}

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Horst Schnellhardt (born 12 May 1946) is a German politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 until 2009, representing Saxony-Anhalt.{{cite web|title=Horst Schnellhardt stellt sich vor|url=http://www.mdr.de/mdr1-radio-sachsen-anhalt/6346285-hintergrund-6364867.html|work=Sachsen-Anhalt|access-date=25 December 2010}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

He is the author and the namesake of the "Schnellhardt compromise" aimed at the defusing of the "vodka war".{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Felicity|title=A Kremlin in the works|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/epicure/a-kremlin-in-the-works/2007/05/14/1178995034101.html|access-date=25 December 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=May 15, 2007}}