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Ulla TØRNÆS



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Constituencies

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  • Venstre, Danmarks Liberale Parti icon: DK Denmark 2014/07/01 - 2016/02/29

Groups

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  • icon: ALDE ALDE Member Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe 2014/07/01 - 2016/02/29

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Member of Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 2014/07/01 2014/07/06
Substitute of Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2014/07/01 2016/02/29
Vice-Chair of Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 2014/07/07 2016/02/29

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the United States 2014/07/14 2016/02/29
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2014/07/14 2016/02/29

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Opinion Committee Shadow 2015/2354(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Single market strategy
Responsible Committee Shadow 2015/2330(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2016
Opinion Committee Shadow 2015/2147(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Towards a digital single market act
Responsible Committee Shadow 2015/2089(INI) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Towards improved single market regulation
Responsible Committee Shadow 2015/2061(INI) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection EEA-Switzerland: obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market
Opinion Committee Shadow 2015/2007(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age
Responsible Committee Shadow 2015/0028(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Trade in seal products: conditions for placing on the market
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/2252(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/2245(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/2240(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth
Responsible Committee Shadow 2014/2238(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Green employment initiative: tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/2150(INI) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/2150(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/2145(INI) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/2145(INI) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/0268(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/0124(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work
Opinion Committee Shadow 2014/0108(COD) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Personal protective equipment
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/0390(COD) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs Seafarers
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/0285(NLE) EMPL Employment and Social Affairs International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (1995) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO): signing and/or ratification by Member States
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/0165(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
Martina DLABAJOVÁ icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Czechia Czechia 252
Dita CHARANZOVÁ icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Czechia Czechia 105
Renate WEBER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Romania Romania 98
Marian HARKIN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Ireland Ireland 65
Nils TORVALDS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Finland Finland 64
Ivo VAJGL icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 53
Antanas GUOGA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Lithuania Lithuania 45
Jana TOOM icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Estonia Estonia 44
Enrique CALVET CHAMBON icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 36
Cecilia WIKSTRÖM icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 34
Philippe DE BACKER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Belgium Belgium 32
Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 27
Pavel TELIČKA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Czechia Czechia 22
Kaja KALLAS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Estonia Estonia 19
Marietje SCHAAKE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 18
Jens ROHDE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Denmark Denmark 18
Bendt BENDTSEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Denmark Denmark 18
Fredrick FEDERLEY icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 16
Morten PETERSEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Denmark Denmark 14
Beatriz BECERRA BASTERRECHEA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 12
Daniel DALTON icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 10
Jean-Marie CAVADA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 9
Marit PAULSEN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Sweden Sweden 7
Anna Maria CORAZZA BILDT icon: PPE PPE icon: Sweden Sweden 6
Michael THEURER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 6
Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 6
Angelika MLINAR icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Austria Austria 5
Pina PICIERNO icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 4
Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT icon: ECR ECR icon: Belgium Belgium 4
Jeroen LENAERS icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 4
Ulrike LUNACEK icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Austria Austria 4
Morten MESSERSCHMIDT icon: ECR ECR icon: Denmark Denmark 4
Ernest URTASUN icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Spain Spain 4
Bart STAES icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Belgium Belgium 4
Ashley FOX icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
Henna VIRKKUNEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Finland Finland 4
Ruža TOMAŠIĆ icon: ECR ECR icon: Croatia Croatia 4
Lynn BOYLAN icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Ireland Ireland 4
Benedek JÁVOR icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Hungary Hungary 4
Molly SCOTT CATO icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
Ivo BELET icon: PPE PPE icon: Belgium Belgium 4
Ivan ŠTEFANEC icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 4
Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 4
Jens GEIER icon: S&D S&D icon: Germany Germany 4
Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ icon: PPE PPE icon: Czechia Czechia 4
Michał BONI icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 4
Othmar KARAS icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 4
Alessia Maria MOSCA icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 3
Elly SCHLEIN icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 3
Dennis de JONG icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Netherlands Netherlands 3
Luigi MORGANO icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 3
Giovanni LA VIA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 3
Peter van DALEN icon: ECR ECR icon: Netherlands Netherlands 3
Diane DODDS icon: NA NA icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 3
Pascal ARIMONT icon: PPE PPE icon: Belgium Belgium 3
Catherine BEARDER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 3
Nicola CAPUTO icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 3
Christofer FJELLNER icon: PPE PPE icon: Sweden Sweden 3
Daniele VIOTTI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 2
Helga STEVENS icon: ECR ECR icon: Belgium Belgium 2
Patrizia TOIA icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 2
Anneliese DODDS icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 2
Rina Ronja KARI icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Denmark Denmark 2
Marisa MATIAS icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Portugal Portugal 2
Aldo PATRICIELLO icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 2
Jan ZAHRADIL icon: ECR ECR icon: Czechia Czechia 2
Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ icon: ECR ECR icon: Czechia Czechia 2
Jan Philipp ALBRECHT icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Germany Germany 2
Richard SULÍK icon: ECR ECR icon: Slovakia Slovakia 2
Paul TANG icon: S&D S&D icon: Netherlands Netherlands 2
Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI icon: S&D S&D icon: Finland Finland 2
Esther DE LANGE icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 2
Tom VANDENKENDELAERE icon: PPE PPE icon: Belgium Belgium 2
Filiz HYUSMENOVA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 2
Heidi HAUTALA icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Finland Finland 1
Monika VANA icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Austria Austria 1
Catherine STIHLER icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 1
Lara COMI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 1
Frédérique RIES icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Belgium Belgium 1
Romana TOMC icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 1
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 1
Matthijs van MILTENBURG icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 1
Sophia IN 'T VELD icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 1
Richard HOWITT icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 1
Nicola DANTI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 1
Clare MOODY icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 1
Simona BONAFÈ icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 1
Massimo PAOLUCCI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 1
Anne-Marie MINEUR icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Netherlands Netherlands 1
Lambert van NISTELROOIJ icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 1
Sander LOONES icon: ECR ECR icon: Belgium Belgium 1
Mark DEMESMAEKER icon: ECR ECR icon: Belgium Belgium 1
Robert ROCHEFORT icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 1

By types

Amendments (550)
Oral questions (3)
Plenary speeches (7)
Shadow opinions (13)
Shadow reports (8)
Written declarations (2)
Written questions (28)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
612014/0121(COD)Corporate governance: long-term shareholder engagement
412015/2089(INI)Towards improved single market regulation
392015/2255(INI)Social dumping in the European Union
352015/2354(INI)Single market strategy
342014/2235(INI)Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis
332014/2238(INI)Green employment initiative: tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy
312014/2222(INI)European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2015
262015/2330(INI)European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2016
262015/2147(INI)Towards a digital single market act
262015/2107(INI)EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020
262014/2059(INI)European semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities
252015/0028(COD)Trade in seal products: conditions for placing on the market
242014/0124(COD)European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work
222014/2150(INI)Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
142015/2223(INI)Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs
132014/2145(INI)Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
122014/2240(INI)Untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth
112013/0157(COD)Provision of port services and financial transparency of ports
102014/0108(COD)Personal protective equipment
102015/2346(INI)Non-tariff barriers in the single market
92015/2007(INI)Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age
92015/2065(INI)Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain
72015/0009(COD)European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
52014/2252(INI)Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality
52015/2061(INI)EEA-Switzerland: obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market
42014/0120(COD)Single-member private limited liability companies
32013/0390(COD)Seafarers
32014/0268(COD)Emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery
22015/2012(BUD)2016 budget: estimates of revenue and expenditure, Section I - Parliament
22014/2078(DEC)2013 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
12015/2132(BUD)2016 general budget: all sections
12014/2040(BUD)2015 general budget: all sections
12015/2256(INI)Single market governance within the European semester 2016
12013/0285(NLE)International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (1995) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO): signing and/or ratification by Member States
12013/0165(COD)Type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service
12014/2245(INI)Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union

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Born

1962/09/04 - Esbjerg

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

  • 1985 : First degree in Humanities
  • 1987 : Commercial language diploma

Professional career

  • 1987-1994 : Political consultant in the Venstre (Liberal) Party

Political career

  • 1996-1998 : Spokesperson on foreign affairs
  • 1998-2001 : Political spokesperson for the Venstre Party
  • 1999-2001 : Deputy Chair of the Education Committee.
  • 2010-2013 : Spokesperson on the labour market
  • 2014 : Member of Holstebro Town Council
  • 2014 : Second Deputy Mayor of Holstebro
  • 1994-2014 : Member of the Danish Parliament (Folketing)
  • 2001-2005 : Minister of Education
  • 2005-2010 : Minister of Development Cooperation
  • 1989-1993 : Vice-President of the International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth

Honours

  • Commander of the Order of the Kingdom of Denmark

History

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CV/Education (qualifications and diplomas)
  • 1985 : First degree in Humanities
  • 1987 : Commercial language diploma
CV/Honours
  • Commander of the Order of the Kingdom of Denmark
CV/Political career
  • 1996-1998 : Spokesperson on foreign affairs
  • 1998-2001 : Political spokesperson for the Venstre Party
  • 1999-2001 : Deputy Chair of the Education Committee.
  • 2010-2013 : Spokesperson on the labour market
  • 2014 : Member of Holstebro Town Council
  • 2014 : Second Deputy Mayor of Holstebro
  • 1994-2014 : Member of the Danish Parliament (Folketing)
  • 2001-2005 : Minister of Education
  • 2005-2010 : Minister of Development Cooperation
  • 1989-1993 : Vice-President of the International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth
CV/Professional career
  • 1987-1994 : Political consultant in the Venstre (Liberal) Party
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