Willy C.E.H. DE CLERCQ

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Constituencies

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Vlaamse liberalen en democraten Belgium 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
Vlaamse liberalen en democraten Belgium 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
Vlaamse liberalen en democraten Belgium 1993/01/01 - 1994/07/18
Partij voor vrijheid en vooruitgang Belgium 1989/07/25 - 1992/12/31
Partij voor vrijheid en vooruitgang (Europese Liberalen en Demokraten) Belgium 1979/07/17 - 1981/12/16

Groups

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LD Member Liberal and Democratic Group 1979/07/17 - 1981/12/16
LDR Vice-Chair Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group 1989/07/25 - 1994/07/18
ELDR Member Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1994/07/19 - 1994/08/01
ELDR Member of the Bureau Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1994/08/02 - 1999/07/19
ELDR Member Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19

EP staff

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Member of Conference of Delegation Chairs 2002/02/07 - 2004/07/19

Committees

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on External Economic Relations	1979/07/20	1981/12/16
Chair of	Committee on External Economic Relations	1989/07/26	1992/01/14
Substitute of	Political Affairs Committee	1989/07/26	1992/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Budgets	1992/01/15	1994/07/18
Chair of	Committee on External Economic Relations	1992/01/15	1994/07/18
Member of	Committee on External Economic Relations	1994/07/21	1994/07/22
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy	1994/07/21	1994/11/07
Member of	Committee on External Economic Relations	1994/07/22	1994/08/10
Chair of	Committee on External Economic Relations	1994/08/10	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Committee on Budgets	1994/11/07	1995/06/28
Substitute of	Committee on External Economic Relations	1997/01/16	1998/11/19
Chair of	Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Member of	Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine	2000/12/13	2001/11/29
Member of	Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	2002/01/17	2004/07/19

Delegations

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation for relations with Finland	1992/01/15	1993/02/10
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Iceland	1992/01/15	1993/02/10
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Iceland	1993/02/11	1994/01/31
Member of	Delegation to the EC-Finland Joint Parliamentary Committee	1993/02/11	1994/01/31
Vice-Chair of	Delegation to the EC-European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee	1993/05/26	1994/01/31
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with Iceland	1994/02/01	1994/07/18
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Finland Joint Parliamentary Committee	1994/02/01	1994/07/18
Vice-Chair of	Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee	1994/02/01	1994/07/18
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	1994/11/17	1995/07/11
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	1995/07/12	1997/01/15
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1997/01/16	1997/10/13
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1997/10/14	1999/02/23
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the United States	1999/02/24	1999/07/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with Japan	1999/09/29	2002/01/14
Chair of	Delegation for relations with Canada	2002/02/07	2004/07/19

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Committee Opinion	2003/0039(COD)	JURI Legal Affairs	Political parties at European level: statute and financing
Responsible Committee	2002/2114(INI)	JURI Legal Affairs	Legal frame for free movement of goods whose ownership is likely to be contested
Committee Opinion	2002/2038(COS)	ITRE Industry, Research and Energy	Tourism sector: working together for a sustainable development and employment
Committee Opinion	2001/2180(INI)	JURI Legal Affairs	The future of the European Union
Committee Opinion	2000/2090(COS)	ITRE Industry, Research and Energy	Education and training: innovation and new technologies
Committee Opinion	2000/2088(COS)	ITRE Industry, Research and Energy	Training, education: teaching and learning, towards the learning society, implementation of the White Paper
Committee Opinion	2000/0243(CNS)	ITRE Industry, Research and Energy	Implementation of the rules on competition
Committee Opinion	1999/2135(COS)	JURI Legal Affairs	Preparing the next intergovernmental Conference for the year 2000
Committee Opinion	1999/0825(CNS)	JURI Legal Affairs	Intergovernmental Conference IGC: revision of the Treaties, the financial interests and the European Prosecutor
Committee Opinion	1998/2061(COS)	JURI Legal Affairs	Economic relations EU/USA: the new transatlantic marketplace NTM
Committee Opinion	1997/2190(INI)	JURI Legal Affairs	The information and communication policy in the European Union
Responsible Committee	1997/2123(COS)	JURI Legal Affairs	Citizenship of the Union. 2nd report
Committee Opinion	1996/2013(COS)	RELA External Economic Relations	Amendment of the Treaty on European Union: convening an intergovernmental conference under art. N of the TUE
Responsible Committee	1996/0104(CNS)	RELA External Economic Relations	EC/Israel agreement: government and telecommunications operators procurement
Committee Opinion	1995/2304(COS)	RELA External Economic Relations	The changeover to the single currency. Report by the European Monetary Institute EMI
Responsible Committee	1995/0811(CNS)	RELA External Economic Relations	EC/Poland Europe agreement: implementation for competition rules
Responsible Committee	1995/0307(CNS)	RELA External Economic Relations	EC, ECSC/Israel agreement: interim agreement on trade
Former Committee Opinion	1995/0110(SYN)	RELA External Economic Relations	EC/South Africa relations: financial, technical and economic cooperation
Committee Opinion	1994/2193(INI)	RELA External Economic Relations	Assessment of the Reflection Group's work; EP political priorities for the Intergovernmental Conference

Activities

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Plenary speeches (52)
Reports (2)
Written declarations (1)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
1	1997/2123(COS)	Citizenship of the Union. 2nd report
1	2002/2114(INI)	Legal frame for free movement of goods whose ownership is likely to be contested

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CV/0	Doctorate in law (State University of Ghent). Degree in notarial studies (State University of Ghent). MA in social sciences (Syracuse University, USA). Emeritus lecturer, State University of Ghent and Free University of Brussels.
CV/1	Member of the VLD national executive. Honorary Chairman, ELDR.
CV/2	Former municipal councillor. Former Member of the House of Representatives. Former Deputy Prime Minister. Former Minister for the Budget, Finance and Foreign Trade.
CV/3	Former Member of the Commission with responsibility for external economic relations and trade.
CV/4	Former Chairman of the IMF Interim Committee. Chairman of the European Movement in Belgium. Chairman of the Union of European Federalists, Belgium.
CV/5	Minster of State. Various Belgian and foreign decorations, including Commander of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour.
CV/6	Lawyer in practice in Ghent. Member of the VLD statutory committee. Vice-President of the European Movement International. Member of the board of Care International. Member of the board of governors of the China-Europe International Business School in Shangai.

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Doctorate in law (State University of Ghent). Degree in notarial studies (State University of Ghent). MA in social sciences (Syracuse University, USA). Emeritus lecturer, State University of Ghent and Free University of Brussels.
Member of the VLD national executive. Honorary Chairman, ELDR.
Former municipal councillor. Former Member of the House of Representatives. Former Deputy Prime Minister. Former Minister for the Budget, Finance and Foreign Trade.
Former Member of the Commission with responsibility for external economic relations and trade.
Former Chairman of the IMF Interim Committee. Chairman of the European Movement in Belgium. Chairman of the Union of European Federalists, Belgium.
Minster of State. Various Belgian and foreign decorations, including Commander of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour.
Lawyer in practice in Ghent. Member of the VLD statutory committee. Vice-President of the European Movement International. Member of the board of Care International. Member of the board of governors of the China-Europe International Business School in Shangai.