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Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO



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Constituencies

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  • Partido Popular icon: ES Spain 2009/07/14 - 2011/12/22
  • Partido Popular icon: ES Spain 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
  • Partido Popular icon: ES Spain 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
  • Partido Popular icon: ES Spain 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
  • Partido Popular icon: ES Spain 1992/10/19 - 1994/07/18

Groups

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  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1992/10/19 - 1994/07/18
  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
  • icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
  • icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2004/07/20 - 2004/08/30
  • icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2004/08/31 - 2009/07/13
  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/14 - 2009/07/23
  • icon: PPE PPE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/24 - 2011/12/22

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Budgets 1992/10/29 1994/07/18
Substitute of Committee on Development and Cooperation 1992/10/29 1994/07/18
Member of Committee on Regional Policy, Regional Planning and Relations with Regional and Local Authorities 1992/10/30 1994/07/18
Member of Committee on Institutional Affairs 1994/07/21 1994/07/21
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy 1994/07/21 1995/01/18
Substitute of Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament 1994/07/21 1997/01/15
Vice-Chair of Committee on Institutional Affairs 1994/07/22 1997/01/15
Member of Committee on Institutional Affairs 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Substitute of Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Subcommittee on Security and Disarmament 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Substitute of Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs 1999/07/21 1999/10/13
Member of Committee on Constitutional Affairs 1999/07/21 2002/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs 1999/10/27 2002/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Member of Committee on Constitutional Affairs 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Member of Committee on Constitutional Affairs 2004/07/21 2007/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2004/07/22 2005/09/06
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2005/09/07 2007/01/14
Member of Committee on Constitutional Affairs 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Member of Committee on Constitutional Affairs 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Substitute of Committee on Constitutional Affairs 2009/07/16 2011/12/22
Member of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2009/07/16 2011/12/22

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation to the EC-Austria Joint Parliamentary Committee 1992/10/30 1994/01/31
Member of Delegation to the EU-Austria Joint Parliamentary Committee 1994/02/01 1994/07/18
Member of Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union 1994/11/17 1995/07/11
Member of Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union 1995/07/12 1996/01/19
Member of Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee 1995/09/22 1997/01/15
Substitute of Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico 1999/10/06 2002/01/14
Member of Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees 2002/02/07 2002/03/06
Member of Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee 2004/09/15 2006/12/31
Member of Delegation for relations with Iran 2009/09/16 2009/11/24
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community 2009/09/16 2011/12/22

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/2176(INI) AFCO Constitutional Affairs Jurisdictional system for patent disputes
Responsible Committee 2009/0814(NLE) AFCO Constitutional Affairs Decision on the European Council's proposal not to convene a Convention for the revision of the Treaties with regard to transitional measures concerning the composition of the European Parliament
Responsible Committee 2009/0813(NLE) AFCO Constitutional Affairs Resolution on the draft protocol amending Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions concerning the composition of the European Parliament for the rest of the 2009-2014 parliamentary term: the European Parliament's opinion
Committee Opinion 2009/0144(COD) AFCO Constitutional Affairs European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Committee Opinion 2009/0143(COD) AFCO Constitutional Affairs European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA): establisment
Committee Opinion 2009/0142(COD) AFCO Constitutional Affairs European Banking Authority (EBA): establishment
Committee Opinion 2009/0140(COD) AFCO Constitutional Affairs Macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
Committee Opinion 2008/2231(INI) AFCO Constitutional Affairs Relations between the European Union and the Mediterranean countries
Responsible Committee 2007/2286(INI) AFCO Constitutional Affairs Treaty amending the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community
Responsible Committee 2004/2129(INI) AFCO Constitutional Affairs Parliament's opinion concerning the draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
Responsible Committee 2001/2180(INI) AFCO Constitutional Affairs The future of the European Union
Responsible Committee 2001/2022(INI) AFCO Constitutional Affairs The Treaty of Nice and the future of the European Union
Responsible Committee 1997/2237(COS) INST Institutional Affairs Amsterdam draft treaty
Committee Opinion 1996/2017(COS) INST Institutional Affairs Challenges facing the European defence-related industries: a contribution for action at European level

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 322
Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 319
Sylvie GOULARD icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 237
Burkhard BALZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 213
Sven GIEGOLD icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Germany Germany 212
Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Spain Spain 212
Patrick LE HYARIC icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: France France 11
Marie-Christine VERGIAT icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: France France 11
Karima DELLI icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: France France 10
David MARTIN icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 10
Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 10
Leonardo DOMENICI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 9
Ilda FIGUEIREDO icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Portugal Portugal 9
Andrew DUFF icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 9
Isabelle DURANT icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Belgium Belgium 8
Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 8
Nathalie GRIESBECK icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 8
György SCHÖPFLIN icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 8
Jean LAMBERT icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 7
Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 6
Frédéric DAERDEN icon: S&D S&D icon: Belgium Belgium 6
Rafał TRZASKOWSKI icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 6
Constance LE GRIP icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 6
Jan KOZŁOWSKI icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 4
Paulo RANGEL icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 4
Paul RÜBIG icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 4
Marietta GIANNAKOU icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 4
Robert ROCHEFORT icon: ALDE ALDE icon: France France 3
Ádám KÓSA icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 3
Alain LAMASSOURE icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 3
Mara BIZZOTTO icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 2
Vincenzo IOVINE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 2
Marian HARKIN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Ireland Ireland 2
Rovana PLUMB icon: S&D S&D icon: Romania Romania 2
Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 2
Konstantinos POUPAKIS icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 2
Kinga GÖNCZ icon: S&D S&D icon: Hungary Hungary 2
Vladimír REMEK icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Czechia Czechia 1
Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU icon: S&D S&D icon: Cyprus Cyprus 1
Franz OBERMAYR icon: NA NA icon: Austria Austria 1
Philippe BOULLAND icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 1
Alejandro CERCAS icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 1
Pervenche BERÈS icon: S&D S&D icon: France France 1
Elizabeth LYNNE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 1
Roger HELMER icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 1
Thomas MANN icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 1
Evelyn REGNER icon: S&D S&D icon: Austria Austria 1
Jutta STEINRUCK icon: S&D S&D icon: Germany Germany 1
Sylvana RAPTI icon: S&D S&D icon: Greece Greece 1
Alain LAMASSOURE icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: France France 1
Adrian SEVERIN icon: PSE PSE icon: Romania Romania 1
Enrique BARÓN CRESPO icon: PSE PSE icon: Spain Spain 1
Carlos CARNERO GONZÁLEZ icon: PSE PSE icon: Spain Spain 1

By types

Amendments (486)
Opinions (5)
Plenary speeches (104)
Reports (7)
Shadow opinions (1)
Written declarations (3)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
1202009/0143(COD)European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA): establisment
692009/0142(COD)European Banking Authority (EBA): establishment
652009/0144(COD)European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
272010/0278(COD)Economic governance: effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area. 'Six pack'
252009/0064(COD)Alternative Investment Fund Managers
252011/2052(INI)European Platform against poverty and social exclusion
172010/0281(COD)Economic governance: prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances. 'Six pack'
172010/0276(CNS)Economic governance: implementation of the excessive deficit procedure. 'Six pack'
172010/0821(NLE)Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU)
162010/0277(NLE)Economic governance: requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States. 'Six pack'
122009/2062(REG)EP Rules of Procedure: adaptation of the Rules to the Treaty of Lisbon
122008/2231(INI)Relations between the European Union and the Mediterranean countries
112009/0140(COD)Macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
112009/2241(INI)Institutional aspects of accession by the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
112007/2145(INI)Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union 2004-2008
82009/2134(INI)
72008/2034(INI)Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty, including child poverty, in the EU
62010/0074(COD)Citizens' initiative
32010/0280(COD)Economic governance: strengthening of surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies. 'Six pack'
32007/2124(REG)General review of the Rules of Procedure
32007/0278(COD)European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion (2010)
32007/2286(INI)Treaty amending the Treaty on the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community
32009/0813(NLE)Resolution on the draft protocol amending Protocol No 36 on transitional provisions concerning the composition of the European Parliament for the rest of the 2009-2014 parliamentary term: the European Parliament's opinion
22010/0279(COD)Economic governance: enforcement measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area. 'Six pack'
22011/0817(NLE)Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic. Protocol
22007/2240(REG)EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 202a: use by Parliament of the symbols of the Union
22009/2134(INL)Proposal for a modification of the Act concerning the election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage of 20 September 1976
12010/2037(INI)Progress towards the achievement of the millenium development goals: mid-term review in preparation of the UN high-level meeting in September 2010
12009/0096(COD)European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion
12011/2157(INI)Review of the European neighbourhood policy
12008/2067(INI)Perspectives for developing the civil dialogue under the Treaty of Lisbon
12008/2199(INI)State of transatlantic relations in the aftermath of the US elections
12007/2266(REG)EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 121: proceedings before the Court of Justice
12006/2201(REG)EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 29: formation of political groups
12007/2272(REG)EP Rules of Procedure: work of the plenary and initiative reports
12006/2223(INL)Statute of the European Ombudsman
12007/0189(CNS)European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: adoption of a Multiannual Framework for 2007-2012 (implem. Regulation (EC) No 168/2007)
12007/2218(ACI)Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
12007/0130(COD)Regulations governing political parties at European level and rules regarding their funding
12007/0808(CNS)Convening of the Intergovernmental Conference IGC: Parliament's opinion (Article 48 TEC)
12007/2087(INI)Road map for the Union's constitutional process
12006/2226(INI)Institutional aspects of the European Union's capacity to integrate new Member States
12006/2516(RSP)Resolution on the accession of Bulgaria and Romania
12005/2224(INI)Report on European political parties
12005/2146(INI)Period of reflection: structure, subjects and context for an assessment of the debate on the European Union
12005/2075(REG)EP Rules of Procedure, Rule 9: code of conduct for Members
12010/2127(REG)EP Rules of Procedure: adaptation of the Rules to the revised Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission
12009/0161(COD)Financial supervision: powers of the European Banking Authority, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority
12009/2133(INI)Institutional aspects of creating a European service for external action
11997/2237(COS)Amsterdam draft treaty
12001/2180(INI)The future of the European Union
12001/2022(INI)The Treaty of Nice and the future of the European Union
12004/2129(INI)Parliament's opinion concerning the draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
12009/0814(NLE)Decision on the European Council's proposal not to convene a Convention for the revision of the Treaties with regard to transitional measures concerning the composition of the European Parliament
12011/2176(INI)Jurisdictional system for patent disputes

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Born

1956/01/21 - Tetuan (Maroc)

  • Graduate in law, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) (1978). Legal adviser to the Cortes (1981). Lecturer in constitutional law (UCM, 1981-1984). Lecturer in Community Law (1989-1991). Jean Monnet chair in European institutions (UCM, 1999-2004). Honorary Jean Monnet chair (2004).
  • Member of the PP National Committee on Conflicts and Discipline (1990-1993); Member of the National Steering Committee of the PP (since 1992); member of the Standing Committee of the PP (1996-1999).
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1992). Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Institutional Affairs (1994-1996). EPP coordinator in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (since 1996).
  • Chairman of the EP Delegation to the Convention drafting the Charter of Fundamental Rights (1999-2000). Chairman of the EP Delegation to the European Convention (2003-2003). EP representative to the IGC (2003).
  • Author of books and articles on European issues.
  • Salvador de Madariaga Prize for Journalism (1999). Gold Medal of the Foundation of European Merit (2002).

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • Graduate in law, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) (1978). Legal adviser to the Cortes (1981). Lecturer in constitutional law (UCM, 1981-1984). Lecturer in Community Law (1989-1991). Jean Monnet chair in European institutions (UCM, 1999-2004). Honorary Jean Monnet chair (2004).
  • Member of the PP National Committee on Conflicts and Discipline (1990-1993); Member of the National Steering Committee of the PP (since 1992); member of the Standing Committee of the PP (1996-1999).
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1992). Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Institutional Affairs (1994-1996). EPP coordinator in the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (since 1996).
  • Chairman of the EP Delegation to the Convention drafting the Charter of Fundamental Rights (1999-2000). Chairman of the EP Delegation to the European Convention (2003-2003). EP representative to the IGC (2003).
  • Author of books and articles on European issues.
  • Salvador de Madariaga Prize for Journalism (1999). Gold Medal of the Foundation of European Merit (2002).