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Javier ZARZALEJOS



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Constituencies

  • Partido Popular icon: ES Spain 2024/07/16 -
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  • Partido Popular icon: ES Spain 2019/07/02 - 2024/07/15

Groups

  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2024/07/16 -
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  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2019/07/02 - 2024/07/15

EP staff

  • Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2024/07/23 -

Committees

RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Fisheries 2024/07/19
Member of Committee on Legal Affairs 2024/07/19
Chair of Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 2024/07/23
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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Fisheries 2019/07/02 2020/02/05
Member of Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 2019/07/02 2022/01/19
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2019/07/02 2022/01/19
Member of Committee on Legal Affairs 2020/02/10 2022/01/19
Member of Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation 2020/09/14 2020/09/22
Vice-Chair of Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation 2020/09/23 2022/03/23
Member of Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 2022/01/20 2024/07/15
Substitute of Committee on Foreign Affairs 2022/01/20 2024/07/15
Member of Committee on Legal Affairs 2022/01/20 2024/07/15
Member of Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation, and the strengthening of integrity, transparency and accountability in the European Parliament 2022/03/24 2022/05/11
Vice-Chair of Special Committee on foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation, and the strengthening of integrity, transparency and accountability in the European Parliament 2022/05/12 2023/08/12
Member of Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs 2024/07/19 2024/07/22

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation for relations with Canada 2019/07/02 2024/07/15
Substitute of Delegation for relations with India 2019/07/02 2024/07/15
Substitute of Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly 2023/07/11 2024/07/15

Contact

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    Brussels

    • Phone: 003222845634
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    • Phone: 0033388175634
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      • City: Strasbourg
      • Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
      • Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

    Rapporteur

    TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
    Responsible Committee Shadow 2023/0452(COD) LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Amending Interim Regulation on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse
    Responsible Committee Shadow 2023/0130(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products. Recast
    Responsible Committee Shadow 2023/0128(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products. Recast
    Responsible Committee Shadow 2023/0127(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Unitary supplementary certificate for medicinal products
    Responsible Committee Shadow 2023/0126(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Unitary supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products
    Former Responsible Committee 2022/0155(COD) LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Combating child sexual abuse online
    Joint Responsible Committee Shadow 2022/0140(COD) ['ENVI', 'LIBE'] European Health Data Space
    Responsible Committee Shadow 2020/2791(RSP) LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Resolution on the EU Security Union Strategy
    Responsible Committee 2020/0350(COD) LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Strengthening Europol’s mandate: entry of alerts in SIS
    Responsible Committee 2020/0349(COD) LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Strengthening Europol’s mandate: cooperation with private parties, processing of personal data, and support for research and innovation
    Responsible Committee Shadow 2020/0259(COD) LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Use of technologies by number-independent interpersonal communications service providers for the processing of personal and other data for the purpose of combatting child sexual abuse online (temporary derogation from certain provisions of Directive 2002/58/EC)
    Responsible Committee 2019/2207(INI) LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs The Implementation of the European Arrest Warrant and the Surrender Procedures between Member States
    Responsible Committee Shadow 2018/0331(COD) LIBE Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Preventing the dissemination of terrorist content online

    Activities

    Stats

    Amendment Co-authors
    Name Group Country Ams
    Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 123
    Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 114
    Vladimír BILČÍK icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 97
    Francisco José MILLÁN MON icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 94
    Gabriel MATO icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 94
    Kris PEETERS icon: PPE PPE icon: Belgium Belgium 91
    Roberta METSOLA icon: PPE PPE icon: Malta Malta 90
    Luisa REGIMENTI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 90
    Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 87
    Jeroen LENAERS icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 84
    Paulo RANGEL icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 82
    Axel VOSS icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 81
    Monika HOHLMEIER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 80
    Rainer WIELAND icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 80
    Daniel CASPARY icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 80
    Sven SCHULZE icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 80
    Christian DOLESCHAL icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 79
    Isabel WISELER-LIMA icon: PPE PPE icon: Luxembourg Luxembourg 55
    Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 44
    Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 42
    Andrzej HALICKI icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 40
    Romana TOMC icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 37
    Maria WALSH icon: PPE PPE icon: Ireland Ireland 34
    József SZÁJER icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 32
    Jiří POSPÍŠIL icon: PPE PPE icon: Czechia Czechia 32
    Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ icon: PPE PPE icon: Czechia Czechia 30
    Karlo RESSLER icon: PPE PPE icon: Croatia Croatia 28
    Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 28
    Lukas MANDL icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 28
    Miriam LEXMANN icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 28
    Daniel BUDA icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 28
    Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 28
    Peter van DALEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 26
    José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 26
    Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 26
    Loránt VINCZE icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 23
    György HÖLVÉNYI icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 21
    Magdalena ADAMOWICZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 20
    Ioan-Rareş BOGDAN icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 20
    Ramona STRUGARIU icon: RE RE icon: Romania Romania 19
    François-Xavier BELLAMY icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 18
    Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ icon: PPE PPE icon: Czechia Czechia 18
    Ivan ŠTEFANEC icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 18
    Jan OLBRYCHT icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 18
    Michael GAHLER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 17
    Sabine VERHEYEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 17
    Željana ZOVKO icon: PPE PPE icon: Croatia Croatia 13
    Dolors MONTSERRAT icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 13
    Pascal ARIMONT icon: PPE PPE icon: Belgium Belgium 12
    Bert-Jan RUISSEN icon: ECR ECR icon: Netherlands Netherlands 9
    Charlie WEIMERS icon: ECR ECR icon: Sweden Sweden 9
    Carlo FIDANZA icon: ECR ECR icon: Italy Italy 9
    Tomas TOBÉ icon: PPE PPE icon: Sweden Sweden 5
    Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ icon: ??? ??? icon: ??? ??? 4
    Roberta METSOLA icon: ??? ??? icon: ??? ??? 4
    Monika HOHLMEIER icon: ??? ??? icon: ??? ??? 4
    Karoline EDTSTADLER icon: ??? ??? icon: ??? ??? 4
    Balázs HIDVÉGHI icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 4
    Marion WALSMANN icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 4
    Sunčana GLAVAK icon: PPE PPE icon: Croatia Croatia 4
    Tomislav SOKOL icon: PPE PPE icon: Croatia Croatia 4
    Milan ZVER icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 4
    David LEGA icon: PPE PPE icon: Sweden Sweden 4
    Andrea BOCSKOR icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 3
    Kinga GÁL icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 3
    Antonius MANDERS icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 2
    Andreas SCHWAB icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 2
    Andrey KOVATCHEV icon: PPE PPE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 1
    Manfred WEBER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 1
    Nuno MELO icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 1

    By types

    Amendments (851)
    Reports (1)
    Shadow reports (1)

    By dossiers

    CountDossier ReferenceTitle
    1262023/0126(COD)Unitary supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products
    1242023/0127(COD)Unitary supplementary certificate for medicinal products
    802020/0361(COD)Digital Services Act
    762023/0130(COD)Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products. Recast
    392020/2016(INI)Artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters
    382022/0140(COD)European Health Data Space
    322020/2019(INL)Digital Services Act: adapting commercial and civil law rules for commercial entities operating online
    322023/0128(COD)Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products. Recast
    302017/0360R(NLE)Determination of a clear risk of a serious breach by Poland of the rule of law
    262020/2009(INI)Strengthening Media Freedom: the Protection of Journalists in Europe, Hate Speech, Disinformation and the Role of Platforms
    222021/2246(INI)Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Kosovo
    222021/0420(COD)Trans-European transport network
    182022/0402(CNS)Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood
    172022/2201(INI)2022 Commission Report on Kosovo
    122020/2018(INL)Digital Services Act: Improving the functioning of the Single Market
    122020/2012(INL)Framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies
    122021/2180(INI)The Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law report
    122023/2113(INI)Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report
    112019/2172(INI)Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Kosovo
    102019/2199(INI)Situation of Fundamental Rights in the European Union - Annual Report for the years 2018-2019
    102020/2022(INI)Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed
    102022/0089(COD)Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products
    92021/2023(INI)EU-India relations
    92021/2055(INI)The persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion
    62019/2125(INI)Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union's policy on the matter - annual report 2018
    52020/2029(INI)Implementation of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims
    52022/2049(INI)Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022
    52022/0135(COD)Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement: Kuwait, Qatar
    52023/2087(INI)Negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Mauritania
    42019/2028(BUD)2020 general budget: all sections
    42019/2171(INI)Report on the 2019-2020 Commission Reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina
    42020/0350(COD)Strengthening Europol’s mandate: entry of alerts in SIS
    42022/2204(INI)2022 Commission Report on Serbia
    42023/0452(COD)Amending Interim Regulation on a temporary derogation from certain provisions of the ePrivacy Directive for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse
    42023/0371(COD)Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism
    32021/2249(INI)Report on the 2021 Commission Report on Serbia
    22020/2023(INI)Recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    22022/0068(COD)Union's rights in enforcing and implementing the UK Withdrawal Agreement and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
    22022/0278(COD)Single Market emergency instrument
    22022/0155(COD)Combating child sexual abuse online
    12023/2086(INI)Report on the ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal
    12023/0135(COD)Combating corruption

    See historical changes of the Bio

    Born

    1960/06/06 - Bilbao

    Education (qualifications and diplomas)

    • 1978-1982 : Graduate in law, University of Duesto.

    Professional career

    • 1985- ... : Member of the Senior Corps of State Officials
    • 1992-1996 : Information Officer – Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom
    • 1996-2004 : Secretary-General of the Spanish Prime Minister’s Office
    • 2004-2012 : Director of the Constitution and Institutions department of the FAES Foundation
    • 2012-2017 : Secretary-General of the FAES Foundation
    • 2017- ... : Director of the FAES Foundation
    • 2005- ... : Editor-in-Chief of the FAES’ ‘Journal of Political Thought’

    Other activities

    • Analyst and columnist with the ‘El Correo’ newspaper (Vocento Group)
    • Author of ‘There is no West Wing in the Moncloa Palace’ (Península publications, 2018)
    • Co-author and coordinator of ‘The Geography of Populism’, Tecnos publications, 2019)
    • Author of the chapter ‘The European crisis’ in ‘Spain’s hour: a liberal conservative statement’ (Editorial Deusto, Barcelona, 2020)
    • Author of the chapter ‘Counter-Terrorism Policy’ in ‘ETA, 50 years of nationalist terrorism’ (Villacisneros Foundation – San Pablo CEU Edition, Madrid, 2020)
    • Author of the chapter ‘Judicial cooperation and trust’ in ‘Spain: a parliamentary democracy. Book tribute to Professor Ignacio Astarloa Huarte-Mendicoa’ (Pontificia de Comillas University, Madrid, 2022)
    • Author of the chapter ‘Nationialism in democracy’ in ‘Nationalism against Spain’ (Villacisneros Foundation – San Pablo CEU Edición, Madrid, 2023)

    Honours

    • Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic (2004)

    History

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

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    Author of ‘There is no West Wing in the Moncloa Palace’ (Península publications, 2018)
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    Co-author of ‘Geografía del Populismo’ (The Geography of Populism) – Tecnos, 2017
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    Co-author and coordinator of ‘The Geography of Populism’, Tecnos publications, 2019)
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    Author of ‘No hay ala oeste en la Moncloa’ (There is no West Wing in the Moncloa Palace) – Península publications, 2018
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    Author of the chapter ‘The European crisis’ in ‘Spain’s hour: a liberal conservative statement’ (Editorial Deusto, Barcelona, 2020)
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    Author of the chapter ‘Counter-Terrorism Policy’ in ‘ETA, 50 years of nationalist terrorism’ (Villacisneros Foundation – San Pablo CEU Edition, Madrid, 2020)
    CV/Other activities/5
    Author of the chapter ‘Judicial cooperation and trust’ in ‘Spain: a parliamentary democracy. Book tribute to Professor Ignacio Astarloa Huarte-Mendicoa’ (Pontificia de Comillas University, Madrid, 2022)
    CV/Other activities/6
    Author of the chapter ‘Nationialism in democracy’ in ‘Nationalism against Spain’ (Villacisneros Foundation – San Pablo CEU Edición, Madrid, 2023)
    CV/Professional career/6
    2005- ... : Editor-in-Chief of the FAES’ ‘Journal of Political Thought’
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    2005- ... : Editor-in-Chief of the FAES’ ‘Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político’ (Journal of Political Thought)
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    1978-1982 : Graduate in law, University of Duesto.
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    1978-1982 : University of Deusto
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        CV/Education (qualifications and diplomas)/0
        1978-1982 : University of Deusto
        CV/Education (qualifications and diplomas)/0
        1978-1982 : Universidad de Deusto
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        Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic (2004)
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        Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica (2004)
        CV/Other activities/0
        Analyst and columnist with the ‘El Correo’ newspaper (Vocento Group)
        CV/Other activities/0
        Analista y columnista del diario «El Correo» (Grupo Vocento)
        CV/Other activities/1
        Co-author of ‘Geografía del Populismo’ (The Geography of Populism) – Tecnos, 2017
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        Coautor de «Geografía del Populismo» –Tecnos, 2017
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        Author of ‘No hay ala oeste en la Moncloa’ (There is no West Wing in the Moncloa Palace) – Península publications, 2018
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        Autor de «No hay ala oeste en la Moncloa» – Editorial Península, 2018
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        1985- ... : Member of the Senior Corps of State Officials
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        1985- ... : Cuerpo Superior de Administradores Civiles del Estado
        CV/Professional career/1
        1992-1996 : Information Officer – Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom
        CV/Professional career/1
        1992-1996 : Consejero de Información de la Embajada de España en el Reino Unido
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        1996-2004 : Secretary-General of the Spanish Prime Minister’s Office
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        1996-2004 : Secretario general de la Presidencia del Gobierno de España
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        2004-2012 : Director of the Constitution and Institutions department of the FAES Foundation
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        2004-2012 : Director del área de Constitución e Instituciones en la Fundación FAES
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        2012-2017 : Secretary-General of the FAES Foundation
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        2012-2017 : Secretario general de la Fundación FAES
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        2017- ... : Director of the FAES Foundation
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        2017- ... : Director de la Fundación FAES
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        2005- ... : Editor-in-Chief of the FAES’ ‘Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político’ (Journal of Political Thought)
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        2005- ... : Director de la revista «Cuadernos de Pensamiento Político» de FAES
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        Education (qualifications and diplomas)
        1978-1982 : Universidad de Deusto
        Professional career
        Other activities
        Honours
        Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica (2004)