José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL

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Constituencies

Partido Popular Spain 2019/07/02 -

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Partido Popular Spain 2009/07/14 - 2011/12/20
Partido Popular Spain 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
Partido Popular Spain 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
Partido Popular Spain 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19

Groups

PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2019/07/02 -

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PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
PPE-DE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/14 - 2009/09/15
PPE Member of the Bureau Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/09/16 - 2011/12/20

EP staff

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Member of Conference of Delegation Chairs 2009/09/16 - 2011/12/20

Committees

Role	Committee	Start
Member of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2022/01/20
Substitute of	Committee on International Trade	2022/01/20
Member of	Subcommittee on Tax Matters	2022/01/20

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Substitute of	Committee on Development and Cooperation	1994/07/21	1997/01/15
Member of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy	1994/07/21	1997/01/15
Member of	Subcommittee on Monetary Affairs	1997/01/16	1997/01/30
Member of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on External Economic Relations	1997/01/16	1999/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Subcommittee on Monetary Affairs	1997/01/30	1999/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy	1999/07/21	2002/01/14
Member of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2002/01/17	2002/01/21
Substitute of	Committee on Development and Cooperation	2002/01/17	2004/07/19
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2002/01/22	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2004/07/21	2004/08/31
Substitute of	Committee on International Trade	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2004/09/01	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013	2004/10/14	2005/06/08
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on International Trade	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2007/01/31	2007/01/31
Substitute of	Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development	2007/02/01	2009/07/13
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2007/02/01	2009/07/13
Vice-Chair of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2009/07/16	2011/12/20
Substitute of	Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection	2009/07/16	2011/12/20
Member of	Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis	2009/10/08	2011/07/31
Member of	Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013	2010/06/17	2011/06/30
Member of	Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs	2019/07/02	2022/01/19
Substitute of	Committee on International Trade	2019/07/02	2022/01/19
Member of	Subcommittee on Tax Matters	2020/09/14	2022/01/19

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee	2019/07/02
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Türkiye Joint Parliamentary Committee	2019/07/02
Vice-Chair of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2019/09/26
Member of	Delegation to the Cariforum-EU Parliamentary Committee	2019/10/09

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	1994/07/21	1995/09/20
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South America	1994/11/17	1995/07/11
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South America	1995/07/12	1996/10/25
Member of	Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU)	1995/09/21	1997/01/15
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1996/10/25	1997/01/15
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1997/01/16	1997/10/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1997/10/14	1999/02/23
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1999/02/24	1999/07/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR	1999/10/06	1999/11/11
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	1999/10/25	2002/01/14
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America and Mexico	2002/02/07	2004/07/19
Member of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America	2004/09/15	2004/09/20
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community	2004/09/16	2007/03/13
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America	2004/09/21	2007/03/13
Vice-Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America	2007/03/14	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community	2007/03/14	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2007/05/23	2008/10/22
Member of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2008/10/23	2009/07/13
Chair of	Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community	2009/09/16	2011/12/20
Substitute of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	2011/12/20
Member of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	2011/12/20
Member of	Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly	2019/07/02	2019/09/25

Contact

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Brussels

Phone: 003222845323
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- Zip: B-1047
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Strasbourg

Phone: 0033388175323
Fax:
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- Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
- Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Joint Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0260R(NLE)	['INTA', 'AFET']	EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement
Joint Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0260(NLE)	['INTA', 'AFET']	EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement
Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0259(NLE)	INTA International Trade	EU/Chile Interim Agreement on Trade
Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0177(COD)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities
Responsible Committee Shadow	2023/0036(NLE)	INTA International Trade	EU/Chile Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Opinion Committee Shadow	2022/2051(INL)	['ECON']	Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties
Responsible Committee Shadow	2022/0341(COD)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Instant payments in euro
Committee Opinion	2010/2278(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Single market for Europeans
Responsible Committee	2009/0142(COD)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	European Banking Authority (EBA): establishment
Responsible Committee	2009/0118(CNS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Value added tax (VAT): administrative cooperation and combating fraud. Recast
Committee Opinion	2008/2199(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	State of transatlantic relations in the aftermath of the US elections
Responsible Committee	2008/0059(CNS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Value added tax (VAT): administrative cooperation to combat tax evasion connected with intra-Community transactions
Responsible Committee	2008/0058(CNS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Value added tax (VAT): combating tax evasion connected with intra-Community transactions
Responsible Committee	2006/2239(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	2006 annual report on the euro area
Responsible Committee	2006/2047(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Situation of the European economy: preparatory report on the broad economic policy guidelines for 2006
Responsible Committee	2005/0253(COD)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	National accounts data: revision of the transmission programme
Responsible Committee	2004/0027(CNS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	EC/Switzerland agreement: taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments (Directive 2003/48/EC)
Responsible Committee	2003/2074(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Broad guidelines of the economic policies BGEP of the member States and the Community for 2003-2005
Responsible Committee	2002/2287(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Situation of the European economy, Commission recommendation on the broad economic policy guidelines
Responsible Committee	2002/0015(COD)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Indirect taxation in the internal market: Fiscalis programme 2003-2007
Former Responsible Committee	2002/0015(COD)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Indirect taxation in the internal market: Fiscalis programme 2003-2007
Committee Opinion	2001/2196(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Spring Summit 2002: Lisbon process and the way to follow
Responsible Committee	2000/2114(COS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Excise duties, mineral oils: taxation of aircraft fuel
Responsible Committee	2000/0148(CNS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Value added tax VAT: services supplied by electronic mean (amend. Directive 77/388/EEC)
Responsible Committee	2000/0147(CNS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Value added tax VAT: administrative co-operation (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 218/92)
Former Responsible Committee	2000/0147(CNS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Value added tax VAT: administrative co-operation (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 218/92)
Responsible Committee	1999/2117(COS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Financial services: action plan. Progress report
Responsible Committee	1998/2111(COS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Single market, 2nd scoreboard, May 1998: progress of the action plan SMAP
Committee Opinion	1998/2064(ACI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Agenda 2000: financial perspectives 2000-2006, interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline
Committee Opinion	1998/0203(CNS)	RELA External Economic Relations	Culture programmes: participation of Latvia in the Community programme Raphael
Former Committee Opinion	1998/0117(CNS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Guarantee Fund for external actions: target amount
Committee Opinion	1997/2298(INI)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	OECD: multilateral investment agreement, recommendations to the EC for the negotiations
Committee Opinion	1996/2274(COS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Economic and social cohesion. 1st report
Responsible Committee	1996/2215(COS)	ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs	Competitiveness of European industry, benchmarking

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors

Name	Group	Country	Ams
Isabel BENJUMEA BENJUMEA	PPE	Spain	501
Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN	PPE	Spain	324
Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO	PPE	Spain	322
Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS	ALDE	Spain	220
Sylvie GOULARD	ALDE	France	219
Burkhard BALZ	PPE	Germany	218
Sven GIEGOLD	Verts/ALE	Germany	215
Gabriel MATO	PPE	Spain	206
Massimiliano SALINI	PPE	Italy	162
Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ	PPE	Spain	138
Anna-Michelle ASIMAKOPOULOU	PPE	Greece	137
Danuta Maria HÜBNER	PPE	Poland	117
Andrey KOVATCHEV	PPE	Bulgaria	113
Liudas MAŽYLIS	PPE	Lithuania	100
Lídia PEREIRA	PPE	Portugal	91
Francisco José MILLÁN MON	PPE	Spain	84
Seán KELLY	PPE	Ireland	83
Jörgen WARBORN	PPE	Sweden	76
Iuliu WINKLER	PPE	Romania	66
Eva MAYDELL	PPE	Bulgaria	60
Inese VAIDERE	PPE	Latvia	57
Frances FITZGERALD	PPE	Ireland	56
Leopoldo LÓPEZ GIL	PPE	Spain	56
Arnaud DANJEAN	PPE	France	50
Christophe HANSEN	PPE	Luxembourg	49
Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS	PPE	Spain	49
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE	PPE	Spain	47
Angelika WINZIG	PPE	Austria	47
Luděk NIEDERMAYER	PPE	Czechia	41
Agnès EVREN	PPE	France	31
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN	PPE	Finland	27
Javier ZARZALEJOS	PPE	Spain	26
Andreas SCHWAB	PPE	Germany	26
Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT	PPE	Spain	25
Pablo ARIAS ECHEVERRÍA	PPE	Spain	25
Pilar del CASTILLO VERA	PPE	Spain	25
Leonardo DOMENICI	S&D	Italy	9
Markus FERBER	PPE	Germany	6
José Manuel FERNANDES	PPE	Portugal	6
Pilar AYUSO	PPE-DE	Spain	4
Jessica POLFJÄRD	PPE	Sweden	4
Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO	S&D	Spain	2
Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE	S&D	Spain	2
Esther DE LANGE	PPE	Netherlands	2
Dolors MONTSERRAT	PPE	Spain	2
Vladimír REMEK	GUE/NGL	Czechia	1
Pilar AYUSO	PPE	Spain	1
Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES	PPE	Spain	1
Salvador Domingo SANZ PALACIO	PPE-DE	Spain	1
Sven SIMON	PPE	Germany	1
David McALLISTER	PPE	Germany	1
Kris PEETERS	PPE	Belgium	1
Sandra KALNIETE	PPE	Latvia	1
Svenja HAHN	RE	Germany	1
Barry ANDREWS	RE	Ireland	1
Liesje SCHREINEMACHER	RE	Netherlands	1
Jérémy DECERLE	RE	France	1
Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE	RE	France	1
Bernd LANGE	S&D	Germany	1
Kathleen VAN BREMPT	S&D	Belgium	1
Paolo DE CASTRO	S&D	Italy	1
Eleni STAVROU	PPE	Cyprus	1
Laurence SAILLIET	PPE	France	1

By types

Amendments (1346)
Institutional motions (3)
Oral questions (2)
Plenary speeches (11)
Shadow opinions (1)
Shadow reports (3)
Written questions (24)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
107	2009/0143(COD)	European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA): establisment
86	2021/0342(COD)	Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation
67	2021/0214(COD)	Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
59	2023/0177(COD)	Transparency and integrity of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating activities
56	2020/2122(INI)	Banking Union - annual report 2020
53	2009/0142(COD)	European Banking Authority (EBA): establishment
52	2021/2178(INI)	The future of EU-Africa trade relations
50	2009/0144(COD)	European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
42	2021/0239(COD)	Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
36	2020/2037(INI)	Strengthening the international role of the euro
34	2023/0260R(NLE)	EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement
31	2021/0297(COD)	Generalised scheme of tariff preferences
30	2010/0278(COD)	Economic governance: effective enforcement of budgetary surveillance in the euro area. 'Six pack'
29	2007/0143(COD)	Taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance - Solvency II. Recast
29	2022/0341(COD)	Instant payments in euro
29	2023/0212(COD)	Establishment of the digital euro
27	2009/0064(COD)	Alternative Investment Fund Managers
27	2020/2036(INI)	Further development of the Capital Markets Union (CMU): improving access to capital market finance, in particular by SMEs, and further enabling retail investor participation
26	2023/0138(COD)	Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance
24	2021/2251(INI)	Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility
23	2021/0420(COD)	Trans-European transport network
23	2022/2061(INI)	Banking Union - annual report 2022
23	2022/2146(INI)	Further reform of corporate taxation rules
21	2023/2064(INI)	European Central Bank – annual report 2023
21	2015/0270(COD)	European deposit insurance scheme (EDIS)
17	2010/0281(COD)	Economic governance: prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances. 'Six pack'
17	2010/0276(CNS)	Economic governance: implementation of the excessive deficit procedure. 'Six pack'
16	2011/2156(INI)	ECB annual report for 2010
16	2010/0277(NLE)	Economic governance: requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States. 'Six pack'
14	2021/2097(INI)	A European Withholding Tax framework
14	2023/0210(COD)	Payment services in the internal market
13	2021/0114(COD)	Regulation on distortive foreign subsidies
13	2023/0137(CNS)	Excessive deficit procedure: speeding up and clarifying the implementation
12	2020/0066(COD)	Capital Requirements Regulation: adjustments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
12	2021/2074(INI)	The impact of national tax reforms on the EU economy
12	2022/2051(INL)	Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties
11	2008/0103(CNS)	Common agricultural policy CAP: support schemes for farmers
11	2007/2238(INI)	Hedge funds and private equity
10	2020/2176(DEC)	2019 discharge: European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
10	2022/2060(INI)	Competition policy - annual report 2022
9	2008/2199(INI)	State of transatlantic relations in the aftermath of the US elections
9	2020/2174(DEC)	2019 discharge: European Banking Authority (EBA)
9	2021/2185(INI)	Competition policy - annual report 2021
8	2009/0140(COD)	Macro-prudential oversight of the financial system and establishing a European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB)
8	2019/2131(INI)	Competition policy - annual report 2019
8	2008/2248(INI)	Impact of extensive urbanisation in Spain on individual rights of European citizens, on the environment and on the application of EU law, based upon petitions received
8	2020/0374(COD)	Digital Markets Act
7	2008/0051(CNS)	General arrangements for excise duty
7	2020/2175(DEC)	2019 discharge: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
7	2022/2150(INI)	European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023
5	2008/0013(COD)	Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community
5	2020/2023(INI)	Recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5	2022/2006(INI)	European Semester for economic policy coordination: Annual Sustainable Growth Survey 2022
4	2010/0207(COD)	Deposit guarantee schemes. Recast
4	2007/0267(CNS)	Value added tax VAT: common system, treatment of insurance and financial services
4	2020/0006(COD)	Just Transition Fund
4	2022/0403(COD)	Measures to mitigate excessive exposures to third-country central counterparties and improve the efficiency of Union clearing markets
4	2023/0115(COD)	Deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency
3	2010/0280(COD)	Economic governance: strengthening of surveillance of budgetary positions and surveillance and coordination of economic policies. 'Six pack'
3	2009/0096(COD)	European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion
3	2020/2254(INL)	Fair and simpler taxation supporting the recovery strategy (EP follow-up to the July Commission’s Action Plan and its 25 initiatives in the area of VAT, business and individual taxation)
2	2010/0821(NLE)	Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU): stability mechanism for Member States whose currency is the euro (amend. Article 136 TFEU)
2	2010/0279(COD)	Economic governance: enforcement measures to correct excessive macroeconomic imbalances in the euro area. 'Six pack'
2	2021/2063(INI)	European Central Bank – annual report 2021
2	2021/0213(CNS)	Energy Taxation Directive
2	2021/0250(COD)	Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing: mechanisms to be put in place by the Member States
2	2022/0068(COD)	Union's rights in enforcing and implementing the UK Withdrawal Agreement and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
2	2022/2188(INI)	Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
1	2011/0092(CNS)	Taxation of energy products and electricity: restructuring the Community framework
1	2010/0195(COD)	Air quality: provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme
1	2008/0150(CNS)	Excise duty: structure and rates applied on manufactured tobacco
1	2020/0266(COD)	Digital finance: Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
1	2021/2061(INI)	Economic policies of the euro area 2021
1	2021/0343(COD)	Amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation in the area of resolution (“daisy chain” proposal)
1	2020/2114(INI)	The EU and the defence of multilateralism
1	2022/2080(INI)	Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelations
1	2022/0404(COD)	Treatment of concentration risk towards central counterparties and the counterparty risk on centrally cleared derivative transactions
1	2019/0810(NLE)	Appointment of the President of the European Central Bank - Candidate: Ms Christine LAGARDE
1	2020/2863(RSP)	Resolution on reforming the EU list of tax havens
1	2020/0104(COD)	Recovery and Resilience Facility
1	2023/0036(NLE)	EU/Chile Agreement: modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
1	2019/2854(RSP)	Resolution on the negative impact of the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook on EU tourism
1	2022/2564(RSP)	Resolution on the Russian aggression against Ukraine

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1944/08/13 - Madrid

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CV

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CV/0	Graduate in law (1965); Master of Laws (Harvard, 1972). Doctorate in law from the Miguel Hernandez University (Alicante) (2002).
CV/1	Tax inspector (1968). Director General for Community Development, Ministry of Culture (1977-1979). Practising lawyer (since 1990).
CV/2	Member of the Congress of Deputies (1977-1979). Chairman of the Committee of Petitions of the Spanish Parliament (1979-1982). Spokesman on economic and financial affairs (1986-1989; 1989-1993; 1993-1994).
CV/3	Member of the European Parliament (since 1994). Vice-Chairman of the Subcommittee on Monetary Affairs (1994-1999). Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (1999-2004).
CV/4	Grand Cross of Civil Merit (1982). Order of Constitutional Merit (1983).

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Graduate in law (1965); Master of Laws (Harvard, 1972). Doctorate in law from the Miguel Hernandez University (Alicante) (2002).
Tax inspector (1968). Director General for Community Development, Ministry of Culture (1977-1979). Practising lawyer (since 1990).
Member of the Congress of Deputies (1977-1979). Chairman of the Committee of Petitions of the Spanish Parliament (1979-1982). Spokesman on economic and financial affairs (1986-1989; 1989-1993; 1993-1994).
Member of the European Parliament (since 1994). Vice-Chairman of the Subcommittee on Monetary Affairs (1994-1999). Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (1999-2004).
Grand Cross of Civil Merit (1982). Order of Constitutional Merit (1983).