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Constituencies

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  • Labour Party icon: GB United Kingdom 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30
  • Labour Party icon: GB United Kingdom 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
  • Labour Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
  • Labour Party icon: GB United Kingdom 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19

Groups

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  • icon: PSE PSE Member Group of the Party of European Socialists 1994/07/19 - 1999/07/19
  • icon: PSE PSE Member Group of the Party of European Socialists 1999/07/20 - 2004/07/19
  • icon: PSE PSE Member Socialist Group in the European Parliament 2004/07/20 - 2009/07/13
  • icon: S&D S&D Member Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30

EP staff

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  • Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2006/01/24 - 2007/01/15
  • Member of Conference of Committee Chairs 2007/01/31 - 2009/07/13

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Institutional Affairs 1994/07/21 1995/03/13
Member of Temporary committee on employment 1994/07/21 1995/07/19
Member of Committee on Regional Policy 1994/07/22 1997/01/15
Substitute of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy 1995/03/14 1997/01/15
Substitute of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Committee on Regional Policy 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 1999/07/21 2000/03/12
Substitute of Committee on Employment and Social Affairs 1999/07/22 1999/11/11
Substitute of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 1999/11/11 2000/02/03
Member of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2000/02/03 2000/02/17
Member of Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market 2000/03/13 2002/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 2000/03/13 2002/01/14
Member of Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Substitute of Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism 2002/01/17 2004/07/19
Member of Committee on Budgetary Control 2003/09/22 2003/11/19
Member of Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2004/07/21 2006/01/23
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2004/07/21 2007/01/14
Chair of Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2006/01/24 2007/01/14
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Chair of Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2007/01/15 2007/01/30
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Chair of Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2007/01/31 2009/07/13
Substitute of Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection 2009/07/16 2009/09/15
Vice-Chair of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2009/07/16 2012/01/18
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2009/09/16 2012/01/18
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 2012/01/19 2012/01/22
Substitute of Committee on Legal Affairs 2012/01/19 2014/06/30
Vice-Chair of Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs 2012/01/23 2014/06/30

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova 1994/11/17 1995/07/11
Member of Delegation for relations with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova 1995/07/12 1997/01/15
Member of Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea 1997/01/16 1997/10/13
Substitute of Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee 1997/01/16 1999/07/19
Member of Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea 1997/10/14 1999/02/23
Member of Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea 1999/02/24 1999/07/19
Member of Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 1999/10/06 2002/01/14
Member of Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) 2002/02/06 2004/07/19
Member of Delegation for relations with the United States 2004/09/15 2007/03/13
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia and the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) 2004/09/15 2007/03/13
Member of Delegation for relations with the United States 2007/03/14 2009/07/13
Substitute of Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia 2007/03/15 2009/07/13
Member of Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee 2009/09/16 2014/06/30
Substitute of Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee 2009/09/16 2014/06/30

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Responsible Committee 2013/2021(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Reforming the structure of the EU banking sector
Opinion Committee Shadow 2012/2037(INI) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive 2008/48/EC
Responsible Committee Shadow 2012/0168(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS): depositary functions, remuneration policies and sanctions
Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/2117(INI) JURI Legal Affairs Alternative dispute resolution in civil, commercial and family matters
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/2087(INI) JURI Legal Affairs European dimension in sport
Responsible Committee 2011/2026(INI) JURI Legal Affairs Implementation of the directive on mediation in the Member States, its impact on mediation and its take-up by the courts
Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/0308(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Company law: annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings
Responsible Committee 2011/0307(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Securities: issuers trading on a regulated market, transparency requirements
Responsible Committee 2011/0297(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Criminal sanctions for market abuse (market abuse directive)
Responsible Committee 2011/0295(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Market abuse
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/0154(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and right to communicate upon arrest
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/0129(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: minimum standards
Responsible Committee Shadow 2010/2016(INI) JURI Legal Affairs Guaranteeing independent impact assessments
Responsible Committee Shadow 2009/2170(INL) JURI Legal Affairs Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II)
Responsible Committee 2009/2169(INL) JURI Legal Affairs Proposed interim measures for the freezing and disclosure of debtors' assets in cross-border cases
Responsible Committee 2009/0099(COD) ECON Economic and Monetary Affairs Financial institutions: capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations; supervisory review of remuneration policies
Responsible Committee 2007/0187(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Units of measurement: approximation of the laws of the Member States (amend. Directive 80/181/EEC)
Former Responsible Committee 2007/0187(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Units of measurement: approximation of the laws of the Member States (amend. Directive 80/181/EEC)
Responsible Committee 2007/0168(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Electro-medical equipment used in veterinary medicine: approximation of the laws of the Member States (repeal. Directive 84/539/EEC)
Responsible Committee 2006/2084(INI) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Public Procurement: transposition and implementation of the legislation in relation to the Lisbon Agenda
Responsible Committee 2006/0249(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Public works contracts: abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services and on the award of public works contracts to contractors acting through agencies or branches (repeal. Directive 71/304/EEC)
Responsible Committee 2006/0178(COD) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection Classification of wood in the rough
Committee Opinion 2005/2056(INI) JURI Legal Affairs Transatlantic relations
Responsible Committee 2004/2224(INI) IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection The implementation, consequences and impact of the internal market legislation in force
Responsible Committee 2004/0251(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters
Former Responsible Committee 2004/0251(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters
Responsible Committee 2004/0055(COD) JURI Legal Affairs European order for payment procedure
Former Responsible Committee 2004/0055(COD) JURI Legal Affairs European order for payment procedure
Former Committee Opinion 2004/0055(COD) JURI Legal Affairs European order for payment procedure
Committee Opinion 2003/0032(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Information society, eEurope 2005: European network and information security Agency
Former Committee Opinion 2002/0269(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Markets in financial instruments
Former Responsible Committee 2002/0047(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Patent law: patentability of computer-implemented inventions
Committee Opinion 2001/2087(COS) JURI Legal Affairs Audiovisual industry and information: protection of minors and human dignity. Evaluation report
Committee Opinion 2001/2070(COS) JURI Legal Affairs Information society, eEurope 2002: security of infrastructures, combating computer-related crime
Former Committee Opinion 2001/0270(CNS) JURI Legal Affairs Combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law. Framework Decision
Former Committee Opinion 2000/0328(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Implementation of the .eu Top Level Domain
Responsible Committee 1999/2177(COS) RETT Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism Sustainable urban development: economic and social regeneration of cities and of neighbourhoods in crisis, URBAN
Committee Opinion 1999/0253(CNS) JURI Legal Affairs Implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin. Racial Equality Directive
Committee Opinion 1999/0251(CNS) JURI Legal Affairs Combating discrimination: Community action programme 2001-2006
Former Committee Opinion 1999/0238(COD) JURI Legal Affairs Child health protection: phthalates, dangerous substances, safety of toys (amend. Directives 76/769/EEC, 88/378/EEC)
Committee Opinion 1999/0225(CNS) JURI Legal Affairs Equal treatment in employment and occupation. Employment Equality Directive
Responsible Committee 1998/0090(AVC) REGI Regional Development Agenda 2000: general regulation governing Structural Funds, revision for the period 2000-2006
Former Responsible Committee 1998/0090(AVC) REGI Regional Development Agenda 2000: general regulation governing Structural Funds, revision for the period 2000-2006
Former Committee Opinion 1996/2181(BUD) REGI Regional Development Budget 1997: other sections
Former Committee Opinion 1996/2180(BUD) REGI Regional Development 1997 budget: section III
Responsible Committee 1995/2223(COS) REGI Regional Development Development problems and Objective 1 structural assistance in the United Kingdom, Meyerside. Report
Former Committee Opinion 1994/2142(INI) REGI Regional Development Interest groups in the European Parliament
Responsible Committee 1994/2113(COS) REGI Regional Development Community regions: social and economic situation and development. 5th ERDF Report

Activities

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Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
Robert GOEBBELS icon: S&D S&D icon: Luxembourg Luxembourg 65
Elisa FERREIRA icon: S&D S&D icon: Portugal Portugal 37
Catherine STIHLER icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 16
Antolín SÁNCHEZ PRESEDO icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 16
Udo BULLMANN icon: S&D S&D icon: Germany Germany 16
Evelyn REGNER icon: S&D S&D icon: Austria Austria 14
Emilie TURUNEN icon: S&D S&D icon: Denmark Denmark 13
Malcolm HARBOUR icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 12
Evelyne GEBHARDT icon: PSE PSE icon: Germany Germany 12
Andreas SCHWAB icon: PPE-DE PPE-DE icon: Germany Germany 12
Françoise CASTEX icon: S&D S&D icon: France France 9
Dan JØRGENSEN icon: S&D S&D icon: Denmark Denmark 8
Sergio Gaetano COFFERATI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 8
Markus FERBER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 7
Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Finland Finland 7
Claude MORAES icon: S&D S&D icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 6
George Sabin CUTAȘ icon: S&D S&D icon: Romania Romania 6
Leonardo DOMENICI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 6
Antonius MANDERS icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 6
Heide RÜHLE icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Germany Germany 6
Gianni PITTELLA icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 4
Pervenche BERÈS icon: S&D S&D icon: France France 2
Lidia Joanna GERINGER DE OEDENBERG icon: S&D S&D icon: Poland Poland 2
Marlene MIZZI icon: S&D S&D icon: Malta Malta 1
Peter SIMON icon: S&D S&D icon: Germany Germany 1
Wolf KLINZ icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 1
Eva LICHTENBERGER icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE icon: Austria Austria 1

By types

Amendments (752)
Opinions (1)
Plenary speeches (168)
Reports (23)
Shadow opinions (4)
Shadow reports (5)
Written declarations (5)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
612013/0025(COD)Prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing
512011/0298(COD)Markets in financial instruments. Recast
412010/0215(COD)Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right to information in criminal proceedings
342011/0296(COD)Markets in financial instruments; OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories
302013/0110(COD)Corporate governance: disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups
302008/0142(COD)Patients' rights in cross-border healthcare
252011/0308(COD)Company law: annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings
252010/2016(INI)Guaranteeing independent impact assessments
242012/0169(COD)Packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs): key information documents
242008/0160(COD)Trade in seal products
232012/0175(COD)Insurance distribution. Recast
232011/0203(COD)Access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms. Capital Requirements Directive (CRDIV)
192011/0202(COD)Prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms. Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR)
172011/0295(COD)Market abuse
172010/2075(INI)Regulation of trading in financial instruments - "dark pools" etc.
152011/0373(COD)Alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes (Directive on consumer ADR)
152011/0129(COD)Rights, support and protection of victims of crime: minimum standards
142010/2303(INI)Corporate governance in financial institutions
132012/2098(INI)Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth
132011/2026(INI)Implementation of the directive on mediation in the Member States, its impact on mediation and its take-up by the courts
112013/2021(INI)Reforming the structure of the EU banking sector
112012/0150(COD)Credit institutions and investment firms: framework for recovery and resolution
102011/0204(COD)European Account Preservation Order
102009/0099(COD)Financial institutions: capital requirements for the trading book and for re-securitisations; supervisory review of remuneration policies
102012/0011(COD)Personal data protection: processing and free movement of data (General Data Protection Regulation)
92010/2105(INI)Innovative financing at a global and European level
92011/2117(INI)Alternative dispute resolution in civil, commercial and family matters
92008/0196(COD)Consumer rights
92007/0195(COD)Internal market in electricity. Third energy package
82013/0000(INI)
82012/0244(COD)European Banking Authority (EBA): adjustment of procedural modalities
82011/0062(COD)Credit agreements: residential immovable property
72011/0261(CNS)Common system of financial transaction tax
72011/2087(INI)European dimension in sport
72012/0180(COD)Collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market
72009/0054(COD)Commercial transactions: combating late payment. Recast
72008/2123(INI)Legal protection of adults: cross-border implications
72007/0196(COD)Internal market in natural gas. Third energy package
62013/0139(COD)Payment accounts: comparability of fees, account switching and access to accounts with basic features
62011/0297(COD)Criminal sanctions for market abuse (market abuse directive)
62010/2074(INI)Basel II and revision of the Capital Requirements Directives (CRD 4)
62011/0154(COD)Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and right to communicate upon arrest
62008/0246(COD)Rights of passengers when travelling by sea and inland waterway; coordination between national authorities
62008/0237(COD)Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport; cooperation between national authorities
62008/2006(INI)Towards a European charter on the rights of energy consumers
52010/2302(INI)Credit rating agencies: future perspectives
52010/2006(INI)Cross-border crisis management in the banking sector
52009/0064(COD)Alternative Investment Fund Managers
52008/0018(COD)Safety of toys
42012/0242(CNS)Prudential supervision of credit institutions: conferring specific tasks on the European Central Bank (ECB)
42012/0366(COD)Tobacco and related products: manufacture, presentation and sale
42009/2170(INI)Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II)
42008/2121(INI)Commission's report on the application of Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
42007/0248(COD)Electronic communications: universal service, users' rights relating to networks and services, processing of personal data, protection of privacy, consumer protection cooperation. 'Telecoms Package'
42007/0113(COD)Protection of consumers: timeshare, long-term holiday products, resale and exchange contracts
42004/0251(COD)Certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters
32013/0185(COD)Rules governing actions for damages under national law for infringements of the competition law provisions of the Member States and of the EU
32012/2037(INI)Implementation of the Consumer Credit Directive 2008/48/EC
32011/2181(INI)Corporate governance framework for European companies
32011/0006(COD)European Supervisory Authorities: powers of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority
32010/2008(INI)Derivatives markets: future policy actions
32011/0307(COD)Securities: issuers trading on a regulated market, transparency requirements
32009/2178(INI)Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market
32006/0031(COD)Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons
32004/0001(COD)Services in the internal market. Services Directive
32004/0055(COD)European order for payment procedure
22011/2084(INI)Online gambling in the internal market
22011/2011(INI)Global economic governance
22007/2261(INI)White Paper on sport
22008/0157(COD)Intellectual property: term of protection of copyright and related rights
22006/2084(INI)Public Procurement: transposition and implementation of the legislation in relation to the Lisbon Agenda
22006/0249(COD)Public works contracts: abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services and on the award of public works contracts to contractors acting through agencies or branches (repeal. Directive 71/304/EEC)
22006/0084(COD)Investigations by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
22010/0258(COD)Carriage of goods by road: statistical returns. Recast
22010/0251(COD)Financial markets: short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps
22009/2169(INL)Proposed interim measures for the freezing and disclosure of debtors' assets in cross-border cases
21998/0090(AVC)Agenda 2000: general regulation governing Structural Funds, revision for the period 2000-2006
22007/0187(COD)Units of measurement: approximation of the laws of the Member States (amend. Directive 80/181/EEC)
12011/2271(INI)Annual tax report
12011/2149(INI)New strategy for consumer policy
12011/2146(INI)Reform of the EU state aid rules on services of general economic interest
12010/0250(COD)OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (EMIR, European Market Infrastructure Regulation)
12010/0220(NLE)State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines
12010/2137(INI)Report on competition policy 2009
12012/2097(INI)Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery
12009/0157(COD)Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and creation of a European Certificate of Succession
12008/2114(INI)Transposition, implementation and enforcement of the Misleading and Comparative Advertising Directive 84/450/EC, as revised by Directive 97/55/EC and of the Unfair Commercial Practices (UCP) Directive 2005/29/EC
12007/0214(COD)Motor vehicles: type-approval of hydrogen-powered vehicles
12008/0041(COD)Schengen Borders Code: use of the Visa Information System (VIS) at the external borders
12008/2099(INI)Reaping the full benefits of the digital dividend in Europe: a common approach to the use of the spectrum released by the digital switchover
12008/2582(RSP)Resolution on the fortieth anniversary of the Customs Union
12007/0028(COD)Application of certain national technical rules to products lawfully marketed in another Member State
12007/2114(INI)Adult learning: it is never too late to learn
12002/0222(COD)Credit agreements for consumers
12007/2010(INI)Green Paper on the review of the consumer acquis
12007/2024(INI)Single market review: tackling barriers and inefficiencies through better implementation and enforcement
12006/0236(COD)Internal market: ban the placing on the market and the import or export of cat and dog fur and products containing such fur
12006/0133(COD)Electronic communications: regulatory framework for networks and services, reductions on mobile roaming charges across the Community
12005/0227(COD)Advanced therapy medicinal products
12006/2006(INI)Strategy for the simplification of the regulatory environment, implementing the Lisbon strategy
12013/0024(COD)Information accompanying transfers of funds
12012/2306(INI)Annual report on competition policy
12010/0271(COD)Approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles
12011/0434(COD)Conservation of fish stocks: measures in relation to countries allowing non-sustainable fishing
12009/2212(INL)Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament on the detailed provisions governing the exercise of the European Parliament's right of inquiry
12011/2546(RSP)Resolution on the conclusions of the European Council meeting (8-9 December 2011) on a draft international agreement on a Fiscal Stability Union
12009/0156(NLE)EC/Canada agreement: civil aviation safety
12010/0036(COD)Exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the Stabilisation and Association process
12009/0129(COD)General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement Area
12008/0241(COD)Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast
12008/0227(COD)Metrology
12010/2070(INI)Health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa and global health
12010/2746(RSP)Resolution on Iceland's application for membership of the European Union
12009/2090(INI)ECB annual report for 2008
12009/0035(COD)Company law: annual accounts of micro-entities
12009/0105(COD)European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): eligibility of housing interventions in favour of marginalised communities
12009/0007(CNS)Mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other measures
12009/0802(CNS)Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings. Framework Decision. Initiative Czech Republic, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia and Sweden
11995/2223(COS)Development problems and Objective 1 structural assistance in the United Kingdom, Meyerside. Report
12002/0047(COD)Patent law: patentability of computer-implemented inventions
11999/2177(COS)Sustainable urban development: economic and social regeneration of cities and of neighbourhoods in crisis, URBAN
12007/0168(COD)Electro-medical equipment used in veterinary medicine: approximation of the laws of the Member States (repeal. Directive 84/539/EEC)
12006/0178(COD)Classification of wood in the rough
12004/2224(INI)The implementation, consequences and impact of the internal market legislation in force
12012/0168(COD)Undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS): depositary functions, remuneration policies and sanctions
12009/2170(INL)Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (Rome II)

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Born

1960/10/10 - Belfast (Northern Ireland)

  • BA (Hons.) (1983). Studied at the Polytechnic of the South Bank, London, the Department of Political Science, Stuttgart University and the Faculty of Law, University of Clermont-Ferrand. Guest Research Fellow at the Institute for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy, Free University of Berlin (1986-1988). Ph.D. studies (University of Manchester). Worked with the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (1989-1992) and with Mr Ford, former Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (1990-1992). Lecturer in politics, Institute for International Politics and Regional Studies, Free University of Berlin (1991-1992). Principal European Liaison Officer, Kirklees Metropolitan Council (until 1994).
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).
  • Author of 'European Regional Development Strategies: Responses of Two Northern Regions', Local Government Policy Making, Vol.20, No 5, May 1994. Joint editor of 'Changing States' (1996) and author of chapter 'A Europe of the Regions: Building Economic and Social Cohesion in Britain and Europe'.

History

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

CV
  • BA (Hons.) (1983). Studied at the Polytechnic of the South Bank, London, the Department of Political Science, Stuttgart University and the Faculty of Law, University of Clermont-Ferrand. Guest Research Fellow at the Institute for Transatlantic Foreign and Security Policy, Free University of Berlin (1986-1988). Ph.D. studies (University of Manchester). Worked with the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (1989-1992) and with Mr Ford, former Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (1990-1992). Lecturer in politics, Institute for International Politics and Regional Studies, Free University of Berlin (1991-1992). Principal European Liaison Officer, Kirklees Metropolitan Council (until 1994).
  • Member of the European Parliament (since 1994).
  • Author of 'European Regional Development Strategies: Responses of Two Northern Regions', Local Government Policy Making, Vol.20, No 5, May 1994. Joint editor of 'Changing States' (1996) and author of chapter 'A Europe of the Regions: Building Economic and Social Cohesion in Britain and Europe'.