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Antonio CANCIAN



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Constituencies

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  • Nuovo Centrodestra icon: IT Italy 2013/12/16 - 2014/06/30
  • Il Popolo della Libertà icon: IT Italy 2009/07/14 - 2013/12/15

Groups

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  • icon: PPE PPE Member Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) 2009/07/14 - 2014/06/30

Committees

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RoleCommitteeStartEnd
Substitute of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2009/07/16 2012/01/18
Member of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2009/07/16 2012/01/18
Substitute of Committee on Industry, Research and Energy 2012/01/19 2014/06/30
Member of Committee on Transport and Tourism 2012/01/19 2014/06/30

Delegations

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RoleDelegationStartEnd
Member of Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee 2009/09/16 2012/01/18
Substitute of Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo 2009/09/16 2014/06/30
Member of Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula 2012/01/19 2014/06/30

Rapporteur

TypeDossierCommitteeTitle
Responsible Committee Shadow 2013/0237(NLE) ITRE Industry, Research and Energy Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR): extension of the Joint Undertaking until 2024
Committee Opinion 2013/0237(NLE) TRAN Transport and Tourism Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR): extension of the Joint Undertaking until 2024
Responsible Committee Shadow 2012/2321(INI) ITRE Industry, Research and Energy Contribution of cooperatives to overcoming the crisis
Committee Opinion 2012/2027(INI) ITRE Industry, Research and Energy Innovative financial instruments in the context of the next multiannual financial framework
Joint Responsible Committee Shadow 2011/0302(COD) ['ITRE', 'TRAN'] Connecting Europe Facility 2014-2020
Committee Opinion 2011/0301(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Financing of infrastructure projects: Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and trans-European transport and energy networks
Opinion Committee Shadow 2011/0092(CNS) TRAN Transport and Tourism Taxation of energy products and electricity: restructuring the Community framework
Responsible Committee Shadow 2010/0150(COD) ITRE Industry, Research and Energy Programme to aid economic recovery: financial assistance to projects in the field of energy, European Energy Efficiency Fund (EEEF)
Committee Opinion 2009/2096(INI) ITRE Industry, Research and Energy Sustainable future for transport
Responsible Committee Shadow 2009/0110(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Trans-European transport network: Union guidelines. Recast
Responsible Committee 2008/0237(COD) CODE Conciliation Committee Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport; cooperation between national authorities
Former Responsible Committee 2008/0237(COD) TRAN Transport and Tourism Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport; cooperation between national authorities

Activities

Stats

Amendment Co-authors
Name Group Country Ams
Carlo FIDANZA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 173
Amalia SARTORI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 164
Lara COMI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 41
Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 35
Patrizia TOIA icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 30
Paolo BARTOLOZZI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 27
Mario PIRILLO icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 26
Alejo VIDAL-QUADRAS icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 26
Salvatore TATARELLA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 25
Maria da Graça CARVALHO icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 25
Elisabetta GARDINI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 24
Oreste ROSSI icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 24
Tiziano MOTTI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 24
Lambert van NISTELROOIJ icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 22
Andrea ZANONI icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 20
Krišjānis KARIŅŠ icon: PPE PPE icon: Latvia Latvia 20
Aldo PATRICIELLO icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 19
Erminia MAZZONI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 18
Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 17
Roberta ANGELILLI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 16
Markus PIEPER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 16
Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 16
Werner LANGEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 16
Vladimir URUTCHEV icon: PPE PPE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 16
Holger KRAHMER icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Germany Germany 16
Marco SCURRIA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 15
Lorenzo FONTANA icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 15
David Maria SASSOLI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 15
Gabriele ALBERTINI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 15
Bendt BENDTSEN icon: PPE PPE icon: Denmark Denmark 14
Paul RÜBIG icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 14
Giovanni LA VIA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 14
Michael GAHLER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 13
Sergio BERLATO icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 12
Claudio MORGANTI icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 12
Cristiana MUSCARDINI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 11
Jean-Pierre AUDY icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 11
Raffaele BALDASSARRE icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 10
Francesco DE ANGELIS icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 10
Jan BŘEZINA icon: PPE PPE icon: Czechia Czechia 10
Corien WORTMANN-KOOL icon: PPE PPE icon: Netherlands Netherlands 9
Herbert DORFMANN icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 8
Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 8
Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 8
Damien ABAD icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 8
Georgios KOUMOUTSAKOS icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 8
Seán KELLY icon: PPE PPE icon: Ireland Ireland 7
Dominique RIQUET icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 7
Françoise GROSSETÊTE icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 7
Cristina GUTIÉRREZ-CORTINES icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 7
Jim HIGGINS icon: PPE PPE icon: Ireland Ireland 6
Debora SERRACCHIANI icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 6
Adina VĂLEAN icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Romania Romania 5
Inés AYALA SENDER icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 5
Nuno TEIXEIRA icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 5
Marian-Jean MARINESCU icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 4
Hubert PIRKER icon: PPE PPE icon: Austria Austria 4
Giancarlo SCOTTÀ icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 4
Mara BIZZOTTO icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 4
Mario BORGHEZIO icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 4
Fiorello PROVERA icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 4
Matteo SALVINI icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 4
Francesco Enrico SPERONI icon: EFD EFD icon: Italy Italy 4
Mário DAVID icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 4
Timothy KIRKHOPE icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
Timothy Charles Ayrton TANNOCK icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
Krzysztof LISEK icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 4
Roberta METSOLA icon: PPE PPE icon: Malta Malta 4
Tunne KELAM icon: PPE PPE icon: Estonia Estonia 4
Georgios PAPANIKOLAOU icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 4
Paulo RANGEL icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 4
Niccolò RINALDI icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 4
Antonyia PARVANOVA icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 4
Ismail ERTUG icon: S&D S&D icon: Germany Germany 4
Nirj DEVA icon: ECR ECR icon: United Kingdom United Kingdom 4
Salvador SEDÓ i ALABART icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 4
Arnaud DANJEAN icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 4
Adrian SEVERIN icon: NA NA icon: Romania Romania 4
Ivo VAJGL icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Slovenia Slovenia 4
Filip KACZMAREK icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 4
Elena Oana ANTONESCU icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 4
Monica MACOVEI icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 4
Dimitrios DROUTSAS icon: S&D S&D icon: Greece Greece 4
David CASA icon: PPE PPE icon: Malta Malta 4
Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 4
Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE icon: S&D S&D icon: Spain Spain 4
Anne DELVAUX icon: PPE PPE icon: Belgium Belgium 4
Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 4
Andrey KOVATCHEV icon: PPE PPE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 4
Eduard KUKAN icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 4
Kristiina OJULAND icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Estonia Estonia 4
Licia RONZULLI icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 3
Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 3
Alajos MÉSZÁROS icon: PPE PPE icon: Slovakia Slovakia 3
Herbert REUL icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 3
Salvatore IACOLINO icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 3
Georges BACH icon: PPE PPE icon: Luxembourg Luxembourg 3
Vincenzo IOVINE icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Italy Italy 3
Inese VAIDERE icon: PPE PPE icon: Latvia Latvia 3
Paweł Robert KOWAL icon: ECR ECR icon: Poland Poland 3
Ioan Mircea PAŞCU icon: S&D S&D icon: Romania Romania 3
Cristian Dan PREDA icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 3
Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU icon: S&D S&D icon: Cyprus Cyprus 3
Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU icon: PPE PPE icon: Greece Greece 3
Kinga GÁL icon: PPE PPE icon: Hungary Hungary 3
Burkhard BALZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 3
Oldřich VLASÁK icon: ECR ECR icon: Czechia Czechia 3
Ramona Nicole MĂNESCU icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Romania Romania 3
Davor Ivo STIER icon: PPE PPE icon: Croatia Croatia 3
Norica NICOLAI icon: ALDE ALDE icon: Romania Romania 3
José Manuel FERNANDES icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 3
Hans-Peter MAYER icon: PPE PPE icon: Germany Germany 3
Anna IBRISAGIC icon: PPE PPE icon: Sweden Sweden 3
Petru Constantin LUHAN icon: PPE PPE icon: Romania Romania 3
Svetoslav Hristov MALINOV icon: PPE PPE icon: Bulgaria Bulgaria 3
Bogusław SONIK icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 3
Jacek PROTASIEWICZ icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 3
Kyriacos TRIANTAPHYLLIDES icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL icon: Cyprus Cyprus 3
Bogusław LIBERADZKI icon: S&D S&D icon: Poland Poland 3
José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA icon: PPE PPE icon: Spain Spain 3
Diogo FEIO icon: PPE PPE icon: Portugal Portugal 3
Clemente MASTELLA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 2
Barbara MATERA icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 2
Fabrizio BERTOT icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 2
Jolanta Emilia HIBNER icon: PPE PPE icon: Poland Poland 2
Gaston FRANCO icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 2
Franco FRIGO icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 2
Christine DE VEYRAC icon: PPE PPE icon: France France 2
Salvatore CARONNA icon: S&D S&D icon: Italy Italy 2
Mario MAURO icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 1
Potito SALATTO icon: PPE PPE icon: Italy Italy 1
Algirdas SAUDARGAS icon: PPE PPE icon: Lithuania Lithuania 1

By types

Amendments (600)
Opinions (4)
Plenary speeches (254)
Reports (2)
Shadow opinions (1)
Shadow reports (6)
Written declarations (1)

By dossiers

CountDossier ReferenceTitle
552011/0391(COD)Allocation of slots at EU airports
412010/0253(COD)Single European railway area. Recast
372011/0172(COD)Energy efficiency
262013/0029(COD)Single European railway area: opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and governance of the railway infrastructure. 4th Railway Package
222011/2107(INI)Green Paper: From challenges to opportunities: towards a common strategic framework for EU research and innovation funding
212011/0156(COD)Food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control
182010/2095(INI)Industrial policy for the globalised era
182011/0294(COD)Trans-European transport network: development
172012/2321(INI)Contribution of cooperatives to overcoming the crisis
172011/0399(COD)Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation 2014-2020: rules for participation and dissemination
172011/2034(INI)Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond
172011/2043(INI)Seventh EU programme for research, technological development and demonstration
162011/0302(COD)Connecting Europe Facility 2014-2020
152010/2235(INI)European road safety 2011-2020
142012/2029(INI)Engaging in energy policy cooperation with partners beyond our borders: strategic approach to secure, sustainable and competitive energy supply
142008/0147(COD)Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of infrastructure: differentiated charging
132009/2096(INI)Sustainable future for transport
132013/0028(COD)Opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail: award of public service contracts. 4th Railway Package
112011/0401(COD)Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation 2014-2020
112010/0150(COD)Programme to aid economic recovery: financial assistance to projects in the field of energy, European Energy Efficiency Fund (EEEF)
112013/0157(COD)Provision of port services and financial transparency of ports
102011/0300(COD)Trans-European energy infrastructure: guidelines
102010/2245(INI)Innovation Union: transforming Europe for a post-crisis world
102013/0072(COD)Air passenger rights
102010/0251(COD)Financial markets: short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps
92012/2144(INI)Internal market for services: state of play and next steps
92008/0237(COD)Rights of passengers in bus and coach transport; cooperation between national authorities
82010/2304(INI)European broadband: investing in digitally driven growth
82010/2206(INI)Europe, the world's No 1 tourist destination – a new political framework for tourism in Europe
82009/0156(NLE)EC/Canada agreement: civil aviation safety
72011/2096(INI)Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system
72011/0437(COD)Award of concession contracts
62013/0244(NLE)Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative in aeronautics
62012/2103(INI)Energy roadmap 2050, a future with energy
62012/2027(INI)Innovative financial instruments in the context of the next multiannual financial framework
62010/2107(INI)Revision of the energy efficiency action plan
62012/0361(COD)Civil aviation: reporting, analysis and follow-up of occurrences
62012/2296(INI)Strategy for an electronic toll service and a vignette system on light private vehicles in Europe
62010/2154(INI)Aviation security with a special focus on security scanners
62006/0167(COD)Officially supported export credits: application of certain guidelines
52011/0394(COD)Programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs, COSME 2014-2020
52011/2148(INI)Towards a space strategy for the European Union that benefits its citizens
52008/0247(COD)Rail transport: European rail network for competitive freight
52011/0117(COD)Scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP)
52011/0212(COD)European Fisheries Fund (EFF): increased payments for certain Member States
52010/0207(COD)Deposit guarantee schemes. Recast
42011/0275(COD)European Regional Development Fund (ERDF): support to the Investment for growth and jobs goal, 2014-2020
42011/0280(COD)Common agricultural policy (CAP): direct payments to farmers under support schemes 2014-2020
42012/0309(COD)Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement
42010/0362(COD)Milk and milk products sector: contractual relations
42008/0249(COD)Dual-use items and technology: Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit
32011/0092(CNS)Taxation of energy products and electricity: restructuring the Community framework
32012/0288(COD)Fuels and energy from renewable sources: transition to biofuels to deliver greenhouse gas savings
32011/0392(COD)European satellite navigation systems: implementation and exploitation 2014-2020
32011/0043(NLE)Euratom Framework Programme 2012-2013: fusion energy, nuclear fission and radiation protection; specific programme for indirect actions
32009/2178(INI)Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market
32011/0397(COD)Groundhandling services at Union airports
32011/0439(COD)Procurement in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
32011/0190(COD)Prevention of pollution from ships: sulphur content of marine fuels
32011/2286(INI)Defining a new development cooperation with Latin America
32010/0195(COD)Air quality: provisions for engines placed on the market under the flexibility scheme
22013/2045(INI)Tackling youth unemployment: possible ways out
22013/2062(INI)CARS 2020: towards a strong, competitive and sustainable European car industry
22011/0402(CNS)Specific programme implementing the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
22011/0046(NLE)Euratom Framework Programme 2012-2013: nuclear research and training activities
22010/2105(INI)Innovative financing at a global and European level
22013/0105(COD)Road transport: maximum authorised dimensions and weights for certain road vehicles
22012/0358(COD)Marine equipment
22010/0303(COD)European Maritime Safety Agency: further development
22010/2208(INI)Transport applications of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems - short and medium term EU policy
22010/0063(COD)Statistics on tourism
22009/0170(COD)Civil aviation safety: investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents
22011/0239(COD)Maritime safety: minimum level of training of seafarers
22011/0301(COD)Financing of infrastructure projects: Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007-2013) and trans-European transport and energy networks
22011/0137(COD)Customs enforcement of intellectual property rights
22011/0131(COD)Issuance of euro coins
22011/0105(COD)Export and import of hazardous chemicals. Recast
22008/0028(COD)Food information to consumers
22009/0129(COD)General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM): fishing in the GFCM Agreement Area
22009/0110(COD)Trans-European transport network: Union guidelines. Recast
12011/2157(INI)Review of the European neighbourhood policy
12011/0045(NLE)Euratom Framework Programme 2012-2013: participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in indirect actions, dissemination of research results
12012/2005(INI)Implementation of the Single European Sky legislation
12011/2094(INI)Annual report on EU competition policy
12011/2020(BUD)2012 budget: all sections
12009/2230(INI)European Union strategy for the Baltic Sea region and the role of macro-regions in the future cohesion policy
12010/0383(COD)Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. Recast
12013/0013(COD)Common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings: repeal. 4th Railway Package
12011/0436(APP)Europe for Citizens programme 2014-2020
12012/0185(COD)Registration documents for vehicles. 'Roadworthiness package'
12011/0309(COD)Safety of offshore oil and gas operations
12012/2286(INI)European Investment Bank - 2011 annual report
12011/2058(REG)EP Rules of Procedure, Rules 123 and 42: written declarations and legislative initiatives
12011/0459(COD)European statistical programme 2013-2017
12011/0093(COD)Enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection: implementation
12011/0322(NLE)EU/Russia Agreement: administration of tariff-rate quotas applying to exports of wood; Protocol on technical modalities
12012/2842(RSP)Resolution on the human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates
12011/0196(COD)Tachographs in road transport
12010/0377(COD)Control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances
12011/0385(COD)Economic governance: strengthening of economic and budgetary surveillance of Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability in the euro area. 'Two pack'
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
12010/0380(COD)Social security: coordination of social security systems and implementation
12011/2095(INI)Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
12011/2116(INI)Statute for a European cooperative society with regard to the involvement of employees
12010/0373(COD)Single Euro Payments Area: technical requirements for credit transfers and direct debits
12011/2087(INI)European dimension in sport
12008/0241(COD)Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast
12011/2115(INI)Trade and investment barriers
12010/0387(CNS)Company taxation: parent companies and subsidiaries of different Member States, common system. Recast
12010/2295(INI)Activities of the Committee on Petitions in 2010
12009/0006(COD)Textile products: textile fibre names and labelling
12010/2248(INI)EIB annual report for 2009
12009/2150(INI)Effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation
12008/0261(COD)Medicinal products for human use: prevention of the entry into the legal supply chain of falsified medicinal products
12010/2268(INI)Negotiations on EU-Libya Framework Agreement
12009/2182(INI)Financial, economic and social crisis: recommendations concerning the measures and initiatives to be taken. Mid-term report
12005/0254(COD)Imports: indication of the country of origin of certain products
12010/2074(INI)Basel II and revision of the Capital Requirements Directives (CRD 4)
12008/0263(COD)Road transport: framework for the deployment of intelligent transport systems and for interfaces with other transport modes
12010/2591(RSP)Resolution on EU 2020
12010/2556(RSP)Resolution on the implementation of the first railway package Directives (2001/12/EC, 2001/13/EC and 2001/14/EC)
12009/2235(INI)Contribution of the cohesion policy to the achievement of Lisbon objectives
12010/2547(RSP)Resolution on electric cars
12009/2106(INI)Green Paper on reform of the common fisheries policy
12009/0096(COD)European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion
12013/0237(NLE)Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR): extension of the Joint Undertaking until 2024

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Born

1951/07/02 - Mareno di Piave (TV)

History

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

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    CV/0
    Degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Padua (1975).
    CV/1
    Founder partner, chairman and managing director of Poolinvest, a group operating in the innovative high-tech service sector (1978-2009).
    CV/2
    Municipal councillor and then councillor with special responsibilities for Mareno di Piave (Treviso) (1973-1987); Mayor of Mareno di Piave (Treviso) (1987-1992).
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    Member of the Christian Democrat (DC) Group in the Italian Parliament during the 9th parliamentary term; member of the Committee on productive activities (1992-1994).
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    • Degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Padua (1975).
    • Founder partner, chairman and managing director of Poolinvest, a group operating in the innovative high-tech service sector (1978-2009).
    • Municipal councillor and then councillor with special responsibilities for Mareno di Piave (Treviso) (1973-1987); Mayor of Mareno di Piave (Treviso) (1987-1992).
    • Member of the Christian Democrat (DC) Group in the Italian Parliament during the 9th parliamentary term; member of the Committee on productive activities (1992-1994).