Committees

Delegations

Rapporteur

Type	Dossier	Committee	Title
Opinion Committee Shadow	2015/2354(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Single market strategy
Responsible Committee Shadow	2015/2330(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2016
Opinion Committee Shadow	2015/2147(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Towards a digital single market act
Responsible Committee Shadow	2015/2089(INI)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Towards improved single market regulation
Responsible Committee Shadow	2015/2061(INI)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	EEA-Switzerland: obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market
Opinion Committee Shadow	2015/2007(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age
Responsible Committee Shadow	2015/0028(COD)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Trade in seal products: conditions for placing on the market
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/2252(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/2245(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/2240(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth
Responsible Committee Shadow	2014/2238(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Green employment initiative: tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/2150(INI)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/2150(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/2145(INI)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/2145(INI)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/0268(COD)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/0124(COD)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work
Opinion Committee Shadow	2014/0108(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Personal protective equipment
Responsible Committee Shadow	2013/0390(COD)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	Seafarers
Responsible Committee Shadow	2013/0285(NLE)	EMPL Employment and Social Affairs	International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (1995) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO): signing and/or ratification by Member States
Responsible Committee Shadow	2013/0165(COD)	IMCO Internal Market and Consumer Protection	Type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service

Activities

Stats

By types

Amendments (550)
Oral questions (3)
Plenary speeches (7)
Shadow opinions (13)
Shadow reports (8)
Written declarations (2)
Written questions (28)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
61	2014/0121(COD)	Corporate governance: long-term shareholder engagement
41	2015/2089(INI)	Towards improved single market regulation
39	2015/2255(INI)	Social dumping in the European Union
35	2015/2354(INI)	Single market strategy
34	2014/2235(INI)	Creating a competitive EU labour market for the 21st century: matching skills and qualifications with demand and job opportunities, as a way to recover from the crisis
33	2014/2238(INI)	Green employment initiative: tapping into the job creation potential of the green economy
31	2014/2222(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2015
26	2015/2330(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual growth survey 2016
26	2015/2147(INI)	Towards a digital single market act
26	2015/2107(INI)	EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2014-2020
26	2014/2059(INI)	European semester for economic policy coordination: implementation of 2014 priorities
25	2015/0028(COD)	Trade in seal products: conditions for placing on the market
24	2014/0124(COD)	European Platform to enhance cooperation in tackling undeclared work
22	2014/2150(INI)	Regulatory fitness and performance programme (REFIT): state of play and outlook
14	2015/2223(INI)	Meeting the antipoverty target in the light of increasing household costs
13	2014/2145(INI)	Review of the economic governance framework: stocktaking and challenges
12	2014/2240(INI)	Untapping the potential of research and innovation in the blue economy to create jobs and growth
11	2013/0157(COD)	Provision of port services and financial transparency of ports
10	2014/0108(COD)	Personal protective equipment
10	2015/2346(INI)	Non-tariff barriers in the single market
9	2015/2007(INI)	Gender equality and empowering women in the digital age
9	2015/2065(INI)	Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain
7	2015/0009(COD)	European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
5	2014/2252(INI)	Annual reports 2012-2013 on subsidiarity and proportionality
5	2015/2061(INI)	EEA-Switzerland: obstacles with regard to the full implementation of the internal market
4	2014/0120(COD)	Single-member private limited liability companies
3	2013/0390(COD)	Seafarers
3	2014/0268(COD)	Emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery
2	2015/2012(BUD)	2016 budget: estimates of revenue and expenditure, Section I - Parliament
2	2014/2078(DEC)	2013 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament
1	2015/2132(BUD)	2016 general budget: all sections
1	2014/2040(BUD)	2015 general budget: all sections
1	2015/2256(INI)	Single market governance within the European semester 2016
1	2013/0285(NLE)	International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Fishing Vessel Personnel (1995) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO): signing and/or ratification by Member States
1	2013/0165(COD)	Type-approval requirements for the deployment of the eCall in-vehicle system based on the 112 service
1	2014/2245(INI)	Investment for jobs and growth: promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion in the Union

See historical changes of the Bio

Born

1962/09/04 - Esbjerg

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 1985 : First degree in Humanities
• 1987 : Commercial language diploma

Professional career

• 1987-1994 : Political consultant in the Venstre (Liberal) Party

Political career

• 1996-1998 : Spokesperson on foreign affairs
• 1998-2001 : Political spokesperson for the Venstre Party
• 1999-2001 : Deputy Chair of the Education Committee.
• 2010-2013 : Spokesperson on the labour market
• 2014 : Member of Holstebro Town Council
• 2014 : Second Deputy Mayor of Holstebro
• 1994-2014 : Member of the Danish Parliament (Folketing)
• 2001-2005 : Minister of Education
• 2005-2010 : Minister of Development Cooperation
• 1989-1993 : Vice-President of the International Federation of Liberal and Radical Youth

Honours

• Commander of the Order of the Kingdom of Denmark

Ulla TØRNÆS on

• EP official site
• ... wikipedia
• ... google

History

Filter history Active Addresses Addresses.brussels Addresses.brussels.fax Addresses.brussels.phone Addresses.postal Addresses.strasbourg.fax Addresses.strasbourg.phone Assistants Assistants.accredited Birth Committees Committees.committee_id Committees.end Committees.term Constituencies Constituencies.country Constituencies.end Constituencies.party Constituencies.term Cv Cv.education (qualifications and diplomas) Cv.honours Cv.political career Cv.professional career Cv.updated Declarations of participation Delegations Delegations.abbr Delegations.end Delegations.term Financial declarations Financial declarations.date Financial declarations.mandate Financial declarations.url Gender Groups Groups.country Groups.end Homepage Mail Name Name.aliases Name.familylc Photo Userid

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