Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop

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Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop

Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop (born 27 July 1945, Hannover, Germany) is a former MEP from Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) who served five consecutive terms between 06.07.1987-13.07.2009.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Member, Delegation for relations with Canada
• Substitute, Committee on Budgetary Control
• Substitute, Committee on Budgets
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.
• Voted against the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.
• Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.
• Voted in favour of the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.
• Voted in favour of the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.
• Voted in favour of the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduate in humanities of the University of Uppsala (Sweden) (1971).
• Language teacher (Hamburg, 1973).
• Deputy Chair, Erlangen-Nürnberg University (1974-1978).
• Language teacher at the Usandizaga Institute and the German School (San Sebastian, 1978-1987).
• Chair of the Board of the German School in San Sebastian (1995).
• Member of the Executive Committee of the Basque Socialist Party (1999).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1987).
• Socialist coordinator on the Committee on Culture and Education (1989-1994).
• Vice-Chairwoman of the Committee on Budgets (1994-1999).
• Awarded the 'Mujer Progresista' prize in 1995. Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit of the Republic of Austria.

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This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, 17 December 2008, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=1313 MEP Directory: Bárbara Dührkop Dührkopaccessed 06 November 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 29 April 2009.