Carlos Carnero González

Carlos Carnero González

Carlos Carnero González (born 24 November 1961, Madrid) is a former MEP from the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) (19.07.1994 - 27.05.2009).

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on International Trade
• Member, Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Petitions
• Substitute, Committee on Constitutional Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Turkey 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 against the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amendment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.
• 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 against 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 "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.
• 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

• University degree in Tourism. Areas studied include: Tourism in the knowledge society. Postgraduate studies: Translation of English - recurrent problems. Specialised administrative technician. University course in Business Studies.
• Vice-President of the Party of European Socialists (PES).
• Coordinator, Mediterranean Working Group, PSOE Secretariat for International Relations. Member of the PSOE Council on International Relations. Member of the PSOE Federal Committee (2001-2004).
• Nueva Izquierda European Policy Secretary (1998-2000). IU External Policy Secretary (1991-1997).
• Member of the Steering Committee of the International European Movement.
• Vice-Chairman, Committee on Improving the Quality of Life, Civil Society Exchanges and Culture of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA).
• Member of the European Convention. Chairman of Parliament's team of observers at the parliamentary elections in Lebanon (2005). Member of the European Parliament's Federalist Intergroup for the European Constitution.
• Member of the editorial team of the review 'Temas'.
• Patron of the NGOs MPDL (Movement for Peace, Disarmament and Liberty) and ASODEGUE (Association for Democratic Solidarity with Equatorial Guinea). Member of the CCOO (the Workers' Committees).

Publications

• Co-author of 'La Constitución Europea: manual de instrucciones' (2005).
• Co-author of 'Construyendo la Constitución Europea. Crónica política de la Convención' (2003).
• Co-author of '12 Visiones de una política de progreso' (1998).
• Co-author of 'Europa: el estado de la Unión' (2006).
• Regular contributor to El País.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

11G209

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45969

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49969

Email:

carlos.carnerogonzalez@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://ccarnero.blogspot.com

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Carlos Carnero González, 19 September 2008, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Carlos Carnero González, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Carlos Carnero González, accessed 15 September 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 29 April 2009.