Enrique Barón Crespo

Enrique Barón Crespo

Enrique Barón Crespo (born 27 March 1944, Madrid) was an MEP from Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) and one of the trustees of the lobby group Friends of Europe. He served at the parliament during five terms (01.01.1986 - 05.07.1987, 06.07.1987 - 24.07.1989, 25.07.1989 - 18.07.1994, 19.07.1994 - 19.07.1999, 20.07.1999 - 19.07.2004, 20.07.2004 - 13.07.2009).

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Constitutional Affairs
• Member, Delegation for relations with the United States
• Substitute, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• President, International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation
• Patron, Dalí Foundation
• Vice president, International Institute for Opera and Poetry (IIOP)

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 directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
• 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 "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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduate in law (Madrid, 1965).
• Graduate in business administration (ICADE - Madrid, 1965).
• Diploma from the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (Paris, 1965). Lecturer in Economics at Complutense University (1965-1970).
• Practised law (1970-1977).
• Vice-President of the PES and of the Socialist International (1986-2004).
• Member of the Congress of Deputies (1977-1987).
• Spokesman on economic and budgetary affairs (1977-1982).
• Member of Madrid City Council (2003-2004).
• Minister for Transport, Tourism and Communications (1982-1985).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1986);

• Vice-President of the European Parliament (1987-1989);
• President of the European Parliament (1989-1992).
• Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security (1992-1994).
• Chairman of the PES Group in the EP (1999-2004).

• President of the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation (2000-2004).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

11G306

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45490

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49490

Email:

enrique.baroncrespo@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.psoe-pe.org

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Enrique Barón Crespo, 19 February 2009, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Enrique Barón Crespo, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Enrique Barón Crespo, accessed 08 September 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 29 April 2009.