Guido Sacconi

Guido Sacconi

Guido Sacconi (born 23 June 1948, Udine) is a former Italian MEP (1999-2004 Democratici di Sinistra, 2004-2009 Uniti nell'Ulivo).

Affiliations

Parliamentary Affiliations

Chair:

22.05.2007 / 04.02.2009 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change

Vice-Chair:

15.01.2001 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

13.03.2003 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

Member:

20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists

21.07.1999 / 14.01.2001 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

06.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Petitions

17.01.2002 / 12.03.2003 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy

07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee

20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

15.09.2004 / 13.12.2006 : Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

14.12.2006 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

10.05.2007 / 21.05.2007 : Temporary Committee on Climate Change

22.05.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Conference of Committee Chairmen

Substitute:

22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Petitions

22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism

13.12.2000 / 29.11.2001 : Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine

21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe

15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• 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 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

• Studied philosophy (University of Florence, 1967).
• Responsible for the research office at the Chamber of Labour of Florence (1972).
• Member of the Provincial Secretariat (1975) and then General Secretary (1978) of FIOM CGIL.
• General Secretary of the Chamber of Labour of Florence (1990).
• Regional Secretary of CGIL for Tuscany until 1992.
• Regional Secretary of the PDS - Tuscany (since 1992).
• Member (1995) and then Vice-Chairman (1998) of the Regional Council of Tuscany.
• Secretary of the PDS Florentine Metropolitan Union (1995-1998).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Member of the delegation from the European Parliament to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 2002) and to the Ninth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework.

Contact

Address:

Phone:

Fax

Email:

sacconi AT toscanaeuropa.it

Website:

http://www.guidosacconi.it

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Guido Sacconi, 23 January 2009, accessed 16 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Guido Sacconi, accessed 16 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Guido Sacconi, accessed 03 December 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 16 April 2009.