Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines

Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, MEP

Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines (born 17 December 1939, Madrid) is an MEP from the Spanish People's Party (PP) since 1999.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Petitions
• Member, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Member, Delegation for relations with Israel
• Substitute, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
• Substitute, Committee on Budgetary Control
• Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• President of the European Water Forum - non remunerated
• Member of the Board of the European Water Forum - non remunerated

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Voted against 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 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 against 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 against 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 against 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

• Doctor of art history. Professor of art history.
• Researcher in art and architecture, urban planning and the history of urban development as well as in the use of new technologies in the field of art history.
• Director of cultural events and evening courses, University of Murcia (1978-1993).
• Director of the cultural events of 'La Verdad' newspaper (Murcia, 1989-1995).
• Minister of Education and Culture, Murcia Regional Government (1995-1999).
• Director of the Botín Foundation course on 'sustainable development and conservation of the historical and natural heritage' (1995-2003).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

11E258

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45594

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49594

Email:

cristina.gutierrez-cortines@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaration of Members' Financial Interests: Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, 09 February 2009, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, accessed 29 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, accessed 17 November 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 29 April 2009.