Marco Cappato

Marco Cappato

Marco Cappato (born 25 May 1971, Milano) is a former MEP from the former Italian political party Lista Emma Bonino (20.07.1999 - 19.07.2004 and 08.05.2006 - 13.07.2009).

Affiliations

• Vice-Chairman, Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries
• Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Substitute, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
• Substitute, Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
• Substitute, Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Substitute, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• Abstained from voting 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.
• Abstained from voting 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.
• Abstained from voting 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.
• 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

• Secondary school-leaving certificate in classical subjects (1989).
• Degree in economics (1994).
• Responsible for communications at an industrial plant (1994).
• Temporary agent in the secretariat of the Radical Group of the European Parliament (1995-1999).
• National Secretary of the Pannella Club Reform movement (1995-1997).
• Treasurer of the Radical anti-prohibitionist coordinating committee since December 1996.
• Representative of the Radical Party at the United Nations since 1997.
• Coordinator of the Radicals from 1999 to 2001.
• Member of the European Parliament (1999-2004).
• 'European of the Year', 2002 (European Voice).
• Arrested and imprisoned in Manchester for civil disobedience in protest against prohibitionist drug laws (2002).
• Promoter of the World Congress for the freedom of Scientific Research.
• Secretary of the Luca Coscioni Association, member of the National Secretariat of the 'Rosa nel Pugno' (the Rose in the Fist) party and Vice-Chairman of the Trans-national Radical Party.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

09G346

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45288

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49288

Email:

marco.cappato@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.marcocappato.it

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Marco Cappato, 03 December 2008, accessed 22 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Marco Cappato, accessed 22 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Marco Cappato, accessed 15 September 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 22 April 2009.