Udo Bullmann

Udo Bullmann, MEP

Udo Bullmann (born 08 June 1956, Gießen) is a German MEP from Social Democratic Party of Germany (since 20.07.1999).

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Member, Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis
• Member, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union

Former Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Member, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with South Africa

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• As political scientist, I occasionally publish scientific papers (articles, book publications), for which I receive small scale fees as an author. The annual amount of money I receive from them does not exceed the limit of €500.

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.
• 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. Adopted.

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Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Studied politics, sociology, public law and economics. MA in political science (1982). Dr. rer. soc. (1988).
• Assistant at the University of Giessen (1984-1996).
• Grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (German Research Association) (1994-1997).
• Visiting research fellow in the Department of Government of the University of Strathclyde (1994-1998).
• Lecturer and Jean Monnet Professor for Studies of European Integration at the University of Giessen (1998-1999).
• Chairman of Giessen Young Socialists (1980-1982).
• Land chairman of Hesse Young Socialists (1989-1991).
• Member of the Hesse executive of the SPD (since 1971).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Deputy chairman of the SPD delegation in the PSE Group (since 2003).
• Member of the party council of the SPD (since 2004).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

12G169

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45342

Fax:

+32 (0)2 28 49342

Email:

udo.bullmann AT europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.udobullmann.de

This article is part of the MEPedia project of Spinwatch.

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Udo Bullmann, 03 December 2008, accessed 27 February 2009.
• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Udo Bullmann, 07 July 2009, accessed 18 November 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Udo Bullmann, accessed 27 February 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Udo Bullmann, accessed 15 September 2010.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 27 February 2009.