Manuel Medina Ortega

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Manuel Medina Ortega, MEP

Manuel Medina Ortega (born 15 December 1935, Arrecife, Las Palmas) is an MEP from the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE), and is a board member of the European Business and Parliament Scheme.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Member, Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community
• Substitute, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Canada
• Substitute, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

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 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 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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduate in law (La Laguna, 1957).
• Doctorate in law (Madrid, 1961).
• Master of comparative law (Columbia University, 1962).
• Professor of international law, University of La Laguna (1975-1978).
• Professor of international relations, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) (since 1978).
• Vice-Dean and Dean of the Faculty of politics and sociology (UCM, 1973-1975).
• Vice-Rector of the University of La Laguna (1976-1978).
• Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences (UCM, 1978-1982).
• President of the PSP (Canary Islands, 1976-1978).
• Chairman of the Management Committee of the PSOE in Lanzarote (1993-1994).
• Member of the PSOE Federal Committee (1994-1997).
• Member of the Congress of Deputies for Las Palmas (1982-1987), Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1986).

• Vice-President of the European Parliament (1986-1987).
• Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South America (1987-1989 and 1989-1994).
• Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs (1989-1992).
• Coordinator for the Socialist Group in the Committee on Legal Affairs (1992-1994, 1999-2004).

• Commander of the Order of Isabel the Catholic (Spain). Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile). Officer of the Order of Francisco de Miranda (Venezuela). Grand Cross of the Order of Nariño (Colombia). Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (Mexico). Knight of the Order of May (Argentina). Order of the Phoenix (Argentina).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

11G351

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45882

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49882

Email:

manuel.medinaortega@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.psoe-pe.org

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Manuel Medina Ortega, 09 December 2008, accessed 30 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Manuel Medina Ortega, accessed 30 April 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 30 April 2009.