Emilio Menéndez del Valle

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Emilio Menéndez del Valle, MEP

Emilio Menéndez del Valle (born 20 June 1945, Madrid) is an MEP from the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE).

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs
• Member, Delegation for relations with Afghanistan
• Member, Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Budgets
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with India
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Mercosur

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Possible articles of opinion published in press.

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, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) (1972).
• Studied at the School of International Relations (Columbia University, 1973-1975).
• Doctor of political science (UNED, Madrid, 1995).
• Lecturer in International Relations at UCM (1975-1980) and the University of Southern California (Madrid campus, 1975-1983).
• Advisor on international affairs for a construction company, Madrid (1995-1996).
• Spanish ambassador to Jordan (1983-1987) and to Italy (1987-1994).
• Rapporteur on the Middle East.
• Vice-Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (1999-2004).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Rapporteur on EU-India relations (2004-2009).
• Member of the Official Spanish Commission for the establishment of the Euro-Arabic University in Spain (1985-1995).
• Middle East coordinator at the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) (1997-1999).
• Order of Independence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

11G346

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45752

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49752

Email:

emilio.menendezdelvalle@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.psoe-pe.org

Resources

• European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Emilio Menéndez del Valle, 08 December 2008, accessed 30 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Emilio Menéndez del Valle, accessed 30 April 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 30 April 2009.