Francesco Enrico Speroni

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Francesco Enrico Speroni, MEP

Francesco Enrico Speroni (born 04 October 1946, Busto Arsizio) is an MEP from the Italian federalist North League for Independence of Padania.

Affiliations

• Vice-Chairman, Committee on Legal Affairs
• Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Member, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Japan
• Substitute, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

Professional Activities:

• Practising lawyer

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.
• 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.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduate in political science (1975).
• Graduate in law (1999).
• Flight technician (1970-1997).
• Manager (2001-2004).
• Chairman of the Association of Flight Technicians (1980-1981).
• Chairman of the Lega Lombarda (1991-1994).
• Member of the Municipal Council of Albizzate (1986), Samarate (1987-1990) and Busto Arsizio (since 1990).
• Chairman of the Municipal Council of Busto Arsizio (since 1993).
• Regional councillor, Chairman of the Committee on Institutional Affairs (1990-1991).
• Senator (1992-1999).
• Minister for Institutional Reform (1994-1995).
• Member of the European Parliament (1989-1994 and since 1999).
• Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1994-1995) and of the WEU (1996-2000).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

07H165

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45705

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49705

Email:

francescoenrico.speroni@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

Resources

• European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Francesco Enrico Speroni, 18 February 2009, accessed 21 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Francesco Enrico Speroni, accessed 21 April 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 21 April 2009.