Luisa Morgantini

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Luisa Morgantini, MEP

Luisa Morgantini (born 05 November 1940, Villadossola) is an MEP from the Italian Communist Refoundation Party.

Affiliations

• Vice-President, European Parliament
• Vice-President, Parliament's Bureau
• Member, Committee on Development
• Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights
• Member, Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on Constitutional Affairs
• Substitute, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
• Substitute, Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Record of Parliamentary Votes

• 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 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

• Studied industrial sociology and economics at Ruskin College, Oxford (1967-1968).
• Clerical worker (1954-1958).
• INCA-CGIL social worker (1958-1964).
• Teacher of adults at la Società Umanitaria (1969-1970).
• Trade union leader of the FLM (mechanical engineering workers' union) for Fim-Cisl.
• Official responsible for training (1971-1974).
• Member of the secretariat in Milan dealing with the telecommunications and press sector (1974-1985).
• National official responsible for international relations (1985-1998).
• Member of the FEM European trade union executive committee (1987-1988).
• Member of the European Parliament (since 1999).
• Chairwoman of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (1999-2004).
• Electoral observer for the OSCE (1997-1998).
• Coordinator, Italy-Nicaragua Association (1979-1991).
• National spokesperson for the Association for Peace, a non-violent movement for peace and social justice (1994-1999); responsible for the 'Palestine' group (1994-1999).
• Co-founder of the 'Women in Black' anti-war movement and the international network 'Women for peace in conflict zones'.
• Israeli 'Women in Black' Peace Prize (1996); Colomba d'Oro Prize for peace (2002).One of the 1000 women collectively nominated under the '1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005' project; winner of the Parliament Magazine's MEP Award for achievement in the field of development.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

06F158

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45151

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49151

Email:

luisa.morgantini@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.luisamorgantini.net

Resources

• European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Luisa Morgantini, 19 January 2009, accessed 15 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Luisa Morgantini, accessed 15 April 2009.
• Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 15 April 2009.