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European Parliament
In more than 23 years as a member of the European Parliament, the only directly elected EU institution, I was able to implement many initiatives. Since the beginning of my political mandate, research and innovation as well as our small and medium-sized enterprises have been of particular concern to me.
“Since the beginning of my political mandate, research and innovation as well as SMEs have been of particular concern to me.
Here is an overview of my work in the European Parliament
Committees in chronological order:
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection
Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA)
Delegation for relations with the United States
Committee on External Economic Relations
Temporary committee of inquiry into the Community Transit System
Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
Subcommittee on Monetary Affairs
Delegation for relations with the Member States of ASEAN, South-east Asia and the Republic of Korea
Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committe
Committee on Budgets
Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy
Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine
Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway
Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Committee on Budgetary Control
Temporary Committee on Climate Change
Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula
Committee on Budgetary Control
Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union
Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean
Committee on Budgets
Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
Delegation for relations with the Korean Peninsula
Committee on Development
Committee on International Trade
Reports and Opinions
Reports as Rapporteur:
Community action programme promoting nongovernmental organizations primarily active in the field of environmental protection
Standardization and the global information society: "the European approach”
Innovation in a knowledge-driven economy
Operation of the Euratom Safeguards Office 1999-2000
Multiannual programme for enterprise and entrepreneurship, and in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) 2001-2005
Establishing a multiannual Community programme to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable
Roaming on public mobile networks within the Community and amending Directive 2002/21/EC on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services
Participation by the Community in a research and development programme aimed at supporting research and development performing SMEs undertaken by several Member States
Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs): competitiveness and business opportunities
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
ECSEL Joint Undertaking
Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012
Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2012
Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012
Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012
Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012
Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ENIAC Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012
Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012
Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management
Parliament’s estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2019
Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019
WTO: the way forward
Reports as Shadow Rapporteur:
Effective raw materials strategy for Europe
Financing for Development
Green growth opportunities for SMEs
Rules for wholesale roaming markets
Establishing the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology and Research Competence Centre and the Network of National Coordination Centres
Opinions as Rapporteur:
Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC
Enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (2014-2020)
Preparation of the post-electoral revision of the MFF 2014-2020: Parliament’s input ahead of the Commission’s proposal
The next MFF: Preparing the Parliament’s position on the MFF post-2020
Establishing the Digital Europe programme for the period 2021-2027
Establishing the Programme for single market, competitiveness of enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and European statistics and repealing Regulations (EU) No 99/2013, (EU) No 1287/2013, (EU) No 254/2014, (EU) No 258/2014, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) 2017/826
Opinions as Shadow Rapporteur:
Future of European standardisation
Financing for Development
How best to harness the job creation potential of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)
Promotion of Internet connectivity in local communities