MiguelPortas
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Political Memory: Miguel PORTAS, MEP
{{#icon:MiguelPortas.jpg|Miguel PORTAS}}
General Data
- Born on 01 May 1958, Lisboa
- Country: {{#icon:PT.png|Portugal||MEPs_PT}} Portugal
- Political Group: {{#icon:GUE.png|GUE/NGL||MEPs_GUE}} Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL)
Party: Bloco de Esquerda
 Contact
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Functions in European Parliament
- Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (Vice-Chair)
- Committee on Budgets (Member)
- Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (Member)
- Delegation for relations with Iraq (Member)
- Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Substitute)
- Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries (Substitute)
- Delegation for relations with Iran (Substitute)
Curriculum Vitae
- Graduate in economics (Higher Institute of Economics and Management, Lisbon, 1986)
- Cultural organiser for Ourique municipal council (1984)
- Editor of the cultural magazine 'Contraste' (1986)
- Socio-cultural organiser in the Algarve (interior area) and trainer of development agents (1987)
- Journalist on the weekly 'Expresso' (1988 and 1992/1994, as international editor for its magazine section)
- Counsellor to the Mayor of Lisbon on cultural and planning issues (1990-1991)
- Editor of the weekly 'Já' (1995)
- Reporter for the magazine 'Vida Mundial' (1998-1999)
- Author of TV documentary 'Mar das Índias' (2000) and of a documentary on the Mediterranean
- Author of a book of essays, 'E o resto é paisagem' ('The rest is scenery', 2002)
- Member of the Union of Communist Students, 1973
- Member of its Central Committee (1974)
- Left the Communist Party and co-founded the Left Platform (1989)
- In 1994, founded a new organisation, 'Política XXI': this was one of the organisations that formed the basis of the Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc)
- Co-founder of Left Bloc (1999), and, since its foundation, member of its permanent executive
- In the above capacity, headed the list for the 1999 elections to the European Parliament, obtaining 1.74% of the votes
- In 2004, elected with 5.1%
Votes
- 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 100.0/100
- 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 84.4/100
- 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 100.0/100
- 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 100.0/100
- 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 85.0/100
- 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 100.0/100
- 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 84.2/100
- 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 100.0/100
Opinions
Sources
- Written questions at European Parliament
- Proposals for a resolution at European Parliament
- Reports at European Parliament
- Opinions at European Parliament
- Speeches in plenary at European Parliament
- Written declarations in European Parliament
- Wikipedia
Positions
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10/09/2010 Written Declaration 12/2010 (ACTA)
Has signed written declaration 12/2010 on the lack of a transparent process for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and potentially objectionable content.
