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Political Memory: Vytautas LANDSBERGIS, MEP

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General Data

• Born on 18 October 1932, Kaunas
• Country: {{#icon:LT.png|Lithuania||MEPs_LT}} Lithuania
• Political Group: {{#icon:PPE.png|PPE||MEPs_PPE}} Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE)
  Party: Tėvynės sąjunga - Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai

Contact {{#icon:Click_to_call_now.png|+32 2 28 45 550||callto://+3222845550}} Parlement européen Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 03F243 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +32 2 28 45 550/+32 2 28 47 550 Fax: +32 2 28 49 550 Parlement européen Bâtiment Louise Weiss T09080 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: +33 3 88 175 550/+33 3 88 177 550 Fax: +33 3 88 179 550 Email: vytautas.landsbergis(at)europarl.europa.eu Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=23746 Site web: www.landsbergis.lt

Functions in European Parliament

• Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (Vice-Chair)
• Committee on Foreign Affairs (Member)
• Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Member)
• Delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
• Committee on Legal Affairs (Substitute)
• Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

• Lithuanian State Conservatory (Academy of Music) (1955)
• Doctor of musicology (1969)
• Professor (1978)
• Qualification as Doctor of Arts (1994)
• Music teacher (since 1952)
• Politician, state official, parliamentarian (since 1990)
• Chair of the Council of Lietuvos Sąjūdis (Lithuanian Movement) (1988-1990)
• Chair of Tėvynės Sąjunga (Lietuvos konservatorių partija) (Fatherland Union (Conservative Party of Lithuania)) (1993-2003)
• Member of the presidency of Tėvynės Sąjunga (from 2008: Tėvynės Sąjungos − Lietuvos krikščionys demokratai (Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats)), Chair of the party policy committee (since 2003)
• Member of the council of the European Democrat Union (EDU) (2001)
• Member of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats (until 2009) and member of the group's bureau (since 2004)
• Chair of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas (Parliament)) of the Republic of Lithuania (1990-1992)
• Member of the Seimas (Parliament) of the Republic of Lithuania, Leader of the Opposition (1992-1996)
• Chair of the Seimas (1996-2000)
• Member of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania (2000-2004)
• Head of State (1990-1992)
• Observer at the European Parliament (2003-2004)
• Member of the European Parliament (since 2004)
• Member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the USSR (1989-1990)
• One of the leaders of the Council of the Baltic States (1990-1992)
• Member of the Baltic Assembly (1992-1996, 2000-2004)
• Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1993-1996, 2000-2002)
• Founder of the Lithuanian-Polish Parliamentary Assembly (with the Chair of the Polish Parliament) (1997)
• Member of musical organisations (since 1963)
• Member of Lietuvos Sąjūdis (since June 1988)
• Chair of the M. K. Čiurlionis Society (since 1987)
• Honours: Norwegian People's Peace Prize (1991)
• Award of the French Fondation du Futur (1991)
• Riflemen's Star of the Union of Lithuanian Riflemen (1991)
• Hermann Ehlers Prize (Germany, 1992)
• Ninth International Ramon Llull Prize of the Catalonian Culture Congress Foundation (1994)
• Companion of the order of the German Order of Riflemen of St Sebastian Order (1995)
• Legion of Honour, second class (France, 1997)
• Vibo Valentia Testimony prize (Italy, 1998)
• Order of Grand Duke Vytautas, first class (Lithuania, 1998)
• Royal Norwegian Order of Merit (Grand Cross) (1998)
• Grand Cross of the Republic of Poland (1999)
• UNESCO medal (1999)
• Order of Merit (Grand Cross) of the Order of Malta (1999)
• Grand Cross Medal of Honour (Greece, 1999)
• Truman-Reagan Freedom Award of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (1999)
• Order of La Pléiade of La Francophonie (France, 2000)
• Order of the Three Stars, second class (Latvia, 2001)
• Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, first class (Estonia, 2002)
• Order of Vytautas the Great and Constitutional Medal of the Parliament of the German Land of Saxony (2003)
• Robert Schuman Medal (2005)
• Charles IV Europe Medal (2007)

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Votes

• 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100
• 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 11.8/100
• 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 50.0/100
• 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 41.9/100
• 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100
• 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 5.6/100

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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
• Google

Positions

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25/05/2010 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.