HannesSwoboda

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Political Memory: Hannes SWOBODA, MEP

{{#icon:HannesSwoboda.jpg|Hannes SWOBODA}}

General Data

• Born on 10 November 1946, Bad Deutsch Altenburg
• Country: {{#icon:AT.png|Austria||MEPs_AT}} Austria
• Political Group: {{#icon:SD.png|SD||MEPs_SD}} Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (SD)
  Party: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs

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Functions in European Parliament

• Committee on Foreign Affairs (Member)
• Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (Substitute)
• Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

• Studied law and economics (1964-1972)
• Worked in the Vienna Chamber of Labour (1972-1986)
• Employed in the economics department (finance and environmental policy)
• Director of the newly-founded Department for municipal, economic, health and housing policy (1976-1986)
• Chairman of the SPÖ Committee on Local Government (1995)
• SPÖ Federal Chairman responsible for education
• Member of the SPÖ Federal Executive
• Member of the Vienna SPÖ Executive
• Chairman of the Meidling district SPÖ (since 1979)
• Member of the Vienna Assembly and Municipal Council (1983-1986)
• Socialist Group coordinator in the Vienna Assembly and Municipal Council (1986-1988)
• Municipal councillor responsible for urban development, planning and staff (1988)
• Municipal councillor responsible for urban development, planning and transport (1988)
• Municipal councillor responsible for urban development, planning and external relations of the city of Vienna (1988)
• Member of the European Parliament since 1996
• Vice-Chairman, PSE Group, European Parliament
• PSE Group parliamentary manager
• Vice-President, Interparliamentary delegation for relations with South-East Europe (1997-2004)

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Votes

• 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 22.2/100
• 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 51.2/100
• 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 15.8/100
• 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 18.1/100
• 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 48.5/100

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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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