JustasVincasPaleckis

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Political Memory: Justas Vincas PALECKIS, MEP

{{#icon:JustasVincasPaleckis.jpg|Justas Vincas PALECKIS}}

General Data

• Born on 01 January 1942, Samara (Kuibyševas)
• Country: {{#icon:LT.png|Lithuania||MEPs_LT}} Lithuania
• Political Group: {{#icon:SD.png|SD||MEPs_SD}} Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (SD)
  Party: Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija

Contact {{#icon:Click_to_call_now.png|+32 2 28 45 921||callto://+3222845921}} Parlement européen Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 13G158 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +32 2 28 45 921/+32 2 28 47 921 Fax: +32 2 28 49 921 Parlement européen Bâtiment Louise Weiss T07014 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: +33 3 88 175 921/+33 3 88 177 921 Fax: +33 3 88 179 921 Email: justas.paleckis(at)europarl.europa.eu Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=28279 Site web: www.paleckis.lt

Functions in European Parliament

• Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Vice-Chair)
• Delegation for relations with Belarus (Vice-Chair)
• Committee on Foreign Affairs (Member)
• Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Member)
• Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
• Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

• Vilnius University, specialising in journalism (1959-1964)
• Diplomatic University (Moscow, 1966-1969)
• Journalistic, diplomatic and administrative work (1960-1990)
• Foreign-policy adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania (1993-1996)
• Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Kingdom and accredited in Ireland and Portugal (1996-2001)
• Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Lithuania (2002-2004)
• Vice-Chair of Lietuvos demokratinės darbo partija (Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania) (1990-1991)
• Member of the Council ofLietuvos socialdemokratų partija (Social Democratic Party of Lithuania) (1992, 2007-2009)
• Vice-Chair of Lietuvos socialdemokratų partija (since 2009)
• Member of the Supreme Council (Parliament) of Lithuania, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (1990-1992)
• Member of the European Parliament, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, member of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-2009)
• Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, member of the Delegation for relations with Belarus, leader of the Lithuanian delegation in the Socialist Group (2007-2009)
• Signatory of the Gotland Communiqué on independence (6 August 1989)
• Signatory of the Act on the re-establishment of the independent state of Lithuania (11 March 1990)
• Lecturer at the Institute for Journalism of Vilnius University (1990-1993). lecturer at the Institute for International Relations and Political Science of the Vilnius University (1993-1995)
• Rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania (since 1993)
• Member of the Lithuanian Journalists' Union
• Books published: Šveicarų piramidės (Swiss Pyramids) (1974), Šveicarų piramidžių papėdėje (At the foot of the Swiss Pyramids) (1985), Lietuva pasaulio galingųjų akiratyje (Lithuania as seen by the powerful of the world) (2005), Gyvenimas trikampyje Vilnius-Briuselis-Strasbūras (Life in the Vilnius-Brussels-Strasbourg triangle) (2007), Dviejų kartų laiškai Europos Parlamentui (Two generations' letters to the European Parliament) (2008)
• Published articles in the world's press on international issues, lectures (on European integration, security, regional cooperation and other issues) at many international conferences
• Member of the Lithuanian water polo team, many times Lithuanian water polo champion (1963-1967)
• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Lithuania (2003)
• Lithuanian Independence Medal (2000)
• Knight of the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star (1994)

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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 100.0/100
• 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 22.2/100
• 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 50.3/100
• 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

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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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21/07/2010 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.