SimonBusuttil

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Political Memory: Simon BUSUTTIL, MEP

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General Data

• Born on 21 March 1969, Attard
• Country: {{#icon:MT.png|Malta||MEPs_MT}} Malta
• Political Group: {{#icon:PPE.png|PPE||MEPs_PPE}} Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE)
  Party: Partit Nazzjonalista

Contact {{#icon:Click_to_call_now.png|+32 2 28 45 686||callto://+3222845686}} Parlement européen Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 10E142 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +32 2 28 45 686/+32 2 28 47 686 Fax: +32 2 28 49 686 Parlement européen Bâtiment Louise Weiss T09085 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: +33 3 88 175 686/+33 3 88 177 686 Fax: +33 3 88 179 686 Email: simon.busuttil(at)europarl.europa.eu Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=28120 Site web: www.simonbusuttil.eu

Functions in European Parliament

• Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Member)
• Committee on Petitions (Member)
• Delegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo (Member)
• Committee on Fisheries (Substitute)
• Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (Substitute)
• Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

• Doctor of Laws, University of Malta (1993)
• MA in European Studies, University of Sussex, UK (1994)
• Magister Juris in International Law, University of Malta (1995)
• Partner, Ganado Sammut Advocates (1997- )
• Founding Director of Europa Research and Consultancy Services Ltd (1995- )
• Visiting lecturer at the Department of European and Comparative Law (Faculty of Law) and the European Documentation and Research Centre at the University of Malta (1997-2004)
• Adviser on EU Affairs to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
• The Minister of Education
• The Minister for the Environment (1996-2004)
• Head, Malta-EU Information Centre (responsible for the Maltese Government's EU communications strategy ahead of the EU referendum) (1999-2003)
• Member of Malta's Core Negotiating Group for EU accession negotiations (1999-2003)
• PN executive committee member (2004)
• Appointed Member of the National Order of Merit of Malta by the President of the Republic for service rendered to the country (2003)
• Winner of The Outstanding Young Person Award of the Junior Chamber (Malta) (2004)

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Votes

• 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 2.5/100
• 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
• 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 44.4/100
• 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100
• 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 22.4/100
• 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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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.