DirkSterckx

General Data

 * Born on 25 September 1946, Herent
 * Country: Belgium
 * Political Group: Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party: Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten

 Bâtiment Altiero Spinelli 09G169 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: [callto://+3222845111 +32 2 28 45 111]/[callto://+3222847111 +32 2 28 47 111] Fax: +32 2 28 49 111 Bâtiment Winston Churchill M02001 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman - CS 91024, 67070 Strasbourg Cedex Tel.: [callto://+33388175111 +33 3 88 175 111]/[callto://+33388177111 +33 3 88 177 111] Fax: +33 3 88 179 111
 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:dirk.sterckx@europarl.europa.eu dirk.sterckx(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=4243

Functions in European Parliament

 * Committee on Transport and Tourism (Member)
 * Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee (Member)
 * Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Substitute)
 * Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Substitute)
 * Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Degree in Germanic philology (1969)
 * Teacher (1969)
 * Journalist, BRT television (1975)
 * Copy editor, VRT television news (1986)
 * Copy editor and anchorman on Terzake, television news interpretation programme (1994)
 * Head of news and anchorman on VRT television news (1996)
 * Member of Lint Municipal Council (January 2001)
 * VLD Chairman (February - June 2004)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
 * Member of the Conference of Delegation Chairmen

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 5.5/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 62.5/100
 * 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 48.1/100
 * 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 52.6/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 5.6/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 93.9/100

Positions
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