KarinJons

General Data

 * Born on 29 April 1953, Kiel
 * Country: Germany
 * Political Group: Socialist Group in the European Parliament (PSE) Party: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands

Functions in European Parliament

 * 19/07/1994 - 19/07/2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists (Member)
 * 21/07/1994 - 15/01/1997 : Committee on Social Affairs and Employment (Member)
 * 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Budgets (Substitute)
 * 21/07/1994 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Women's Rights (Substitute)
 * 17/11/1994 - 15/01/1997 : Delegation for relations with Transcaucasus (Member)
 * 16/01/1997 - 29/01/1997 : Delegation for relations with the Transcaucasian republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (Member)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Member)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Committee on Fisheries (Substitute)
 * 16/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Delegation for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia (Substitute)
 * 30/01/1997 - 19/07/1999 : Delegation for relations with the Transcaucasian republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia (Vice-Chairwoman)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Member)
 * 22/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Budgets (Substitute)
 * 22/07/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (Substitute)
 * 14/09/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (Substitute)
 * 30/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (Substitute)
 * 07/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (Substitute)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 31/01/2007 : Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the EU-Armenia, EU-Azerbaijan and EU-Georgia Parliamentary Cooperation Committees (Substitute)
 * 01/02/2007 - 23/05/2007 : Delegation for relations with the United States (Member)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Graduate in political science and history (1977)
 * Graduate in Slavonic studies (1980)
 * Freelance journalist (1976-1978)
 * Editor attached to the Central Executive Committee of the ÖTV (Public Service, Transport and Communications Workers' Union) (1978-1980)
 * Press officer in Bonn of the Senator for Federal Affairs of the city of Bremen (1981-1982)
 * Head of the Bonn office of the Federal Republic's representative for cultural affairs under the Treaty on Franco-German Cooperation (1983-1986)
 * International and European affairs officer in the state chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia (1986-1987)
 * Organisation and management of the Land of Bremen's office in Brussels for liaison with the European Union (1987-1994)
 * Member of the SPD (since 1973)
 * Member of Bremen SPD Land Executive Committee (since 1998)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1994)
 * Member of the United Service Sector Union ver.di (formerly the ÖTV and IG Medien (media workers' union))
 * Member of the Workers' Welfare Association (AWO)
 * Member of Europa-Union Germany
 * Member of Amnesty International and Refugio e.V
 * Chairwoman of Nationales Forum Deutschland e.V
 * Within Europa Donna, the European Breast Cancer Coalition (since 2000)

Votes

 * 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 47.8/100
 * 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 14.5/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 6.9/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 54.5/100

Positions
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