HannesSwoboda

General Data

 * Born on 10 November 1946, Bad Deutsch Altenburg
 * Country: Austria
 * Political Group: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (SD) Party: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs

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 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:hannes.swoboda@europarl.europa.eu hannes.swoboda(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=2295
 * Site web: www.hannes-swoboda.at

Functions in European Parliament

 * Committee on Foreign Affairs (Member)
 * Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (Member)
 * Delegation for relations with the United States (Member)
 * Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (Substitute)
 * Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Substitute)
 * Special Committee on the Financial, Economic and Social Crisis (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (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)

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 99.7/100
 * 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
 * 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

Positions
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08/09/2010 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.