IgnasiGuardansCambo

General Data

 * Born on 18 May 1964, Barcelona
 * Country: Spain
 * Political Group: Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Party: Convergència Democràtica Catalunya

Functions in European Parliament

 * 20/07/2004 - 22/04/2009 : Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 21/07/2004 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Member)
 * 22/07/2004 - 30/01/2007 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs (Vice-Chairman)
 * 22/07/2004 - 22/04/2009 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (Substitute)
 * 22/07/2004 - 22/04/2009 : Committee on Culture and Education (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 22/04/2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 22/04/2009 : Delegation for relations with the United States (Substitute)
 * 19/01/2006 - 14/02/2007 : Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners (Member)
 * 31/01/2007 - 31/01/2007 : Committee on International Trade (Member)
 * 01/02/2007 - 22/04/2009 : Committee on International Trade (Vice-Chairman)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Degree in law (University of Navarre)
 * Doctorate in law
 * Deputy Director of the European Documentation Centre (Pamplona, 1987-1992)
 * Lecturer in international private law (University of Navarre, 1988-1992
 * University of Barcelona, 1992-1996
 * And Abat Oliba Study Centre)
 * Lawyer (Barcelona, since 1993)
 * Member of the National Council (Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, 1995)
 * Member of the Catalan Regional Parliament (1995)
 * Member of the Congress of Deputies (1996-2004)
 * Spokesman for the CiU party on various committees, including the Joint Committee on the European Union (1996-2004), the Committee on Foreign Affairs (1996-2004) and the Committee on Education and Culture (200-2004)
 * Member of COSAC (1996-2004)
 * Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
 * Member of the Assembly of the Western European Union (1998-2004)
 * Member of the International Bar Association, the Círculo de Economía and the Center for International Legal Studies' Congress of Fellows, among other social and professional bodies
 * Member of the Order of Civil Merit

Votes

 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 12.5/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 31.2/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 0.0/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 59.2/100

Positions
Thanks to improve this part with opinions from Ignasi GUARDANS CAMBÓ about La Quadrature du Net concerned issues (see page Help:Political_Memory to know how to do it).

02/09/2008 Telecoms Package Plenary Speeches
Committee on Culture has taken this subject very seriously from the beginning, because one cannot legislate on electronic network or on spectrum while ignoring the reality of content that circulate on networks or use spectrum. This cannot be achieved only with pure technical concerns, nor economical ones, that would not take into account of the goals of the cultural policy and defense of diversity. The reality of a digital world forces us to work together, television operators and electronic services providers, and to legislate to promote an internal market for telecommunications, which has become inseparable from the audiovisual market. "We also need a balanced response to the problem of unlawful content on Internet, that makes everyone faces his responsibility in a fight that should interest everybody in order to protect both children and culture as we know it." "Therefore I support these texts as a whole as they've reached this stage and I hope that our debate and the final vote won't be infected by not informed enough external pressures."