PaulMarieCouteaux

General Data

 * Born on 31 July 1956, Paris
 * Country: France
 * Political Group: Independence/Democracy Group (IND/DEM) Party: Mouvement pour la France - Rassemblement pour l’Indépendance et la Souveraineté de la France

Functions in European Parliament

 * 21/07/1999 - 04/10/1999 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/1999 - 14/03/2001 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (Substitute)
 * 30/09/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (Member)
 * 04/10/1999 - 14/01/2002 : Committee on Development and Cooperation (Member)
 * 15/03/2001 - 19/07/2004 : Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (Member)
 * 17/01/2002 - 19/07/2004 : Committee on Development and Cooperation (Substitute)
 * 06/02/2002 - 19/07/2004 : 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)
 * 20/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Independence/Democracy Group (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Foreign Affairs (Member)
 * 21/07/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Committee on Development (Substitute)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya) (Member)
 * 15/09/2004 - 13/07/2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * 31/01/2007 - 13/07/2009 : Subcommittee on Security and Defence (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (1977)
 * Master's degree in public law (Bordeaux, 1978)
 * Postgraduate diploma in international relations (1979)
 * Graduate of the ENA (National College of Administration (1980)
 * Senior administrator, Ministry for Education (1982)
 * Head of the office of the Commissioner-General for the French language, reporting to the Prime Minister (1984)
 * Special adviser to the Africa director, Foreign Ministry (1988)
 * Special adviser in the office of the Minister for Defence (1989)
 * Visiting lecturer at the University of Paris VIII (1995)
 * Technical adviser in the office of the President of the National Assembly (1993-1995)
 * Technical adviser in the office of the UN Secretary-General (1992-1993)
 * Editor of the RPR magazine Une certaine idée (1988-1999)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 1999)
 * Author of five books
 * Columnist on Valeurs Actuelles and presenter on France Culture
 * Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (1998)

Votes

 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 49.3/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 46.2/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 75.0/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 51.4/100
 * 24/09/2003 - Directive on patentability of "computer-implemented inventions" (software patents), 1st reading 89.0/100

Positions
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