RyszardCzarnecki

General Data

 * Born on 25 January 1963, Londyn
 * Country: Poland
 * Political Group: European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Party: Prawo i Sprawiedliwość

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 * Site web: www.RyszardCzarnecki.pl

Functions in European Parliament

 * Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Vice-Chair)
 * Committee on Budgetary Control (Member)
 * Committee on Transport and Tourism (Member)
 * Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Member)
 * Committee on International Trade (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Master's in history (1986)
 * Archivist, Archiwum Akt Nowych, Warsaw (1986), Solidarność Archives (1987)
 * Journalist with The Polish Daily (London, 1988-1990)
 * Editorial secretary, Głos (1990-1991)
 * Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Wiadomości Dnia (1991)
 * Editor-in-Chief, Dziennik Dolnośląski (1991)
 * Acting director, Norpol-Press (1991)
 * Chief Editor, Polsat TV (1993-1997)
 * Lecturer (2001-2004)
 * Chairman of the Christian-National Union (ZCHN) (1994-1996)
 * Member of the Law and Justice party's National Council (since 2008)
 * Adviser to the Mayor of Włocławek (2001-2002)
 * Member of the Sejm (first parliamentary term)
 * Vice-Chairman of the Sejm Committee on Culture and Media
 * Chairman of the Sejm Subcommittee on Copyright
 * Chairman of the Polish-Italian Parliamentary Group (1991-1993)
 * Member of the Sejm (third parliamentary term, 1997-2001)
 * Chairman of the Sejm Committee for Liaison with Poles Abroad (1999-2001)
 * Vice-Chairman of the Committee on European Law (2000-2001)
 * Sejm representative to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union (1991-2001)
 * Deputy Minister of Culture (1993)
 * Minister for European Affairs (1997-1999)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 2004)
 * Member of the Bureau of the Union for Europe of the Nations (UEN) Group in the European Parliament (2007-2009)
 * Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union (1991-2001)
 * Official European Parliament representative to the Council of Europe's European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre) (2008-2010)

Votes

 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 36.2/100
 * 10/04/2008 - Rapport Bono on cultural industries in Europe 33.3/100
 * 25/04/2007 - Criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRED 2), 1st reading 51.3/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 33.3/100

Positions
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21/07/2010 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.