AlbertDess

General Data

 * Born on 17 April 1947, Röckersbühl
 * Country: Germany
 * Political Group: Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) (PPE) Party: Christlich-Soziale Union in Bayern e.V

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 * Parlement européen
 * Parlement européen


 * Email: [mailto:albert.dess@europarl.europa.eu albert.dess(at)europarl.europa.eu]
 * Page on European Parliament website: www.europarl.europa.eu/members/expert/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=28228
 * Site web: www.albert-dess.de

Functions in European Parliament

 * Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (Member)
 * Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (Member)
 * Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (Member)
 * Committee on International Trade (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (Substitute)
 * Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (Substitute)

Curriculum Vitae

 * Agricultural college (graduated 1966)
 * Master's certificate in agriculture (1979)
 * Secondary occupation as farmer
 * Worked in trade and industry (1968)
 * Managing director of a farming cooperative (1972)
 * Full-time farmer/training establishment (since 1977)
 * District Chairman of the CDU/CSU Youth Section (1974-1984)
 * Member of the CSU district executive (1981)
 * Municipal Chairman of the CSU (1984-2009)
 * Regional Chair, CSU Agriculture Association (1995)
 * Member of the CSU district executive (1989)
 * Member of the CSU regional executive (1997)
 * Municipal Councillor, Berngau (1972-1996)
 * District Councillor, Neumarkt/Oberpfalz (1978)
 * Mayor of Berngau (1984-1996)
 * Vice-chair, Neumarkt/Oberpfalz district council (1984-1996)
 * Member of the Bundestag (1990-2004)
 * Farm policy spokesman for the CSU Regional Group in the Bundestag (1992-2004)
 * Member of the CDU/CSU Group Executive Committee (1997-2004)
 * Chair, CSU Regional Group working party for Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Environment, Transport, Building and Energy in the Bundestag (2000-2004)
 * Member of the European Parliament (since 2004)
 * Federal Cross of Merit with Ribbon (1998)
 * Bavarian Order of Merit (2007)

Votes

 * 24/11/2010 - Resolution on Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) 2.5/100
 * 22/09/2010 - Rapport Gallo on enforcement of intellectual property rights in the internal market 12.5/100
 * 06/05/2009 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 2nd reading 11.8/100
 * 26/03/2009 - Rapport Lambrinidis on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 50.0/100
 * 24/09/2008 - Directives reforming the EU's regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (telecoms package), 1st reading 41.9/100
 * 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 15.8/100
 * 12/10/2006 - Resolutions on European Patent Litigation Agreement (EPLA) 5.6/100

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.