Manuel Medina Ortega

Manuel Medina Ortega (born 15 December 1935, Arrecife, Las Palmas) is a former MEP (01.01.1986-13.07.2009) from the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE), and a board member of the European Business and Parliament Scheme.European Parliament, MEP Directory: Manuel Medina Ortega, accessed 01 December 2010.
==Affiliations==
===Parliamentary Affiliations===
:Chair:
:	21.01.1987 / 13.03.1989 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
:	26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
:	04.02.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
:	11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
:	01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
:Vice-President:
:	17.02.1986 / 19.01.1987 : Parliament's Bureau
:	17.02.1986 / 19.01.1987 : European Parliament
:Vice-Chair:
:	01.12.1994 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
:	02.02.2006 / 19.06.2007 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
:Member:
:	01.01.1986 / 05.04.1987 : Socialist Group
:	16.01.1986 / 20.01.1987 : Political Affairs Committee
:	24.02.1986 / 20.01.1987 : Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries
:	21.01.1987 / 10.10.1988 : Political Affairs Committee
:	06.04.1987 / 05.07.1987 : Socialist Group
:	06.07.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Socialist Group
:	14.03.1989 / 24.07.1989 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
:	25.07.1989 / 20.04.1993 : Socialist Group
:	26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
:	15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
:	15.01.1992 / 03.02.1992 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America
:	21.04.1993 / 18.07.1994 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
:	11.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
:	19.07.1994 / 30.11.1994 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
:	21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
:	17.11.1994 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with Russia
:	12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with Russia
:	18.07.1996 / 20.02.1997 : Temporary committee of inquiry into BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Fisheries
:	17.02.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia
:	24.04.1997 / 19.11.1997 : Temporary committee instructed to monitor the action taken on the recommendations made concerning BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
:	14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia
:	24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Mongolia
:	20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the Party of European Socialists
:	21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
:	06.10.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR
:	06.07.2000 / 05.09.2001 : Temporary committee on the Echelon interception system
:	17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market
:	07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation for relations with the countries of South America and MERCOSUR
:	20.07.2004 / 13.07.2009 : Socialist Group in the European Parliament
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
:	15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community
:	19.01.2006 / 01.02.2006 : Committee of Inquiry into the crisis of the Equitable Life Assurance Society
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
:	31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on Legal Affairs
:	14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community
:Substitute:
:	16.01.1986 / 20.01.1987 : Committee on External Economic Relations
:	21.01.1987 / 24.07.1989 : Committee on Agriculture, Fischeries and Rural Development
:	26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Political Affairs Committee
:	26.07.1989 / 14.01.1992 : Committee on Agriculture, Fischeries and Rural Development
:	15.01.1992 / 18.07.1994 : Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development
:	15.01.1992 / 09.02.1994 : Committee on Institutional Affairs
:	01.05.1992 / 10.02.1993 : Delegation for relations with the Republics of Yugoslavia
:	11.02.1993 / 31.01.1994 : Delegation for relations with the Republics of former Yugoslavia
:	01.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with the Republics of former Yugoslavia
:	10.02.1994 / 18.07.1994 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on External Economic Relations
:	21.07.1994 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities
:	16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on the Rules of Procedure, the Verification of Credentials and Immunities
:	16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	14.10.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation for relations with the United States
:	22.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
:	17.01.2002 / 04.02.2002 : Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
:	05.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs
:	21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs
:	15.09.2004 / 13.03.2007 : Delegation for relations with Canada
:	15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Legal Affairs
:	31.01.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
:	14.03.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation for relations with Canada
:	23.05.2007 / 13.07.2009 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary AssemblyEuropean Parliament, MEP Directory: Manuel Medina Ortega, accessed 01 December 2010.
==Record and Controversies==
===Declaration of Financial Interests===
*Nothing to declare.European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Manuel Medina Ortega, 09 December 2008, accessed 30 April 2009.
===Record of Parliamentary Votes===
*Voted in favour of the directive on "establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy" (A5-0027/2000). The directive covers all water management aspects in order to achieve a 'good status' of all waters by 2015.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted against the directive on "national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants" (A5-0063/2000). The amendment allows setting less ambitious national emission ceilings for sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3) and volatile organic compounds (VOC), which would result in more damage to human health and the environment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the Commission White Paper on "Strategy for a future Chemicals Policy" (A5-0356/2001). The amendment helps avoid the necessary precautionary approach towards some chemical substances that are not proven to be completely safe.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the directive on "waste electrical and electronic equipment" (A5-0100/2002). The amendment sets higher reuse and recycling rates for IT and telecommunication equipment.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
*Voted in favour of the report on "Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network" (A5-0135/2002). The Trans-European Network of Transport (TEN-T) is a network of so-called 'transport corridors' through Europe. This amendment calls for a full Strategic Environmental Assessment of these transport corridors and calls on the Commission to improve methods for analysing the environmental and economic impact of the TEN-T.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the regulation concerning "traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms" (A5-0229/2002). The amendment allows customers the right to choose GM free food.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the report towards a "thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides" (A5-0061/2003). The amendment proposes to ban or severely restrict use of pesticides in areas around sources of drinking water and nature protected zones.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the directive on "environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage" (A5-0145/2003). According to the amendment, polluters have to pay for environmental clean-up, and it supports an EU-wide regime which makes polluters liable for the damage they cause to wildlife, water and land.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
*Voted in favour of the directive on restructuring the "Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity" (A5-0302/2003). The amendment aims at giving tax benefits to environmentally friendly sources of energy, which would make them cheaper and more competitive to conventional (more polluting) sources of energy. It also gives tax benefits to environmentally friendly uses of energy for transport, for instance trains.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009. Rejected due to lack of absolute majority.
*Voted in favour of the amendment on Bulgaria’s progress towards accession (A5-0105/2004). The report objects to extending the life of the nuclear power stations in Bulgaria.Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 02 February 2009.
==Personal Information==
===Curriculum Vitae===
*Graduate in law (La Laguna, 1957).
*Doctorate in law (Madrid, 1961).
*Master of comparative law (Columbia University, 1962). 
*Professor of international law, University of La Laguna (1975-1978). 
*Professor of international relations, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) (since 1978). 
*Vice-Dean and Dean of the Faculty of politics and sociology (UCM, 1973-1975). 
*Vice-Rector of the University of La Laguna (1976-1978). 
*Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences (UCM, 1978-1982).
*President of the PSP (Canary Islands, 1976-1978). 
*Chairman of the Management Committee of the PSOE in Lanzarote (1993-1994). 
*Member of the PSOE Federal Committee (1994-1997).
*Member of the Congress of Deputies for Las Palmas (1982-1987), Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
*Member of the European Parliament (since 1986). 
:*Vice-President of the European Parliament (1986-1987). 
:*Chairman of the Delegation for relations with the countries of South America (1987-1989 and 1989-1994). 
:*Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs (1989-1992). 
:*Coordinator for the Socialist Group in the Committee on Legal Affairs (1992-1994, 1999-2004).
*Commander of the Order of Isabel the Catholic (Spain). Grand Cross of the Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (Chile). Officer of the Order of Francisco de Miranda (Venezuela). Grand Cross of the Order of Nariño (Colombia). Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (Mexico). Knight of the Order of May (Argentina). Order of the Phoenix (Argentina).
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==Resources==
*European Parliament, Declaración relativa a los intereses económicos de los diputados: Manuel Medina Ortega, 09 December 2008, accessed 30 April 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Manuel Medina Ortega, accessed 30 April 2009.
*European Parliament, MEP Directory: Manuel Medina Ortega, accessed 01 December 2010.
*Friends of the Earth, EU Vote Watch, accessed 30 April 2009.
==Notes==
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