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Erika Mann
Erika Mann has been a member of the European
Parliament since 1994. Ms. Mann is a member of the Committee on
International Trade, where she coordinates the position of the European
Socialists group. Ms. Mann is also a substitute member of the Committee
on Industry, External Trade, Research, and Energy (ITRE) and the
Committee on Budgetary Control. Ms. Mann is the president of the
Delegation to the EU/Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee, and she
is a substitute member of the Delegation for Relations with the
United States.
Ms. Mann concentrates on trade and WTO
policy, transatlantic economic relations, digital economy, telecommunication
policy, and research policy. She is in charge of chemical policy
for the PES within the ITRE committee. Ms. Mann is also a leading
member of the International Steering Committee for the common initiative
of the European Parliament and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
to create a parliamentary dimension to the World Trade Organisation.
Erika Mann chairs the Transatlantic
Policy Network (TPN), is a founding member and chairperson of the
European Internet Foundation (EIF), a member of the board of the
Kangaroo Working Group, and the chair of its Telecoms & Information
Society working group. She is a member of the Advisory Council of
the European Policy Centre (EPC) and a senator of the German Max
Planck Society.
Ms. Mann is a former chairperson of
the Delegation for Relations with Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova
(1997–1999) and of the Delegation for Relations with Switzerland,
Iceland, and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint
Parliamentary Committee (2002–2004); she was a member of the Delegation
for Relations with the Countries of South Asia and the South Asia
Association for Regional Co-operation (1999– 2002).
Erika Mann is the author of articles
and publications on the WTO, transatlantic relations, electronic
commerce, and copyright in the information society.
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