Carlos Carnero
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Carlos Carnero (born November 24, 1961, Madrid) is a Member of the European Parliament for the Partido Socialista Obrero Español. There is a single national constituency system for the elections to the European Parliament in Spain. He has been a member of the EP since 1994. December 7 2006, he was appointed member of the presidency of the PES
Carlos Carnero is a member of the Parliament's Constitutional Affairs committee and is the spokesman for the PES Group of the European Parliament's Delegation to the EMPA. He is also a substitute member of the Parliament's Foreign Affairs committee and Petitions committee. Carlos Carnero is a member of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries; the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly; and the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.
He is a Member of the Partido Socialista Obrero EspañolCouncil on International Relations, where he directs the Working Group on Mediterranean Affairs. He has been a Member of the Partido Socialista Obrero Español Federal Committee (2001-2004).
He is also a Member of the Steering Committee of the European Movement.
Carlos Canero was the Nueva Izquierda European Policy Secretary (1998-2001) and IU External Policy Secretary (1992-1997).
He was the Chairman of the Parliament's team of observers at the parliamentary elections in Lebanon.
He is a Member of the Federalist Intergroup for the European Constitution.
He is a Member of the editorial team of the Spanish political review 'Temas'.
He is also a Member of the NGOs MPDL (Movement for Peace, Disarmament and Liberty) and ASODEGUE (Association for Democratic Solidarity with Equatorial Guinea). He is a Member of the Spanish Union CCOO (the Workers' Committees).
Carlos Carnero is married, and has no children.
He speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian.
[edit] Carlos Carnero and the European Constitution
Carlos Carnero is one of the leading proponents of the European Constitution, which has been approved by a majority of EU countries. He was an active member of the European Convention that drafted the European Constitution. He actively participated in the Spanish referendum campaign for the European Constitution of February 2005, which was aproved by a 76.72% of votes cast, co directing the campaign effort for the Partido Socialista Obrero Español.
He is still campaigning for the European Constitution at the EP, in his conferences and articles. He also published the book "The European Constitution: Instructions Manual"(La Constitución Europea: manual de instrucciones) in 2005, together with Ramón Suárez and María José Martínez Iglesias.
[edit] Publications of Carlos Carnero
- Co-author of "Europe: the state of the Union" (Europa: el estado de la Unión) (2006.)
- Co-author of "The European Constitution: Instructions Manual" (La Constitución Europea: manual de instrucciones) (2005.)
- Co-author of "Building the European Constitution. Political Chronicle of the Convention" (Construyendo la Constitución Europea. Crónica política de la Convención) (2003.)
- Co-author of "12 Visions of a progressive policy" (12 Visiones de una política de progreso) (1998.)
