Paavo VÄYRYNEN
  • Paavo
    VÄYRYNEN
  • Finland
  • Born on 2 September 1946, Kemi

Political groups

  • 01.01.1995 / 10.11.1996 : Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party - Member
  • 11.11.1996 / 19.11.1996 : Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party - Member
  • 20.11.1996 / 27.01.1997 : Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party - Member of the Bureau
  • 28.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party - Vice-Chair
  • 20.07.1999 / 06.03.2002 : Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party - Vice-Chair
  • 07.03.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party - Vice-Chair
  • 20.07.2004 / 18.04.2007 : Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe - Member of the Bureau

  • 01.01.1995 / 10.11.1996 : Suomen Keskusta
  • 11.11.1996 / 19.07.1999 : Suomen Keskusta
  • 20.07.1999 / 19.07.2004 : Suomen Keskusta
  • 20.07.2004 / 18.04.2007 : Suomen Keskusta

Chair

  • 14.11.1996 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA)

Vice-Chair

  • 20.09.2004 / 31.12.2006 : Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee

Member

  • 18.01.1995 / 11.07.1995 : Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf States
  • 19.01.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy
  • 12.07.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf States
  • 14.11.1996 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
  • 16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence Policy
  • 16.01.1997 / 13.10.1997 : Delegation for relations with Russia
  • 14.10.1997 / 30.11.1997 : Delegation for relations with Russia
  • 01.12.1997 / 23.02.1999 : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
  • 24.02.1999 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
  • 21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
  • 29.09.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
  • 17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
  • 07.02.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
  • 21.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • 15.09.2004 / 19.09.2004 : Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee
  • 15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • 31.01.2007 / 18.04.2007 : Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • 15.03.2007 / 18.04.2007 : Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

Substitute

  • 19.01.1995 / 15.01.1997 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
  • 16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA)
  • 16.01.1997 / 19.07.1999 : Committee on Transport and Tourism
  • 16.01.1997 / 16.09.1998 : Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy
  • 21.07.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
  • 29.09.1999 / 14.01.2002 : Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA)
  • 17.01.2002 / 19.07.2004 : Committee on Constitutional Affairs
  • 22.07.2004 / 14.01.2007 : Committee on Regional Development
  • 15.09.2004 / 18.04.2007 : Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
  • 15.01.2007 / 30.01.2007 : Committee on Regional Development
  • 31.01.2007 / 18.04.2007 : Committee on Regional Development
  • 15.03.2007 / 18.04.2007 : Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China

Parliamentary activities in plenary – 6th parliamentary term

Speeches in plenary

12

EC-Russia short-stay visa agreement – EC-Russia readmission agreement (debate)

14-02-2007 P6_CRE(2007)02-14(10)

Russia-EU summit (debate)

29-11-2006 P6_CRE(2006)11-29(13)

A Baltic Sea Strategy for the Northern Dimension (debate)

15-11-2006 P6_CRE(2006)11-15(15)

European Neighbourhood Policy

18-01-2006 P6_CRE(2006)01-18(12)

Bulgaria - Romania

14-12-2005 P6_CRE(2005)12-14(15)

The Northern Dimension

08-09-2005 P6_CRE(2005)09-08(4)

Structural Funds

05-07-2005 P6_CRE(2005)07-05(26)

Explanations of vote

08-06-2005 P6_CRE(2005)06-08(13)

Motions for resolutions

9

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Galina Kozlova

12-03-2007 RC-B6-0081/2007

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU-Russia Summit in Helsinki on 24 November 2006

11-12-2006 RC-B6-0631/2006

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU-Russia Summit

06-12-2006 B6-0639/2006

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the future of the Northern Dimension

14-11-2005 RC-B6-0584/2005

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Mari El

11-05-2005 RC-B6-0283/2005

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the breaches of human rights and democracy in the Mari Republic (Mari El) of the Russian Federation

09-05-2005 B6-0292/2005

NB: This motion for a resolution is available in the original language only.

Parliamentary questions

3

Prison camp for Falun Gong practitioners

09-06-2006 E-2725/2006

Prison camp for Falun Gong practitioners

09-06-2006 E-2724/2006

Parliamentary activities in plenary – 5th parliamentary term

Speeches in plenary

36

Application by Croatia for accession to the EU

31-03-2004 P5_CRE(2004)03-31(5)

EU-Russia relations

26-02-2004 P5_CRE(2004)02-26(1)

Problems with salmon

10-02-2004 P5_CRE(2004)02-10(11)

A New Framework for Relations with our Eastern and Southern Neighbours

19-11-2003 P5_CRE(2003)11-19(7)

The Northern dimension

19-11-2003 P5_CRE(2003)11-19(8)

Forthcoming EU-Russian summit, including the situation in Chechnya (6 November 2003)

22-10-2003 P5_CRE(2003)10-22(6)

European Constitution and IGC

24-09-2003 P5_CRE(2003)09-24(1)

Chechnya

02-07-2003 P5_CRE(2003)07-02(3)

Preparation for the EU-Russia summit

14-05-2003 P5_CRE(2003)05-14(8)

Security and defence – priorities and deficiencies

09-04-2003 P5_CRE(2003)04-09(5)

Reports - as rapporteur

1

Report on the Common Strategy of the European Union on Ukraine - Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy

AFET
28-02-2001 A5-0083/2001

Motions for resolutions

29

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Ukraine

10-03-2004 RC-B5-0129/2004

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the 12th EU-Russia Summit held on 6 November 2003 in Rome

19-11-2003 RC-B5-0479/2003

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Northern dimension

18-11-2003 RC-B5-0472/2003

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the outcome of the 12th EU-Russia Summit (Rome, 6 November 2003)

17-11-2003 B5-0486/2003

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Northern Dimension Action Plan

13-11-2003 B5-0474/2003

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Chechnya

02-07-2003 RC-B5-0326/2003

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Chechnya

26-06-2003 B5-0328/2003

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU-Russia summit

14-05-2003 RC-B5-0233/2003

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the forthcoming EU-Russia summit in St Petersburg

08-05-2003 B5-0237/2003/rev. 1

JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Iraq

29-01-2003 RC-B5-0075/2003