Zoran Thaler
Zoran Thaler (born member of the European Parliament.
21 January 1962 ) is a Slovenian politician and businessman. He is a former Slovenian foreign minister and a formerPolitical career
He was born in
In the first free elections in Slovenia, he was elected to the
In January 1995, he was nominated Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia in the government of
In May 1996, Thaler was
In December 1996, Thaler was re-elected to Parliament on the list of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia. In 1997 he became again Minister of Foreign Affairs in Janez Drnovšek's third cabinet. During his mandate, the Parliament ratified the Association Agreement with the EU, after having changed the Constitution a day earlier in accordance with the Spanish compromise. The European Commission gave a positive opinion on the Slovenian application for membership shortly afterwards. After that achievement Thaler left politics for business. Between 2004 and 2006, he served as chairman of
In 2009, he headed the list of the Social Democrats for the European Parliament, not being a member of the party and was elected on 7 June 2009. As a member of the European Parliament, Thaler was EP Rapporteur for Macedonia, vice-chairman of the EP Delegation for the South Caucasus, and a member of EP Foreign Affairs Committee.
In March 2011, The Sunday Times implicated Thaler among other members of the European Parliament in a cash-for-laws scandal. Rupert Murdoch's Sunday Times also provided edited video of Thaler discussing adding amendments to EU laws with undercover journalists.[5]
On 21 March he resigned as a member of the European Parliament.
References
- ^ Zoran Thaler – Poslanec evropskega parlamenta | Življenjepis. Zoranthaler.eu. Retrieved 24 March 2011. Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Umrla edina italijanska zunanja ministrica :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija. Rtvslo.si (16 May 2009). Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ Vprašanje, evropa.gov.si
- ^ Do sedaj uspešni le dve interpelaciji | Dnevnik. Dnevnik.si (28 March 2004). Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ "Austrian MEP Strasser resigns over corruption claims". eubusiness.com. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ Thaler v Bruslju oproscen obtozb | Delo. Delo.si (4 February 2012).