Relations (ECFR), Member Political positions Besides his involvement in foreign affairs, Swoboda focuses on economic policies and questions of inclusion, as well as the fight against the rising right-wing extremism in Europe. He worked on the question of Roma discrimination in Europe, Swoboda went on several fact finding missions to get to know the situation. The experiences are discussed in his recently published book: Roma - A European Minority. He is also a member of the Parliamentarian Working Group of the Advisory Board of "A Soul for Europe", an initiative that is building an international network with bases in Amsterdam, Berlin, Belgrade, Brussels, Porto and Tbilisi. Hannes Swoboda supported the European cause by signing the Spinelli Group Manifesto. Personal life Hannes Swoboda enjoys painting and photography in his spare time. He is married to the former Austrian secretary of state for Europe and previous Siemens AG board member, Brigitte Ederer. Selected works Recent Publications Hannes Swoboda, Jan Marinus Wiersma (Hg.) Politics of the Past: The Use and Abuse of History (2009), Brussels 2009 Hannes Swoboda, Jan Marinus Wiersma (Hg.) Peace and Disarmament: A World without Nuclear Weapons? Brussels, 2009 Hannes Swoboda, Jan Marinus Wiersma (Hg.) Democracy, Populism and Minority Rights, Brussels 2008 Hannes Swoboda, Christophe Solioz (Hg.) Conflict and Renewal: Europe Transformed. Essays in Honour of Wolfgang Petritsch Nomos, Baden-Baden 2007 Reports in the European Parliament, Rapporteur Hannes Swoboda: Several Reports on Croatia's accession to the European Union until 2011 Report on Croatia's 2006 progress, Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 2007 Report on the proposal for a Council regulation on amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1080/2000 of 22 May 2000 on support for the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (OHR) - Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, November 2003 Report on ecopoints for heavy goods vehicles in transit through Austria, Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, July 2001 Report on EU assistance to Turkey in the framework of the pre-accession strategy and an Accession Partnership, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, February 2001 Report on licensing of railway undertakings (amendment of Directive 95/18/EC), allocation of capacity and levying of charges, Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism, January 2001 Report on the Negotiation of a stabilisation and association agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,