Senator
Open VLD
Sénat
BE - 1009 - Brussels
Belgium
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2024
, 2023
, 2022
, 2021
, 2020
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
26/04/2023 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development #RoadToReykjavik: towards an ambitious summit for protecting the environment 17/03/2023 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Preventing, anticipating and dealing with natural disasters 27/01/2022 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development PACE launches a new network of parliamentarians to press for a healthy environment 18/01/2022 - President PACE and EBRD Presidents agree new priority areas for working together 31/12/2021 - President PACE President Rik Daems calls 2022 the year when parliaments work together to turn the tide on the rise of authoritarianism
16/04/2024 | 14:55:07 Secretary General, as you know recently the Court is under the judgement in an environmental case. You know there is a lot more in the pipeline and given this judgement, we might expect, there is so many more to come. This Assembly unanimously recommended to the Committee of Ministers to create a legally binding instrument concerning a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Even to the extent to include it in the Convention itself through a protocol. My question is, what is the... 21/06/2023 | 16:08:55 The first thing I would like to say is basically, and Mr George KATROUGALOS has said it too, we are in the hemicycle of the European Parliament, our budget is 1% of the budget of the European Parliament. To put it in an American way, that is one cent on the dollar. That is what we mean in terms of human rights, the rule of law and democracy. Think about it! One cent on the dollar. So this is a message to the Committee of Ministers and, of course, to those who need to negotiate it, do you not... 25/04/2023 | 15:22:50 If a meeting is measured by its results, then I guess a big meeting is measured by big results. I guess that the summit is measured by summit-sized results. Madam Minister, What real, tangible, and impactful results would you pursue as a result of this summit? May I request that the linkage of the environment to human rights be there, as requested unanimously by this Parliamentary Assembly, so requested unanimously by all the peoples of the 46 member States? Secondly, as Mr Frank SCHWABE and... 24/01/2023 | 19:11:36 Hi, Fiona. Great job! Thank you for including the environmental issue into the report, because it is crucial to millions and millions and millions of young people who are looking at the political world and asking themselves why the hell don't you do something about it. I think that we can now. I would like to start by something that I heard at the beginning of the debate, the very first speaker, Mister President, was John HOWELL. He said "why would the UK PM come to the Summit?". I'll tell... 23/01/2023 | 16:29:42 Thank you, Madam Chair. Our group has had a profound discussion regarding the prosecution of Daesh foreign fighters from Syria. Our group supported the establishment of a special international tribunal or hybrid tribunal with jurisdiction over international crimes committed by Daesh foreign fighters. Now the report insists that a trial at home is essential because prosecution in Iraq is currently not an adequate and human-rights-compliant solution and there is a risk of further radicalisation...
08/01/2020 | Doc. 15027 | Report Setting minimum standards for electoral systems in order to offer the basis for free and fair elections 11/02/2019 | Doc. 14827 | Report Promoting democracy by developing market economy: does the EBRD model work? 04/06/2010 | Doc. 12278 | Report Extra-institutional actors in the democratic system 11/01/2010 | Doc. 12107 | Report Thresholds and other features of electoral systems which have an impact on representativity of parliaments in Council of Europe member states
02/07/2024 | Doc. 15970 | Written declaration For the release of the hostages held in Gaza 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16020 | Motion for a resolution Journalists matter: the need to step up efforts to liberate Ukrainian journalists held in captivity by the Russian Federation 16/04/2024 | Doc. 15970 | Written declaration For the release of the hostages held in Gaza 31/01/2024 | Doc. 15923 | Motion for a resolution Establishing a Register of companies that assist Russian entities in evading sanctions and combating circumvention of restrictive measures against Russian entities 11/05/2023 | Doc. 15770 | Motion for a resolution Establishment of an Order of the European solidarities
16/04/2024 | Doc. 15958, vote on the draft text for opinion Application by Kosovo* for membership of the Council of Europe 21/06/2023 | Doc. 15780, vote on the draft text for opinion Budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the period 2024-2027 21/06/2023 | Doc. 15781, vote on the draft text for resolution Expenditure of the Parliamentary Assembly for the biennium 2024-2025 24/01/2023 | Doc. 15681, vote on the draft text for recommendation The Reykjavik Summit of the Council of Europe: United around values in the face of extraordinary challenges 23/01/2023 | Doc. 15591, vote on the draft text for resolution Addressing the issue of Daesh foreign fighters and their families returning from Syria and other countries to the member States of the Council of Europe