Member of the National Council
Union démocratique du centre
Conseil national
CH-3003 - Berne
Switzerland
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2025
, 2024
, 2023
, 2022
, 2021
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
06/12/2024 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Child abuse in institutions: ‘member states must recognise the suffering inflicted to past and present victims, and set up reparation measures’ 29/11/2024 - Standing Committee Bulgaria: free and well-administered elections failed to resolve the prolonged political crisis 28/10/2024 - Election observation Well-organised but ineffective elections maintain the status quo in Bulgaria, say PACE observers 24/06/2024 - Session Elections in North Macedonia were competitive although the process remains insufficiently regulated 30/04/2024 - Election observation PACE to observe the parliamentary elections and second round of the presidential election in North Macedonia
25/06/2025 | 16:39:08 Mr President, I'm somehow surprised about the discussion in this room. And you, sir, as a British citizen, a former occupying force of Palestine, you are not a very good example to talk about human rights. If you see what you did before 1948, I'm sorry to say so, maybe you're part of the problem. But the main problem we have, the hostages are still being kept by Hamas. That's the root problem that we have. Israel is trying to liberate the hostages. They are trying to fight Hamas. And Israel... 10/04/2025 | 16:19:33 President, we are discussing the situation in Gaza every session and every time the title is wrong. Again, we are asking for an immediate end to the humanitarian blockade of Gaza and the reinstatement of the ceasefire. But that's wrong. We should ask for the immediate release of the hostages. That's the root of the problem and nothing else. Gaza is a cesspool of terror that's holding innocent hostages in its grip. Israel stands alone as a democracy in a sea of despotism, yet is slandered... 09/04/2025 | 10:55:24 Thank you very much, Mister Chair. Thank you, Mr Frank SCHWABE, for your report. I think Frank and I, we've been in the Council of Europe for many years, and we also had some good experience on corruption, mainly when we were observing the elections in Azerbaijan. It was very easy to tell who could have gotten a bribe and who didn't get the bribe. We nearly lost our report. We made a negative report about the outcome of the election and how the elections were done. We nearly lost it, because... 30/01/2025 | 18:37:54 Thank you, Mister Chair, It's a very interesting debate that we can follow and I thank for the report. I think we have a few problems here in Europe. The first problem is that we do not control any of those social media; they're mainly controlled by US companies, by Chinese companies and also by Russian companies. So we can make regulations but we cannot enforce them upon those companies. And, of course, we see the problems mainly here about social media but it's also a chance because people... 28/01/2025 | 17:44:16 Thank you, Mister President. I wish I could thank Ms Saskia KLUIT for her report, but I'm not able to do so. It's completely one-sided and I listened very carefully to what you mentioned about the humanitarian law. What about the humanitarian law on 7 October? What about the hostages? What about the access of the Red Cross for the hostages? Is there any access for them? No. It's a breach of humanitarian law. What about the terrorist attack against civilians, against families, mothers...
20/09/2017 | Doc. 14401 | Report The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2016-2017
07/10/2025 | Doc. 16202 | Written declaration Swift, transparent measures to legally finalise the electoral process and ensure full democratic legitimacy in Germany 20/06/2025 | Doc. 16202 | Written declaration Swift, transparent measures to legally finalise the electoral process and ensure full democratic legitimacy in Germany 08/10/2024 | Doc. 16064 | Motion for a resolution Ensuring sustainable food security in times of crisis: strengthening resilience and access to food 12/10/2023 | Doc. 15847 | Motion for a resolution Tools to prevent and address transnational repression 20/06/2023 | Doc. 15799 | Written declaration Protection of children and of European fundamental rights
25/06/2025 | Doc. 16210, vote on the draft text for resolution Global peace under threat: halting the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and addressing the wider conflict in the Middle East 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16150, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft Council of Europe convention on the protection of the environment through criminal law 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16153, vote on the draft text for resolution The situation in Georgia and follow up to Resolution 2585 (2025) “Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia” 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16126, vote on the draft text for resolution Legal aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16129, vote on the draft text for recommendation Strengthening relations between the Council of Europe and Latin America