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Mr Axel KASSEGGER (Austria, ECPA)

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Substitute
Deputy
FPÖ

Parlament
AT - 1017 - Wien
Austria

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates since 03/02/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance from 18/12/2019 to 03/02/2025
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 22/01/2018 to 17/12/2019

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2018 Substitute - Austria

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member ECPA: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 03/02/2025)
  • Full Member EC/DA: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2024 to 03/02/2025)
  • Alternate EC/DA: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 27/01/2020 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 22/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Martin GRAF (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 07/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Stephanie KRISPER (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 27/01/2020 to 06/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Roman HAIDER (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 22/01/2018 to 26/01/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

30/09/2025 | 18:24:31 Thank you very much. Today we are once again seeing how left-wing forces who believe they are in possession of the truth and justice are trying to lecture Hungary, punish Hungary and insult Hungary. The same left-wing ideologies that oppressed entire peoples in the past, and which are now losing one election after another in many European countries, are pointing the moral finger at Hungary. I would like to say that Hungary is a functioning democracy in the heart of Europe. There are free... 30/09/2025 | 17:03:13 Thank you very much, Mr President. I would like to thank Mr Zsolt NÉMETH for this excellent report. It is a report that sheds light on a whole host of different aspects. A report that is well-balanced and welcomes the positive developments in Kazakhstan to date. However, the report also encompasses other voices, including critical ones. A report that also clearly identifies upcoming challenges. Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world. Kazakhstan highly reliant on oil and gas... 24/06/2025 | 10:52:53 Thank you very much, President. Ladies and gentlemen, In a letter, nine heads of government have expressed their concerns about the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. I quote: "There is a need to look at how the European Court of Human Rights has developed its interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights. Whether the Court, in some cases, has extended the scope of the Convention too far as compared with the original intentions behind the Convention, thus shifting the...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions