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Ms Sibel ARSLAN (Switzerland, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 27/01/2020

In the Assembly

  • since 27/01/2020 Representative - Switzerland

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

  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 23/01/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 23/01/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2022 to 21/01/2024)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 25/01/2021)
  • General Rapporteur on local and regional authorities: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 06/07/2020 to 20/06/2022)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 27/01/2020)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 28/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (since 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 25/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (from 26/06/2020 to 05/07/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 28/01/2020 to 27/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 28/01/2020 to 24/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Franziska ROTH (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Damien COTTIER (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 19/06/2023 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Marina CAROBBIO GUSCETTI (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 27/09/2021 to 18/06/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Christian LEVRAT (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 27/01/2020 to 15/09/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Fabian MOLINA (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (from 02/10/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Valérie PILLER CARRARD (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 25/01/2024 to 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Marianne BINDER-KELLER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (from 25/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Damien COTTIER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 22/06/2023 to 31/12/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Marina CAROBBIO GUSCETTI (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 27/01/2022 to 18/06/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (from 06/07/2020 to 28/09/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Christian LEVRAT (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (from 28/01/2020 to 25/06/2020)

Interventions

Last speeches

23/04/2026 | 17:53:30 Thank you very much, Mister President. Dear colleagues,
 I would like to thank the rapporteur for this important and well-crafted report. It comes at exactly the right time. We are at a pivotal point in the digital revolution, where artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally transforming our lives, our social interactions and our legal frameworks. Whilst there are many positive effects, the negative aspects must not be overlooked. The challenges posed by deepfakes are particularly worrying... 23/04/2026 | 16:43:01 Mister President, dear colleagues, I would like to thank also Ms Valérie PILLER CARRARD for her report. It's a really important report and it's a really good report. As a Swiss member I can say that because she also added Swiss perspectives in her approach, which are really important from our side.  Social dumping and labour exploitation pose a serious threat to us all. They undermine fundamental rights, distort fair competition and, in the long term, jeopardise social cohesion. Disadvantaged... 29/01/2026 | 19:07:01 Thank you very much dear Chair, Dear colleagues, On 9 December 2025 the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) adopted our report on the post-monitoring dialogue with North Macedonia and proposed to close this process after 25 years. Our report is based on the findings of our fact-finding visits to Skopje, on reports from the Council of Europe bodies, from the European Commission and information received from... 08/04/2025 | 19:32:51 "Thank you very much, Mister President" [in English]. Ladies and gentlemen, I take the liberty of speaking in German. I hope that you did not have a reason for fleeing or a refugee history behind you. Collective expulsions of people are not only morally questionable, they are also clearly illegal. Both Article 4 of Protocol 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 19 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights expressly prohibit this. We also have this in this report - and... 30/01/2025 | 16:42:14 "Okay, thank you very much Mister President" [Spoken in English] Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed colleagues, please allow me to make my speech in German. As a politician and as a woman, I would like to thank the rapporteur warmly for her important and well-founded report. In recent years, we have made progress in terms of economic gender equality. But these achievements are fragile. The Covid-19 pandemic has ruthlessly shown or demonstrated how deep-rooted inequalities are holding women back...

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