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Mr Emmanuel FERNANDES (France, UEL)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the Unified European Left since 09/04/2025
  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 10/10/2022 to 08/04/2025

In the Assembly

  • since 29/11/2024 Representative - France
  • from 10/10/2022 to 28/11/2024 Substitute - France

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

  • Member: Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 26/01/2026)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (from 09/12/2025 to 25/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (since 09/12/2025)
  • Full Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 29/11/2024 to 08/12/2025)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 23/01/2024 to 08/12/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings (from 21/09/2023 to 24/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Bertrand BOUYX (Full Member): Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Matthieu MARCHIO (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 28/11/2023 to 28/11/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Laurent JACOBELLI (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 10/10/2022 to 27/11/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

23/04/2026 | 17:03:31 Thank you, Chair. First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur for the quality of her work. This is a particularly important report, and the many recommendations it contains are both ambitious and highly relevant. They make a concrete contribution to the defence of workers' rights, in a context where workers are under great pressure. I would like to recall here the words of Mr George KATROUGALOS, our former Chair of the Group of the Unified European Left and former Greek Minister of... 23/04/2026 | 12:22:10 Thank you, Madam President. International law must prevail in all circumstances and on every surface of the planet. The subject before us today is the wider Middle East. In this part of the world, widespread chaos has spread from Lebanon to Iran to the Palestinian territories, threatening the international balance. We need to be clear about who the troublemakers are, the chief aggressors who, steeped in their imperialist and colonialist doctrine, are laying waste to the Middle East. Yes, our... 22/04/2026 | 16:02:52 Thank you Madam Chairman. Commissioner, thank you for your clear words. You firmly defend the universality of human rights and warn against the erosion of protection for migrants. However, Secretary General Alain BERSET left our session this week to go to London to discuss adapting the human rights system to the challenge of migration, which would mean lowering protective standards for foreigners. Legal experts are already talking about an unprecedented regression. So, in the face of... 21/04/2026 | 19:38:37 Thank you, Mister President. The election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights is one of the most essential responsibilities entrusted to our Assembly by the Convention. It is not just another technical procedure. It is about ensuring that the women and men called upon to protect the fundamental rights of over 400 million Europeans are the best qualified, the most independent and the most impartial. The report before us today is a continuation of work that has been going on for a... 21/04/2026 | 17:46:40 Thank you, Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur for the high quality of his extremely well-documented work, which is of particular importance at a time when discrimination based on religion is increasing almost exponentially, not only in our member states but – it has to be said and we should be alarmed – throughout the world. Discrimination, whether religious or otherwise, is fracturing our societies and democracies, and undermining our...

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