Representative
Senator
GreenLeft-Labour Party
Senate - Eerste Kamer der Staten Generaal
NL - 2500 EA - The Hague
Netherlands
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
, 2023
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
10/04/2026 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Faced with the energy crisis, PACE rapporteur calls for swifter transition to sustainable local energy 29/01/2026 - Session Greenland’s future is for the people of Greenland and Denmark, says PACE 28/01/2026 - Session Current affairs debate on accountability, humanitarian protection and respect for international law in Gaza and the West Bank after the ceasefire 28/01/2026 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development We must not look away from Gaza, says PACE follow-up rapporteur 09/12/2025 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development Investing in social rights to beat the cost-of-living crisis and safeguard democracy
29/01/2026 | 18:58:33 Yes, Chair, President, I would like to say something, not in the least to Paul, because you can hear, he was not only rapporteur on this report, but you also chaired the sub-committee for two years, and you totally internalised the importance of the Social Charter, and are well-equipped to explain why it's so important. The Committee has requested this debate to be able to organise an event. And that is important because it is 65 years since we have this Charter, that people have access to... 29/01/2026 | 11:50:05 Thank you very much, Chair. The video is 12 minutes long. This is how long the picture lasts in which a father walks among hundreds of black body bags, scattered across the streets in Tehran, searching for his child. He says: "Sepehr, where are you? Sepehr, where are you? You are my son. I cannot find you." This is a massacre. This is a crime against humanity. We have seen similar cruel images from Syria, from Kurdish crowds, Yazidi villages and from Occupied Palestinian territories. And I'm... 28/01/2026 | 18:24:51 Yes, please. I first of all want to thank Ms Carmen LEYTE for a wonderful, wonderful work, her commitment and to tackling this very difficult and sensitive issue. And as you heard, Chair today or Ms President today, my committee is a wonderful group of people. They really work for human rights and they really, all over the aisles, they think. This debate was not easy in the Committee. It was very sensitive. We had different perspectives. We decided to take time to find a solution and a common... 28/01/2026 | 17:46:09 Thank you very much. I am very happy with this debate and I'm very enthusiastic about the 'blue card', to be honest. Because finally, Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, we are debating things in a very honest way. And I'm very happy with that. Having said that, the people in Palestine are not safe. They are very unsafe. And we heard the words on the Holocaust, we heard the words that indifference is what makes a genocide succeed. Indifference is what makes an ethnic cleansing succeed. Indifference is... 28/01/2026 | 16:33:18 Yes, I think this is better. Thank you very much. No one will be free until everyone is free. We have all heard this cold echo to our streets this summer, voiced by people who refuse to remain silent in the face of the injustices inflicted on the Palestinian people. Today, I want to add one essential truth to that. There can be no freedom and no peace without justice. Whether we help to bring now peace to the region is therefore deeply rooted in our willingness to ensure justice and...
02/06/2025 | Doc. 16182 | Report Analysis and guidelines for a sustainable and socially fair energy transition 13/01/2025 | Doc. 16093 | Report The absolute and urgent need to end the humanitarian crisis for women, children and the hostages in Gaza
27/05/2026 | Doc. 16411 | Motion for a resolution Europe’s energy sovereignty: a strategic path toward security and sustainability 05/05/2026 | Doc. 16349 | Written declaration Full and unwavering support for Ms Francesca Albanese 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16395 | Motion for a resolution Human rights challenges in the North Caucasus 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16390 | Motion for a resolution Addressing the issue of drug facilitated sexual violence and the online platforms used by perpetrators 20/04/2026 | Doc. 16384 | Motion for a resolution Empowering youth in the digital age: towards creative, democratic and competence-based approaches to online participation
29/01/2026 | Doc. 16334, vote on the draft text for resolution Threats against the international order: the case of Greenland 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16336, vote on the draft text for resolution Political crisis in the broader Middle East: the need to protect human rights and the rights of all minority groups 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16315, vote on the draft text for resolution For a ban on conversion practices 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16335, vote on the draft text for recommendation The 65th anniversary of the European Social Charter: social rights as the foundation of resilient democracies and social justice 29/01/2026 | Doc. 16335, vote on the draft text for resolution The 65th anniversary of the European Social Charter: social rights as the foundation of resilient democracies and social justice