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Ms Valérie PILLER CARRARD (Switzerland, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 26/01/2026
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 03/02/2025 to 25/01/2026
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 22/01/2024 to 02/02/2025

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2024 Representative - Switzerland

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (since 25/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 23/01/2024 to 27/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Matthias MICHEL (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Céline AMAUDRUZ (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Niklaus-Samuel GUGGER (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Europe Prize (since 27/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Céline AMAUDRUZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 27/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Ms Céline AMAUDRUZ (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Children (from 25/01/2024 to 27/01/2025)

Interventions

Last speeches

23/04/2026 | 17:10:03 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank you for your speeches and for your support for this report. As you have pointed out, social dumping and labour exploitation undermine the European social model, infringe workers' fundamental rights and create unfair competition between companies. These practices particularly affect the most vulnerable workers, especially migrant workers, workers on secondment or those employed in precarious sectors. I would perhaps just like... 23/04/2026 | 16:19:16 Thank you, Mr Vice-President, Dear colleagues, Imagine migrant workers, working hard all day and staying overnight in appalling conditions. Dozens of them crammed into unsanitary accommodation, sleeping on the floor, without safety or hygiene. Illegally employed, they live and work in extreme vulnerability, deprived of their most basic rights. Unfortunately, this picture is not fiction. It corresponds to very real situations in Europe. On the border between Belgium and the Netherlands, a... 22/04/2026 | 11:06:18 Thank you, Mister Vice-President, Ladies and gentlemen, 29 women were killed in Switzerland in 2025, that's more than one woman killed every fortnight. This figure has a strong impact on people's minds. It is a major wake-up call. And as the report rightly points out, violence against women and domestic violence are present in all areas and affect all socio-economic strata. The Istanbul Convention has given a decisive boost to the fight against violence against women and domestic violence in... 29/01/2026 | 17:25:31 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, I would like to begin by thanking our colleague Ms Kate OSBORNE for her hard work on this report. Conversion practices, also known as conversion therapies or "reparative" therapies, refer to all measures aimed at modifying, repressing or suppressing a person's sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. They are based on a false and dangerous premise: the idea that certain identities or orientations are abnormal and should be corrected... 28/01/2026 | 17:39:26 Thank you, Mister President. The ceasefire is an essential step, but it cannot be an end in itself. In Gaza as in the West Bank, it must open a time of collective responsibility: to protect civilians, to respond to the humanitarian emergency and to guarantee respect for international humanitarian law and human rights. In Gaza, the needs remain immense, despite the fighting. Access to drinking water, medical care, food, electricity and decent shelter: these vital needs are still largely...

Activities