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Examination of credentials of representatives and substitutes

Report on credentials | Doc. 16203 | 23 June 2025

1. In accordance with Rule 6, paragraphs 1 and 4, of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the Assembly has received the credentials of representatives and substitutes for the third part of the 2025 Ordinary Session of the Assembly, which have been transmitted in due form by the competent authorities of member States.
2. The Assembly is called upon to express its decision on the validation of the credentials of the representatives and substitutes whose names are given in this report.
3. Germany has modified the composition of its delegation following parliamentary elections.
4. The United Kingdom has appointed a new representative and a new substitute following the resignations of Baroness Ann Taylor and Baroness Deborah Wilcox.
5. In the case of reasoned objection or contestation, the contested credentials shall be referred without debate to the appropriate committee which shall report back to the Assembly, in accordance with Rules 7 and 8 of the Rules of Procedure.

1 Members

1.1 Germany

1.1.1 Representatives

Mr Knut ABRAHAM (CDU/CSU)

Ms Tijen ATAOĞLU (CDU/CSU)

Ms Birgit BESSIN (AfD)

Ms Janina BÖTTGER (DIE LINKE)

Mr Jürgen COßE (SPD)

Ms Nancy FAESER (SPD)

Mr Vinzenz GLASER (DIE LINKE)

Ms Inge GRÄßLE (CDU/CSU)

Mr Jürgen HARDT (CDU/CSU)

Ms Gabriela HEINRICH (SPD)

Mr Malte KAUFMANN (AfD)

Mr Achim KÖHLER (AfD)

Mr Pierre LAMELY (AfD)

Ms Patricia LIPS (CDU/CSU)

Mr Max LUCKS (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Ms Filiz POLAT (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Mr Frank SCHWABE (SPD)

Mr Siegfried WALCH (CDU/CSU)

1.1.2 Substitutes

Mr Adam BALTEN (AfD)

Ms Ellen DEMUTH (CDU/CSU)

Mr Falko DROßMANN (SPD)

Ms Hülya DÜBER (CDU/CSU)

Mr David GREGOSZ (CDU/CSU)

Mr Julian JOSWIG (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Ms Martina KEMPF (AfD)

Ms Franziska KERSTEN (SPD)

Mr Ferat KOÇAK (DIE LINKE)

Mr Heinrich KOCH (AfD)

Mr Tilman KUBAN (CDU/CSU)

Mr Johann MARTEL (AfD)

Mr Carl-Philipp SASSENRATH (CDU/CSU)

Ms Awet TESFAIESUS (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN)

Ms Derya TÜRK-NACHBAUR (SPD)

Mr Johannes VOLKMANN (CDU/CSU)

Ms Christin WILLNAT (DIE LINKE)

Mr Serdar YÜKSEL (SPD)

1.2 United Kingdom

1.2.1 Representative

Baroness Jean DRAKE (Labour)

1.2.2 Substitute

Baroness Lyn BROWN (Labour)