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Mr George LOUCAIDES (Cyprus, UEL)

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Representative
Deputy
AKEL - Left-New Forces

House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus
CY - 1402 - Nicosia
Cyprus

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Latest news

11/04/2023 - Elections PACE observer delegation makes pre-electoral visit to Türkiye 23/06/2022 - Session Malta’s democratic consolidation requires well-functioning institutions 24/05/2022 - Monitoring Malta’s democratic consolidation requires well-functioning institutions 15/06/2020 - Political Affairs and Democracy Exchange of views with Israeli and Palestinian representatives at PACE sub-committee meeting 30/05/2017 - Standing Committee The Council of Europe must strengthen its action in the field of social rights

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Co-Chairperson: Group of the Unified European Left since 23/06/2025
  • Bureau: Group of the Unified European Left from 27/04/2023 to 22/06/2025
  • Treasurer: Group of the Unified European Left from 23/01/2017 to 25/01/2026
  • Member: Group of the Unified European Left from 23/01/2012 to 22/01/2017

In the Assembly

  • since 23/01/2012 Representative - Cyprus

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

  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 28/09/2026)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (from 09/12/2025 to 20/01/2026)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 21/11/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 21/11/2025 to 08/12/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 21/11/2025 to 20/01/2026)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 21/11/2025)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Presidential Committee (since 23/06/2025)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Standing Committee (since 23/06/2025)
  • Chairperson of Political Group: Bureau of the Assembly (since 23/06/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 22/06/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 19.6 of the Rules of Procedure - Chairpersons of Political Groups): Committee on Rules, Ethics and Immunities (since 22/06/2025)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 22/01/2024 to 14/04/2024)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 30/09/2019 to 23/01/2022)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 24/01/2017 to 23/06/2019)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 23/01/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 23/01/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 26/01/2016 to 23/01/2017)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 25/01/2016 to 25/01/2016)
  • General Rapporteur on the budget and intergovernmental programme: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 29/09/2015 to 10/10/2018)
  • Third Vice-Chairperson: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 27/01/2015 to 24/01/2016)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 27/06/2014 to 22/06/2025)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 05/10/2012 to 26/01/2015)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 23/01/2012)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 28/01/2026)
  • Vice-Chairperson: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 23/06/2025 to 27/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 23/06/2025)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 22/01/2019 to 24/01/2021)
  • Member of the Monitoring Committee of the member States that are party to the conflicts under the terms of reference of the sub-committee: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 02/03/2017 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 30/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 24/01/2013 to 26/01/2014)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 24/01/2013 to 28/01/2025)
  • Alternate UEL: Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 22/01/2013 to 25/01/2015)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 26/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 26/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Alternate UEL: Sub-Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (from 24/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Alternate of Mr Demetris DEMETRIOU (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 28/09/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 20/06/2016 to 07/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 26/01/2026 to 19/04/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 23/01/2012 to 19/06/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 23/06/2016 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 23/06/2016 to 28/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (from 27/01/2015 to 19/06/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 22/01/2013 to 19/06/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 22/01/2013 to 26/01/2015)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 24/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)
  • Alternate of Mr Nicos NICOLAIDES (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 24/01/2012 to 20/01/2013)

Interventions

Last speeches

01/10/2026 | 16:55:29 Thank you very much, Mr Chairperson, Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, we thank our rapporteur, Ms Marietta KARAMANLI, and the rapporteurs for opinion, Ms Maria-Gabriela HORGA, of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development and Ms Larysa BILOZIR, of the Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation. We also thank the Deputy Secretary-General of the OECD for joining us and sharing his assessment... 30/09/2026 | 17:30:29 Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to start with congratulating Mr Tekke PANMAN for his work and this timely report. Dear colleagues, violations of international law by the United States of America are not new. What is new, though, is the Trump administration's utter contempt for international law. In the United Nations (UN) Chapter, this contempt is accompanied by attacks on institutions capable of halting the United States and Israel. The pattern is clear. The Trump administration... 29/09/2026 | 19:45:09 Thank you, Madam Chair. I will start by thanking our colleague Ms Laura CASTEL for the excellent work she has done, together with Ms Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI. Thank you very much, Laura. Dear colleagues, Greece's democratic resilience and progress deserve recognition. We welcome the ratification of Council of Europe conventions and steps to strengthen the protection of rights. The Greek people have borne the consequences of the debt crisis and harsh austerity. Workers, pensioners and young... 29/09/2026 | 10:31:04 Thank you, Madam President. Dear colleagues, in 2019, our Assembly reaffirmed its role as the political engine of the Council of Europe. Already in 2017, it had called for a new summit to reaffirm European unity around our common values. Our sustained efforts contributed to the Reykjavík Summit in May 2023. Many of the priorities advanced by this Assembly were reflected in its declaration, which gave our organisation a political roadmap for strengthening human rights, democracy and the rule... 28/09/2026 | 15:34:46 Thank you very much, Madam Chairperson. On behalf of the Group of the Unified European Left (UEL) Group, I would like to thank our rapporteurs for their work. Dear colleagues, Our commitment to peace and human rights must be reflected in the priorities we fund and the political choices we make. Since June, the illegal war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran has continued to threaten regional peace. Renewed increases in fuel prices are deepening the cost of living crisis. And...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

26/06/2024 | Doc. 16019 | Committee Opinion Reparation and reconciliation processes to overcome past conflicts and build a common peaceful future – the question of just and equal redress 07/11/2022 | Doc. 15649 | Report Evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Jordan 03/06/2022 | Doc. 15546 | Report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Malta 15/05/2017 | Doc. 14323 | Report Political transition in Tunisia 09/05/2017 | Doc. 14318 | Report Budget and priorities of the Council of Europe for the biennium 2018-2019

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

29/09/2026 | Doc. 16495 | Motion for a resolution The cost-of-living crisis in Europe: protecting social rights and safeguarding social cohesion 01/09/2026 | Doc. 16466 | Motion for a resolution Protecting Europe’s cultural diversity and sovereignty by promoting access to European cinematographic and audiovisual works 13/08/2026 | Doc. 16459 | Motion for a resolution The cultural situation of the Kurds 01/07/2026 | Doc. 16383 | Written declaration Urgent need to protect Syria’s endangered ethnic and religious communities 01/07/2026 | Doc. 16428 | Written declaration Türkiye should stop committing transnational repression

Votes on adopted texts

01/10/2026 | Doc. 16472, vote on the draft text for resolution The role of the OECD in evaluating the impact of artificial intelligence on the future of work 30/09/2026 | Doc. 16468, vote on the draft text for recommendation Growing threats to media pluralism and the independence of the media 30/09/2026 | Doc. 16468, vote on the draft text for resolution Growing threats to media pluralism and the independence of the media 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16476, vote on the draft text for resolution The role of diasporas and migrants in developing social cohesion and democratic engagement 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16470, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Greece