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Mr George PAPANDREOU (Greece, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Auditor: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 22/01/2024
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 23/01/2023 to 21/01/2024
  • Auditor: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 25/01/2021 to 23/04/2023
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 27/01/2020 to 24/01/2021
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 30/09/2019 to 26/01/2020

In the Assembly

  • since 30/09/2019 Representative - Greece

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

  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 29/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • General Rapporteur on Democracy: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 22/01/2024)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 22/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 09/10/2023)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 27/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 30/09/2019 to 08/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Youth and the Society of the Future (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Education, Youth and Sport (from 12/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 20/03/2023 to 31/12/2023)
  • Chairperson: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 27/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Democracy (from 27/01/2022 to 31/12/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 26/01/2021 to 08/10/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 02/10/2019 to 27/01/2020)
  • Alternate of Mr Dionysios-Charalampos KALAMATIANOS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexis TSIPRAS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 09/10/2023 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr George KATROUGALOS (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 30/09/2019 to 08/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr Dionysios-Charalampos KALAMATIANOS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (since 28/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (from 21/03/2024 to 14/04/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Alexis TSIPRAS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (from 25/01/2024 to 25/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 12/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Anastasios CHATZIVASILEIOU (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (from 25/01/2022 to 08/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Nina KASIMATI (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Gender Equality (from 30/01/2020 to 24/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Mr George KATROUGALOS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 03/10/2019 to 08/10/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

30/09/2025 | 19:11:06 Thank you very much. The constitution of the UK, I believe, Sir Edward LEIGH, cannot be changed by a two-thirds majority in parliament, while it can be, and it has been in Hungary, so you are wrong there. And also migration, which is a real issue, does not justify the undermining of democracy, human rights and the rule of law, either in Europe or in the country across the Atlantic, in the United States. But I want to diverge from Hungary because I think this is a wider issue. I want to talk... 30/09/2025 | 18:09:21 Thank you, Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS and dear colleagues. No one disputes that Fidesz has repeatedly won elections. But democracy is far more than winning at the ballot box. The true measure lies in how power is exercised responsibly. Checks and balances, opposition voices that have a platform to speak and speak freely, leaders that are subject to the rule of law rather than shielded by impunity, and whether justice serves citizens rather than being wielded against critics. Individual rights... 08/04/2025 | 18:19:36 Thanks to all the colleagues for their comments. With all due respect to my colleague Mr Zsolt NÉMETH, whom I know is both a decent and very capable person, what I see is a campaign, even repression from Hungary to the United States against diversity, against migrants, against minorities, labelling them as a threat, criminalising peaceful protests. But the real threat is the concentration of power, control of free media, taking power from local governments, corruption, which has killed people... 08/04/2025 | 17:10:09 Dear fellow Europeans, From Sarajevo to Sofia, from Belgrade to Bratislava, from Budapest to Bucharest, from Athens to Istanbul, people are rising up not with violence, but with courage and hope with a desire for dignity and democracy. In Skopje, their slogan echoes "Who is next?" after a fire in Kočani stole the lives of 59 young people, victims of corruption and neglect. In Bratislava, Slovak and European Union (EU) flags fly side-by-side as crowds declare "Slovakia is Europe", "Our future... 25/06/2024 | 11:54:55 My Report is a call for the spirit of educated engagement where we can bring all into our political life. As someone mentioned – Mr Ioannis OIKONOMOU – in ancient Athens, politics was not simply a fight for power, it was a capacity to imagine a much better future collectively and actually make it happen. And on the contrary, Lord David BLENCATHRA, democracy was a way to make sure that we do not have concentration of power. And as Lord George FOULKES said earlier, this is one of the big...

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