Substitute
Member of the National Council
Parti évangélique suisse
Conseil national
CH-3003 - Berne
Switzerland
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2026
, 2025
, 2024
, 2023
, 2022
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
23/04/2026 | 11:54:55 Madam President, Dear colleagues, The Middle East is not near a crisis. It is in the fire. Cities burn. Families break. Children learn the geography of bomb shelters instead of the geography of their own country. And what do we do? We discuss! Let me say it plainly: this region is trapped in a spiral that feeds itself. Every rocket calls the next. Every strike breeds new revenge. Every night, another funeral, on both sides of every border. And always – always – it is the civilians who pay. A... 21/04/2026 | 18:54:16 Dear President, Dear colleagues, Religious freedom is not a marginal issue, it is at the heart of a free society. I would like to thank the rapporteur, but I would like to make it clear that Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights is not enough. We need to extend it, not restrict it. I would like to thank my esteemed colleague from Austria, Ms Andrea EDER-GITSCHTHALER, whose objection points in the right direction. Article 9 must also protect teaching, education and the... 30/01/2026 | 10:15:57 Dear Mister President, ladies and gentlemen. I am speaking today about multilateralism and I will start with a practical example. When a small state asserts its rights against a stronger one, when a person obtains justice from the European Court of Human Rights or when states jointly commit themselves to rules, then multilateralism shows itself to be in concrete effect. Power is limited by law. The Council of Europe was founded on the conviction that peace in Europe does not come from the... 29/01/2026 | 11:53:30 Dear President, ladies and gentlemen, We are facing a moral test today. The crises in the Middle East are not just geopolitical conflicts. They mean suffering, fear and disenfranchisement for millions of people and threaten the foundations of human dignity, religious freedom and international order. The escalating internal crises in Iran and Syria compel us to look and act immediately. Both countries are at decisive turning points, the consequences of which extend far beyond their borders... 28/01/2025 | 17:50:55 Mister President, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the draft report on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Unfortunately, this report is not balanced. Why? The report is primarily based on data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which is under the control of the terrorist organisation Hamas. The report unfortunately relies on this biased data, ignoring credible and verified information from the Israeli authorities. In Switzerland, Hamas is classified as a terrorist organisation and it is...
26/06/2024 | Doc. 16021 | Motion for a resolution Support for political negotiations to enforce exchange and release of prisoners of war 18/04/2024 | Doc. 15976 | Motion for a resolution Urgent call for the release of all political prisoners opposed to Vladimir Putin 24/01/2024 | Doc. 15903 | Motion for a resolution Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens 21/11/2023 | Doc. 15866 | Motion for a resolution Elections in times of crisis 11/10/2022 | Doc. 15628 | Motion for a resolution Preventing abuse of the right to veto in the Security Council: a perspective by the member States of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
22/04/2026 | Doc. 16370, vote on the draft text for resolution Paving the way for a culture of consent 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16372, vote on the draft text for resolution Promoting the Istanbul Convention and improving its implementation: building on lessons learnt 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16375 rev, vote on the draft text for resolution Towards the universal abolition of the death penalty in all circumstances 22/04/2026 | Doc. 16362, vote on the draft text for resolution Tracking the proceeds of the crime denounced by Sergei Magnitsky and holding its perpetrators accountable 21/04/2026 | Doc. 16363, vote on the draft text for recommendation Violence and hate speech against politicians: a threat to democracy