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Ms Franziska KERSTEN (Germany, SOC)

Photo member

Substitute
Deputy
SPD

Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany

Working language: English

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

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 24/01/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 24/01/2022 Substitute - Germany

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

  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Disability, Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (since 25/06/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (from 28/01/2025 to 22/06/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Vinzenz GLASER (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 23/06/2025 to 26/06/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Serdar YÜKSEL (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 26/06/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Falko DROßMANN (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 23/06/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Heike ENGELHARDT (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2022 to 22/06/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Axel SCHÄFER (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 24/01/2022 to 22/06/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Michael HENNRICH (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Culture, Diversity and Heritage (from 25/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

26/04/2023 | 16:45:44 Dear Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much, Mr Simon MOUTQUIN, for this very impressive report. That natural disasters are increasing due to climate change is indisputable. It is important that we adapt to this. As an environmental politician, I would like to make a plea for us to make much greater use of the potential of ecosystems here. Internationally, it is the case that the global north is responsible for a large part of climate change, but it is primarily the...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

23/01/2026 | Doc. 16328 | Motion for a resolution Democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Iran 17/12/2025 | Doc. 16307 | Written declaration The detention of Rached Ghannouchi 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16276 | Written declaration The planned destruction of more than US $9.7 million worth of contraceptives has to be halted immediately 28/04/2023 | Doc. 15755 | Motion for a resolution Ending the abuse of politically motivated prosecutions by the State prosecution service in Poland 27/04/2023 | Doc. 15752 | Motion for a resolution A parliamentary sponsorship programme between the Parliamentary Assembly members and human rights defenders or the politically oppressed

Votes on adopted texts

01/10/2025 | Doc. 16237, vote on the draft text for resolution Journalists matter: the need to step up efforts to liberate Ukrainian journalists held in captivity by the Russian Federation 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16270, vote on the draft text for opinion Draft convention establishing an international claims commission for Ukraine 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16246, vote on the draft text for resolution Post-monitoring dialogue with Bulgaria 01/10/2025 | Doc. 16247, vote on the draft text for resolution Russian democratic forces 30/09/2025 | Doc. 16245, vote on the draft text for resolution The Parliamentary Assembly should support Kazakhstan to continue its democratic reforms