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Ms Naomi CACHIA (Malta, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 26/01/2026
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 03/02/2025 to 25/01/2026
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 23/01/2023 to 02/02/2025
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 20/06/2022 to 22/01/2023
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 31/05/2022 to 19/06/2022

In the Assembly

  • since 31/05/2022 Representative - Malta

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

  • Alternate SOC: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 29/09/2025)
  • Youth Rapporteur: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 29/01/2025)
  • Ex officio (Rule 14.3 of the Rules of Procedure): Bureau of the Assembly (from 17/05/2024 to 14/05/2026)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 27/01/2023)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 20/06/2022 to 23/01/2023)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 20/06/2022 to 23/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 31/05/2022)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 31/05/2022)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 28/01/2025 to 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Human Rights (from 23/01/2023 to 22/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Ramona ATTARD (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 07/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Cressida GALEA (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 27/01/2025 to 06/04/2025)
  • Alternate of Mr Randolph DE BATTISTA (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 22/01/2024 to 26/01/2025)
  • Alternate of Ms Cressida GALEA (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 31/05/2022 to 21/01/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

29/01/2026 | 17:53:39 Thank you, Chair. The very notion that someone needs to be cured, or fixed, because of who they are is vile. It should make all of us angry. I come from Malta. Small island Malta. Very Catholic Malta. And yet, ten years ago – ten years ago – we became the first country in Europe to prohibit conversion practices. Not because it was the easy thing to do. But because it was the right thing to do. And, yes, we are very proud to be the gold standard, thank you very much. We did it because we... 28/01/2026 | 10:54:17 Thank you, Chair. Some of us here may be familiar with a current social media trend, where people look back and share photos of what they were doing in 2016. Ten years ago, I was a 21-year-old student, actively involved in youth politics in Malta. At the time, one of the key issues on the youth agenda was "Vote 16". We really believed that, as young citizens, we weren’t asking for much, just for the recognition that we should be the authors of our own destiny; because lowering the voting age... 01/10/2025 | 16:10:10 Thank you, Madam Chair. I have been a member of this Assembly for three years now, and I am very happy to note the increased attention on youth participation, especially now that it is one of the priorities of the Maltese Presidency. Because no matter what is going on across our continent, no matter the issues which are rightfully at the very top of our agenda, we must also keep an eye on our young people, on their hopes, their dreams, their aspirations and their fears. I really enjoyed the... 27/06/2025 | 10:39:43 Mr President, I wanted to take this opportunity to close off what has been an incredible and very significant week here in Strasbourg, especially for the Maltese delegation. We are so proud of how it has all unfolded. We are a small team from a small country with big ambitions, and it was always our intention to make the Maltese presidency an impactful one. But I also wanted to look ahead. And once we return home, we will immediately set forth with a ministerial conference on the protection... 26/06/2025 | 17:08:39 Thank you, Madam President. Thank you, rapporteur for the report. We are making reference also to gender equality in national parliament. And the challenge here, I guess, is twofold. It's getting more women to parliament and safeguarding the women in parliament. I come from a country which has recently enacted constitutional amendments which allocate additional seats to the under-represented sex as a temporary measure to get more women in parliament and give them the visibility and exposure...

Activities