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Ms Daan ROOVERS (Netherlands, SOC)

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Substitute
Senator
GreenLeft-Labour Party

Senate - Eerste Kamer der Staten Generaal
NL - 2500 EA - The Hague
Netherlands

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 26/01/2026

In the Assembly

  • since 26/01/2026 Substitute - Netherlands

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Culture, Education and Democratic Values (since 28/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Tekke PANMAN (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 26/01/2026)
  • Alternate of Mr Theo BOVENS (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Media and Information Society (since 28/01/2026)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/04/2026 | 17:48:26 Dear colleagues, Whilst the abolition of the death penalty was long taken for granted, there has recently been a noticeable setback in the fight against capital punishment. Even more, there are countries that have recently reintroduced the death penalty into their legislation. A lot of you spoke about it already. That is totally undesirable and absolutely unacceptable. One of the most fierce and eloquent rebuttals of the death penalty is found in "Reflections on the Guillotine", by the...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

05/05/2026 | Doc. 16337 | Written declaration Restrictions on the right of peaceful assembly and their impact on democratic standards 20/04/2026 | Doc. 16384 | Motion for a resolution Empowering youth in the digital age: towards creative, democratic and competence-based approaches to online participation 05/02/2026 | Doc. 16340 | Motion for a recommendation Fulfilling and respecting the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination 28/01/2026 | Doc. 16337 | Written declaration Restrictions on the right of peaceful assembly and their impact on democratic standards

Votes on adopted texts

23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for recommendation European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16371, vote on the draft text for resolution European guidelines to counter social dumping and labour exploitation 23/04/2026 | Doc. 16374, vote on the draft text for resolution Copyright enforcement in the artificial intelligence environment 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