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Mr Piero FASSINO (Italy, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 24/01/2022
  • Vice-Chairperson: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 25/01/2021 to 23/01/2022
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 08/10/2018 to 24/01/2021
  • Member: Socialist Group from 02/10/2006 to 03/10/2011

In the Assembly

  • since 08/10/2018 Substitute - Italy
  • from 02/10/2006 to 03/10/2011 Representative - Italy
  • from 28/06/1994 to 07/11/1996 Representative - Italy

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

  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 24/04/2023)
  • Chairperson: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 24/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Bureau of the Assembly (since 24/01/2022)
  • Chairperson of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by member states of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Standing Committee (since 24/01/2022)
  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 27/01/2020 to 23/01/2022)
  • Member: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 24/05/2019 to 30/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (from 23/11/2018 to 22/01/2023)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 12/10/2018 to 23/01/2022)
  • Member: (Former) Political Affairs Committee / Committee on General Affairs (from 02/10/2006 to 03/10/2011)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (since 27/04/2023)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (since 26/01/2023)
  • Ex officio: Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 24/01/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 24/01/2019 to 22/01/2023)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/06/2023 | 16:38:39 "Thank you, I will speak in Italian, on Channel 4." [spoken in English] Mister President, The war, as we all know, continues. The suffering, the destruction, the casualties continue. There are increasing calls to stop the weapons, to try to start peace negotiations. There are many initiatives: the Vatican, African presidents, Mr Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, China, and many others. But these efforts to seek a peace settlement are thwarted by Vladimir Putin's choice to annex the Donbas... 21/06/2023 | 19:27:20 Thank you, Madam President. I agree with the report that has been presented and congratulate our colleague Mr Kamal JAFAROV. Let me read what the UK Parliament's Joint Committee said: "These laws weaken the protection of rights; they undermine the universality of rights; they show contempt for our international legal obligations; they create legal uncertainty and hamper effective enforcement. They will increase the number of cases in Strasbourg and damage our international reputation as... 20/06/2023 | 17:45:11 Thank you, Madam President. Our colleague Mr Pieter OMTZIGT has already explained the content of this law on Russian influence and the danger it represents. I think we have to be honest with each other: this law is really an attack on the Polish opposition in the run-up to the elections, which will be hotly contested. The aim is to prevent Mr Donald Tusk, who was prime minister between 2007 and 2014, from standing again, when today he is the politician who can represent the leader of the... 26/01/2023 | 17:59:31 Thank you, Madam President. First of all, I would like to thank all the colleagues who have spoken and expressed their appreciation for the activity of the Commission and for all the activity of our rapporteurs and our secretariat. I agree with many of the things that have been said, so I will not repeat them. I just want to make a few remarks. First point: I absolutely agree with my colleague Mr Hişyar ÖZSOY. We are today in a phase in which democracies are endangered by autocratic... 26/01/2023 | 17:02:02 Thank you, Madam Chair. You have received the Monitoring Committee's activity report for 2022. During this year, we have monitored 11 countries that have been subject to a monitoring procedure. These are all Central and Eastern European countries. Three countries have been subject to a post-monitoring procedure - also Central and Eastern European countries - and six countries to a periodic monitoring procedure. Three of these six countries have already completed the procedure and the other...

Activities