Substitute
Member of Parliament
Social Democratic Party
Eduskunta
FI - 00102 - Helsinki
Finland
Working language: English
Declarations of interests:
2024
, 2023
, 2022
, 2021
, 2020
Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)
26/06/2024 - Session Armenia: while welcoming electoral reforms, PACE regrets the excessive polarisation of the political climate 25/01/2024 - Session The Assembly sets out its vision of a democratic future for Belarus 11/01/2024 - Political Affairs and Democracy Belarus: parliamentarians and democratic forces hold dialogue in Helsinki on the country’s future 08/01/2024 - Political Affairs and Democracy Belarus democratic forces in Helsinki for parliamentary dialogue on the country's future 12/12/2023 - Political Affairs and Democracy Belarus: PACE committee takes a stand for democracy, urges accountability and support
29/09/2026 | 19:48:32 Madam Chair. Our item is the honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe. That means democracy, human rights and the rule of law by Greece. Thanks very much to the rapporteur, Ms Laura CASTEL, and Ms Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, my fellow Finn, for this excellent report. Madam Chair, This is quite challenging, maybe a bit of an attractive challenge to start to put together two words: democracy and Greece. Actually Greece is the home of democracy as we know through our history... 29/09/2026 | 12:56:41 I'm so sorry. Apologies once again. Mr Secretary General, in your reform process, you are using the key concept "democratic security". Too frequently, we are contrasting hard security, soft security or state security, and human security. And you have really claimed this organisation for democratic security, soft security and human security. There are two states that are not members of this organisation in Europe – Russia and Belarus. Nevertheless, we met yesterday with Ms Maria KALESNIKAVA... 28/09/2026 | 16:30:43 Okay, should I start again? Fine, fine. Yes, Madam President, as a former rapporteur for Armenia of this Assembly, I read with very great interest and even concern the report concerning the elections in Armenia. You should remember that these were actually the first regularly scheduled parliamentary elections in Armenia since it transitioned to a parliamentary democracy, we can say. And the environment, both in external and internal ways, wasn't the easiest one, as has also been indicated by... 26/06/2024 | 11:49:21 Mister President, Thanks very much for these three excellent reports. Thanks very much for this very mature, important discussion we are having here today. Obviously, all are focusing on the brutal aggression Russia made against the independent sovereign state of Ukraine. We are now discussing here with serious consequences what has happened and obviously, to keep those accountable who are behind this brutal aggression. We are in full solidarity here together. That's why the items we are... 18/04/2024 | 18:26:24 Mister President, Two weeks ago, I visited Palestine and Israel meeting the political leadership on both sides. The country is full of fear, bitterness, hate. The international community is having too many double standards. That's my question, and I have lots of confusing questions to you to address. First, is it so that everything started on October 7th last year, or is it actually a vicious circle of decades, even centuries? Is it so that one war crime justifies other war crimes? Is it so...
06/06/2024 | Doc. 15994 | Report The honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia 05/01/2024 | Doc. 15892 | Report A democratic future for Belarus 10/01/2022 | Doc. 15432 | Report The functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia
02/07/2024 | Doc. 15973 | Written declaration Kazakhstan’s progress on human rights, democracy and co-operation with the Council of Europe 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16021 | Motion for a resolution Support for political negotiations to enforce exchange and release of prisoners of war 24/04/2024 | Doc. 15913 | Written declaration Call on Kazakhstan to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention 24/04/2024 | Doc. 15915 | Written declaration Iran: people's rights against repression 24/04/2024 | Doc. 15920 | Written declaration Systemic arbitrary deprivation of liberty in Türkiye may constitute crimes against humanity
29/09/2026 | Doc. 16473, vote on the draft text for recommendation Towards coherent policies on veterans in Europe 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16476, vote on the draft text for resolution The role of diasporas and migrants in developing social cohesion and democratic engagement 29/09/2026 | Doc. 16470, vote on the draft text for resolution The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by Greece 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16003, vote on the draft text for resolution Countering the erasure of cultural identity in war and peace 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16003, vote on the draft text for recommendation Countering the erasure of cultural identity in war and peace