Representative
Member of Parliament
Social Democrats
Eduskunta
FI - 00102 - Helsinki
Finland
Working language: English
31/01/2020 | 10:03:45 Ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, Good morning for everybody. My first commentary for you all this Friday morning with a very, very, heavy week behind us. You who are here I must really call you “heroes of labour“. We are still working. We have two documents, two reports to consider this morning and some other decisions to be made. So welcome to the meeting. The sitting is now open. The first issue is the changes in the membership of the committees. There has been a change to the proposed in the... 28/01/2020 | 20:09:31 What is the opinion of the Committee? “The Committee is against by a large majority.” Okay. Now I shall put the amendment to the vote. The vote is open. You're very quick this time. The vote is now closed. I call for the result. The amendment is rejected. Now we move to, actually, the whole draft resolution. There is a simple majority needed. We will now proceed to vote on the draft resolution contained in document 15021 as amended. Now the vote is open. Now we're voting for the whole resolut... 27/01/2020 | 12:52:18 Mr President, may I first also congratulate you for your election on behalf of the Socialist, Democrat and Green Group of this Parliamentary Assembly. Congratulations, we will support you in your important job. Secondly, I would also like to congratulate the new Vice President of the organisation, but in particular I would like to say thanks for the outgoing President Lillian PASQUIER. You've made a very, very, very great job in very difficult times. We will continue the same job in terms of, pa... 26/06/2019 | 16:07:06 Madam Chair, I'm a bit puzzled of recently the discussion here by these two days. I have some elementary questions for you all. First, is the Council of Europe, by its essence, a human rights organisation or an institution to solve international conflicts? Secondly, are human rights better protected in Russia if that country is out of Council of Europe than inside it? Thirdly, out of all pending applications in European Court of Human Rights, 13 000 - that is 20% of all - are from Russia. The ne...
31/01/2020 | Doc. 15065 | Written declaration Call for opinion on the Venice Commission regarding the situation of dismissed public servants in Turkey 31/01/2020 | Doc. 15061 | Written declaration Defend the rights of Julian Assange and the freedom of the press 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15059 | Written declaration Support for Moldovan Parliament’s initiatives in restoring the rule of law 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14991 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening the role of the Council of Europe as a cornerstone of the European political architecture 04/10/2019 | Doc. 14992 | Motion for a resolution The Parliamentary Assembly must contribute to restoring peace in Ukraine
30/01/2020 | Doc. 15026, vote on the draft text for resolution Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15026, vote on the draft text for recommendation Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for resolution The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for recommendation The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15025, vote on the draft text for resolution The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland